Book Report: An old story, vividly retold
The Struggle for Love: The Story of Leah by Marilyn T. Parker Most of us who attended Sunday School—even if … Continue reading Book Report: An old story, vividly retold
Tag: historical fiction
Book Report: Vive la France!
“I cannot throw a decent punch or carry a grown man across a battlefield, but I can wear red lipstick as though my life depended on it. And the truth is, these days, it often does.” Continue reading Book Report: Vive la France!
Book Report: Fierce winds, fiercer women
Wow. Just wow. One of the most powerful books I’ve read. Maybe ever. The women who populate The Four Winds … Continue reading Book Report: Fierce winds, fiercer women
Finding ourselves in lost stories
“Lot of stories. Sad thing when stories die for the lack of listenin’ ears.” Continue reading Finding ourselves in lost stories
Looking for a home
“Open yourself to every possibility, for there is nothing your heart can imagine that is not so.” Continue reading Looking for a home
Book Report: Start with one grand old house and one evil step-mother
“Thinking about the past impeded my efforts to be decent in the present.” Continue reading Book Report: Start with one grand old house and one evil step-mother
Book Report: To read or not to read
This novel is stylistically challenging. Each of the characters— fictional and historic– speaks or relates the speech of another without much connecting tissue. Continue reading Book Report: To read or not to read
Book Report: Dive into this tale
The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock I loved this luscious, lyrical, and somewhat bawdy historical fiction. Debut author, Imogen Hermes Gowar … Continue reading Book Report: Dive into this tale
Book report: A lusty, time-traveling romance
While my daughter has been a fan of the STARZ TV series for a while and I’d known of the … Continue reading Book report: A lusty, time-traveling romance
Book Report: Just one kiss
“It Only Takes a Kiss” is the second in Wilma Counts’ “Once Upon a Bride” trilogy, in which she gives … Continue reading Book Report: Just one kiss
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