B Reviews / Book Reviews15th century / Art / art history / History / Holocaust / Italy / Leonardo da Vinci / Milan / non-fiction / painter / Poland / war / World War II4 Comments
Five hundred and thirty years ago, a young woman sat before a Grecian-nosed artist known as Leonardo da Vinci. Her name was Cecilia Gallerani, and she was the young mistress of Ludovico Sforza, duke of Milan. Sforza was a brutal and clever man who was mindful that Leonardo’s genius would ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsHistorical / Malta / mathematics / Mediterranean setting / pilot / War / Military / World War IINo Comments
1942: At the Siege of Malta, one of the most crucial battles in modern history, only extraordinary courage and willpower can turn looming defeat into victory. The war in the Mediterranean, 1942: The outcome of World War II hangs, as Churchill says, by “a slender thread.” Erwin Rommel, Hitler’s “Desert ... more >
Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists1930s / Alien Hero / Art / Asian characters / Australia / Best of 2021 / best of list / Buddhism / cats / children's book / Contemporary / found family / Historical / Historical fiction / m/m romance / older couple / Older-Woman-/-Younger-Man / picture books / POC / POC author / prison / self discovery / sewing / sports romance / Widowed Heroine / Womens-Fiction / World War II16 Comments
From space aliens in the form of a cat or a unicorn, to Aussie prisoners, to a Chinese princess, to a 1920s down on her financial luck heroine, to hero determined to save his childhood love or another ready to deck some halls with Christmas cheer, my reading was all ... more >
Miscanniversary / Iowa / wedding / World War II3 Comments
Frankie King gets her wedding dress – 77 years after the event, Frankie King finally has a wedding dress that she didn’t get during the war. Married quickly due to the groom having only a short leave, they didn’t even have any wedding photos taken. When Royce and Frankie King ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsHolocaust / immigrant / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / non-fiction / Poland / survival / World War II4 Comments
A gripping story of love, escape, and survival, from wartime Poland to a courtship in the Catskills In the summer of 1942, the Rabinowitz family narrowly escaped the Nazi ghetto in their Polish town by fleeing to the forbidding Bialowieza Forest. They miraculously survived two years in the woods—through brutal ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEngland / First-Person / Historical fiction / journalism / journalist / London / The Emmy Lake Chronicles / War / Military / World War II4 Comments
From the author of the “jaunty, heartbreaking winner” (People) and international bestseller Dear Mrs. Bird, a new charming and uplifting novel set in London during World War II about a plucky aspiring journalist. London, November 1941. Following the departure of the formidable Henrietta Bird from Woman’s Friend magazine, things are ... more >