“‘I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said Frodo. ‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ‘and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is give us.’” Page 51. The Fellowship […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Everyman’s Library/Penguin Random House. One volume holding several of Joan Didion’s writings. They were written between the 1960s and 2003. This volume was published in 2006. Genre: Nonfiction. Essays. Memoir. Pages: 1122. Format: Hardcover. Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Nonfiction readers. Essay readers. Readers of Joan Didion. Rating: Excellent. Slouching Towards Bethlehem- 1961, […]

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

Publisher and Publication Date: Baker Books. March 1, 2016. First published in 1989. Genre: Nonfiction, sexual abuse. Pages: 288. Source: Self-purchase. Rating: Excellent.

Publisher and Publication Date: Vintage. 2000. Genre: Historical fiction. Pages: 401. Source: Self-purchase. Rating: Recommend. Good. Audience: Readers of World War II, Occupied France, and the Resistance.

Publisher and Publication Date: Harper Perennial Modern Classics. 2013. First published in 1937. Genre: Fiction. Women and literature. African American literature. Classic literature. Romance. Relationships between men and women. Pages: The story has 219 pages. An additional 40 pages for the “Foreword”, “Afterword”, 2 bibliographies, “Chronology”, “P.S.” section, and an excerpt of Barracoon. Source: Self-purchase. […]

Publisher and Publication Date: St. Martin’s Press. August 23, 2022. Genre: Nonfiction. History. Pages: 464.Format: E-book. Source: I received a complimentary e-book from NetGalley. I am not required to write a positive review. Audience: World War II history readers with a setting of Berlin, Germany. Rating: Very good.

Publisher and Publication Date: Oxford University Press. My edition is 2008. Originally published in 1859. Genre: Fiction. Classic British literature. Victorian. Pages: 592. Format: Paperback. Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Readers of classic literature. Readers of George Eliot stories. Readers of classic British literature. Rating: Excellent. #eliotreadalong Link for more information from Oxford University Press. This is […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Macmillan Collector’s Library. This book was first published in 1947. My copy was published in 2018. Genre: Fiction. Brief chapters from Charles Dickens book, Sketches by Boz published in 1839. Pages: 184. Format: Hardcover. Source: Library. Audience: Charles Dickens readers. Readers with an interest in life during the Victorian era. Rating: […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Riverhead Books/Penguin Random House. 2020.Genre: Nonfiction. Memoir. Pages: 241. Format: Hardcover.Source: Self-purchase.Audience: Readers of memoirs in regard to reflection of hard times, character growth, and lessons learned. Rating: Good. Katherine May has written in Wintering what she experienced and learned during several events that happened during her 40s. These events include […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Basic Books. October 12, 2021. Genre: Nonfiction. History. Medieval history. Europe. Church history in England. Pages: Hardcover edition holds 352 pages. Format: E-book copy. The review copy does not have illustrations included. The hard copy does have illustrations. Source: I received a complimentary e-book from NetGalley. I am not required to […]

Publisher and Publication Date: Anchor Media. October 4, 2022. Genre: Historical fiction. Young adult historical fiction. Pages: 256. Format: E-book. Source: I received a complimentary e-book copy from Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours and B. V. Glants. I am not required to write a positive review. Audience: Historical fiction readers with an interest in Holocaust […]

Publisher and Publication Date: InterVarsity Press. September 17, 2012. Genre: Christian nonfiction. Pages: 240. Source: Self-purchase. Rating: Very Good. Audience: Christian readers who want to develop leadership skills.

Publisher and Publication Date: Originally published by Rand McNally and Company in 1924. E-book created in 2014 by South Oxford Press. Genre: Children’s fiction. Mystery. Grades 2nd to 6th. Pages: 160. Format: E-Book. Source: Kindle. Amazon purchase. Audience: Readers of children’s stories. Rating: Good.