B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1920s / England / Ghost / Gothic / historical mystery / murder-investigation / Paranormal lite / post WWI / War / Military / World War I5 Comments
England, 1921. Three years after her husband, Alex, disappeared, shot down over Germany, Jo Manders still mourns his loss. Working as a paid companion to Alex’s wealthy, condescending aunt, Dottie Forsyth, Jo travels to the family’s estate in the Sussex countryside. But there is much she never knew about her ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads20th century / class differences / doctor hero / England / Historical / LGBTQ / teacher heroine / World War I6 Comments
East Sussex, 1914. It is the end of England’s brief Edwardian summer, and everyone agrees that the weather has never been so beautiful. Hugh Grange, down from his medical studies, is visiting his Aunt Agatha, who lives with her husband in the small, idyllic coastal town of Rye. Agatha’s husband ... more >
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Caldwell returned from the Great War with nothing to show for it—as in nothingbelow his left knee. Forget about the journalism career he loved. His story is over. Done. Yet he finds the strength to journey to Winslow, Georgia, to get Ruby Bledsoe Morson’s sister out of trouble. Before he ... more >
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There’s no place like home Celia Dunne may be an old spinster, but she’s no fool. She knows that changing her will to leave the grand family estate, Dunnian, to her grand-nephew will ruffle feathers within the family. But Celia also knows that Dunnian has stood solemn and empty for ... more >
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How Net neutrality helped kill the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger – A very interesting analysis on the death of the Comcast – Time Warner merger, particularly in regard to how regulators became more and more resistant to the deal in the wake of the net neutrality debates. Given the incredible ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / Australia / book subscription service / digital bookstore / fake reviews / Joan Walsh Anglund / Maya Angelou / Oyster / photography / World War I6 Comments
All The Books, All in One Place: Introducing Oyster 2.0 and our New Ebook Store – Oyster, which has one of the most successful digital book subscription services, announced yesterday that it is adding an ebook store to its business, which is now being referred to as the “Netflix for ... more >