Review

Publisher and Publication Date: St. Martin’s Press. 2018. Paperback edition 2019. Genre: Historical fiction. Women and literature. Pages: 576. Source: Self-purchase. Audience: This book covers a large audience of possible readers. For example: women and literature, domestic violence, family saga, and coming of age story. Rating: Very good. Amazon link Kristin Hannah’s Goodreads page This […]

Welcome to The Sunday Salon post. The Sunday Salon is hosted by Readerbuzz. What other bookish things did you do? I shopped at Barnes and Noble yesterday. I shopped for books in person! Not online! Woohoo. I miss the days of B. Dalton and Waldenbooks. These were smallish bookstores located in shopping malls. They both […]

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 […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Penguin Random House. October 29, 2019. Genre: Nonfiction. Essays. Pages: 187 printed pages. Format: Paperback.Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Essay readers. Rating: Very good.

Publisher and Publication Date: Atria Books. December 3, 2019.Genre: Memoir. Autobiography. World War II. Holocaust. Pages: 288.Source: I received a complimentary ebook copy from NetGalley and Atria Books, but was not required to leave a positive review. Audience: Readers of World War II, Holocaust. Rating: Excellent. Amazon Author Info: Françoise Frenkel was born in Poland […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Penguin Teen. 2019. Genre: Historical fiction. Young adult. Pages: 379. Format: Paperback. Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Young adult readers to adult readers who enjoy reading historical fiction from World War II. Rating: Excellent. Link @ Amazon. Link @ Audible. Link @ Barnes and Noble. Summary: It is January 1945. Several people are […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Yale University Press. 2003. First published 1603. Genre: A tragedy in five acts. Play. Pages: 249.Format: Paperback. Source: Self-purchase.Audience: Classic readers. Readers of Shakespeare. Rating: Excellent. Hamlet is a tragedy in five acts. I have read this a second time because of a historical fiction book: A Man of Honor by […]

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: One More Chapter, HarperCollins. June 3, 2022. Genre: Historical fiction. Pages: 400. Format: Kindle e-book. Source: I received a complimentary e-book from One More Chapter, HarperCollins and NetGalley. I am not required to write a positive review. Audience: Historical fiction readers. Readers of the Viking age in the 11th century North […]

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 […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021. Genre: Nonfiction. Scandinavian history. Pages: 512. Format: Hardcover.Source: Library. Audience: History readers, especially those with an interest in Viking history. Rating: Very good.

Publisher and Publication Date: Shadow Mountain Publishing. October 4, 2022. Genre: Historical fiction. Inspirational fiction. Pages: 384. Format: Advanced reader copy/e-book. Source: I received a complimentary e-book copy from Shadow Mountain Publishing and Austenprose. I am not required to write a positive review. Audience: Readers of Queen Victoria’s royal family. Readers of the Victorian era. […]

Publisher and Publication Date: New American Library. 2014. Genre: Historical fiction. Pages: 368.Source: eBook from the library. Audience: Readers of women’s stories, Native American, early American history. Rating: Excellent. Amazon link Summary: Mary Rowlandson was a true historical person living in Massachusetts during Colonial America. She was born in 1635, and died in 1710 or […]

“All thoughts, all passions, all delights,Whatever stirs this mortal frame,All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge [1772-1834] Love [1799]. Stanza 1. Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett.Published by Little, Brown and Company in 1955. Page 423. To read the full poem at English Verse: Love. Publisher and Publication […]