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September 20, 2019

REVIEW: Grimm, Grit & Gasoline, edited by Rhonda Parrish

KaetrinBook Reviews / DNF ReviewsAnthology / decopunk / dieselpunk / fairy tale / Fantasy / folk tale / golden age / WWI / WWII6 Comments

Dear Contributors, I was intrigued by the premise of this anthology – fairy and folk tale re-imaginings in a dieselpunk or decopunk setting and decided to pick up the ebook for review knowing little more than that. As the blurb tells readers: “Dieselpunk and decopunk are alternative history re-imaginings of ... more >

Jennie
July 4, 2019

Reading List by Jennie for May and June

JennieBook ReviewsHistorical fiction / historical romance / History / Memoirs / non-fiction / Reading lists / Suspense / WWII8 Comments

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown When this book was published in 1970, it was hailed as one of the first books to chronicle the destruction of the American Indian tribes in the midwest and western United State solely from the American Indian perspective. As such, it’s ... more >

Jennie
June 28, 2018

Reading List by Jennie for January through March

JennieBook Reviewsclassic fiction / eating disorders / Essays / Historical Mysteries / Memoirs / Reading lists / Sci-fi / WWII10 Comments

Read and reviewed: The Sins of Lord Lockwood, A Treacherous Curse, Seize the Fire and Brooklynaire    When We Were Ghouls by Amy E. Wallen I stumbled on this memoir…somewhere, and it sounded intriguing. The author spent part of her childhood in Nigeria and later in Peru, following her father’s ... more >

November 2, 2017

Reading List by Jennie for July Through September, Part 2

JennieBook ReviewsEssays / Fiction / Humor / Medieval Romance / non-fiction / psychological thriller / Reading lists / Siege of Leningrad / Wales / WWII10 Comments

As I noted in Part 1, I split this into two posts because I wrote longer-than-usual mini-reviews.   City of Thieves by David Benioff I picked this up from an Amazon deal somewhere, intrigued by the subject matter (the Siege of Leningrad has fascinated me since I read Paullina Simons’ ... more >

October 19, 2015

REVIEW: The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson

KaetrinBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsAnschluss / Historical / WWII15 Comments

Twenty-year-old Ruth Berger is desperate. The daughter of a Jewish-Austrian professor, she was supposed to have escaped Vienna before the Nazis marched into the city. Yet the plan went completely wrong, and while her family and fiancé are waiting for her in safety, Ruth is stuck in Vienna with no ... more >

Jennie
February 7, 2014

Reading List by Jennie for November and December

JennieBook Reviews / Reading Listsclassic fiction / Holocaust / New Adult / non-fiction / Reading lists / rock stars / WWII5 Comments

  I also read and reviewed Addicted to You, Ricochet and Falling, and read The Luckiest Lady in London (review by Willaful; I gave it a slightly higher grade than she did, a B+). Baby, It’s Cold Outside by HelenKay Dimon I’d never read this author but I must have come across ... more >

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