Review

Publisher and Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2021. Genre: Narrative nonfiction. Biography. Pages: 438. Format: Hardcover. Source: Library. Audience: Readers of biographies, especially those interested in classic Hollywood era. Rating: Very good. Link for the book @ Amazon. I discovered the photograph and bio on the Goodreads author page is incorrect. I am unable […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Scribner. 2016. Genre: Nonfiction. History. War literature. Pages: 545.Format: Hardcover. Source: Public library. Audience: Readers of World War II, Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, and the war in the Pacific. Rating: Excellent.

Publisher and Publication Date: Berkley Books/Penguin Random House. February 2, 2021. Genre: Historical fiction. Pages: 384. Format: NetGalley e-book. Source: I received a complimentary e-book copy from NetGalley. I am not required to write a positive review. Audience: Historical fiction readers. Readers of early 20th century California history. Rating: Excellent. To read more information about […]

“I fled Him, down the nights and down the days;I fled Him, down the arches of the years;I fled Him, down the labyrinthine waysOf my own mind; and in the mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter.”

Publisher and Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire. First published in 1909. This edition 2014.  Genre: Fiction. Young adult. Pages: 287. Format: Paperback. Source: Library. Audience: L. M. Montgomery readers. Rating: Good. Link @ Amazon. Link @ Barnes and Noble. L. M. Montgomery’s Goodread’s author page. Summary: Anne is 16. She is a teacher for a year […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2021. Genre: Narrative nonfiction. Biography. Pages: 438. Format: Hardcover. Source: Library. Audience: Readers of biographies, especially those interested in classic Hollywood era. Rating: Very good. Link for the book @ Amazon. I discovered the photograph and bio on the Goodreads author page is incorrect. I am unable […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Simon and Schuster. 2019. Genre: Narrative nonfiction. Biography. Pages: 400. Format: Hardcover. Source: Library. Audience: Readers of biographies, especially people who are well-known in Blues music, and the 1960s era. Rating: Excellent. Link for the book @ Amazon. Links for further reading about Janis Joplin. Summary: Janis Lyn Joplin was born […]

Publisher and Publication Date: HarperCollins. 2021.Genre: Young adult. Fantasy fiction. Dystopian. Pages: 368.Format: Hardcover. Source: Self-purchase @ Amazon. Audience: Readers of young adult fantasy books. Rating: A very good story-well-written-engaging. It is not my kind of story though. My copy is a 25th Anniversary Classic Edition. Link @ Amazon. Sabriel is book one in a […]

Publication Date: March 20, 2023. Genre: Historical fiction. Russian. Early 20th century. Pages: 351. Format: Available to pre-order a Kindle copy @ Amazon. #TheRomanovHeiress #JenniferLaam #HFVBT At Goodreads: The Romanov Heiress. Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours is the host for the Book Blast. Summary: Four sisters in hiding. A grand duchess in disguise. Dark family […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Simon & Schuster. July 10, 2018. Genre: Nonfiction. History. Naval history. World War II. Pages: 578. Format: Hardcover. Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Readers of World War II history. Rating: Excellent. Link for the book @ Simon and Schuster. Link for the book @ Amazon. At this time, this book is included in […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Quill Point Press. December 9, 2019. Genre: Historical fiction. Pages: 410. Format: Paperback. Source: I received a complimentary paperback copy from the author. I am not required to write a positive review. Audience: Readers of historical fiction and Shakespeare. Rating: Excellent. Book tour site page: Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tour. Link […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark. December 1, 2020. Genre: Historical fiction. Mystery. Thriller. Suspense. Adventure. Pages: 432. Source: NetGalley e-book. I also purchased the paperback copy at Barnes and Noble. I was not required to write a positive review. Audience: Readers of historical fiction with a cast of females. The story is an adventure […]

“For winter’s rains and ruins are over,And all the season of snows and sins;The days dividing lover and lover,The light that loses, the night that wins;And time remembered is grief forgotten.And frosts are slain and flowers begotten,And in green underwood and cover Blossom by blossom the spring begins.” Algernon Charles Swinburne [1837-1909] Atalanta in Calydon. […]

Publisher and Publication Date: HQ. An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd. June 24th 2021.Genre: Nonfiction. Pages: 288.Format: Hardcover.Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Brontë fans. Rating: Good to very good. Michael Stewart’s website and Goodreads author page. Amazon link Summary: Michael Stewart takes the readers on a walking tour through Brontë country and weaves in the life stories […]