“Love all God’s creation, the whole and every grain of sand in it. Love every leaf, every ray of God’s light. Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And […]
(Review) Girls Like Us, Poems by Elizabeth Hazen | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: Alan Squire Publishing, an imprint of Santa Fe Writer’s Project, Distributed by IPG. March 1, 2020. Genre: Poetry. Pages: 72. Source: I received a complimentary paperback copy from the publisher, I was not required to write a positive review. Audience: Readers of poetry, especially female poetry readers. Rating: Excellent. Poetic Book […]
(Review) The Door On Half-Bald Hill by Helena Sorensen | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: Rabbit Room Press. 2020. Genre: Fiction. Fantasy. Allegory. Ancient Irish story. Pages: 302.Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Readers of fantasy fiction. Readers who enjoy a slow, but revealing yarn of a story. Rating: Excellent.
(Review)Written in their Stars by Elizabeth St. John | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: Falcon Historical. November 19, 2019. Genre: Historical fiction. Pages: 474. Source: I received a complimentary copy, but was not required to leave a positive review. Audience: Historical fiction readers. Readers who love the time period of mid to late 1600s England. Rating: Excellent. Book tour landing page: Historical Fiction Virtual Book […]
(Review) A Song For Lonely Wolves: A Joseon Detective Novel, Book One by Lee Evie | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: Interstice Press. February 26, 2020.Genre: Historical fiction. Pages: 297. Source: I received a complimentary paperback copy from Lee Evie, I was not required to write a positive review. Audience: Readers of detective, women and literature, and historical fiction. Rating: Very good. Book One: A Song for Lonely Wolves Book Two: An […]
(Review) Our Tempestuous Day: A History of Regency England by Carolly Erickson | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: HarperCollins. 1986. First Harper paperback 2011.Genre: Nonfiction. British history. Regency Period.Pages: 304.Source: Self-purchase.Audience: Readers of British history or Regency Period history. Rating: Okay-good.
(Review) The Good At Heart by Ursula Werner | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: Touchstone. February 21, 2017. Genre: Historical fiction, World War II, family, Germany. Pages: 320. Source: Complimentary hardcover copy from Touchstone. I was not required to leave a positive review. Rating: Very good.
Quote of the Week | Impressions In Ink
“I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.” Emily Bronte (1818-1848).
[Review] Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: Gallery Books, a trademark of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2019. Genre: Nonfiction. World War II. Women and Literature. Pages: 384. Format: Paperback. Source: Self-purchase.Audience: Readers of WWII history and SOE British agents. Rating: Excellent.
Quote of the Week | Impressions In Ink
“I see my way as birds their trackless way.I shall arrive! what time, what circuit first, I ask not; but unless God send his hailOr blinding fire-balls, sleet or stifling snow,In some time, his good time, I shall arrive:He guides me and the bird. In his good time!”“Paracelsus” -Part I. by Robert Browning [1812-1889] Bartlett’s […]
The Sunday Salon | Impressions In Ink
The week started off with stormy weather (a few tornadoes) and a cold for both me and my husband. It is not a sinus infection. It is not the flu. It is not Covid related. It is a cold. We are both better, but still have lingering symptoms. This has been a season where I […]
(Review) The Works of Anne Bradstreet (The John Harvard Library) | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 2010. Genre: Poetry.Pages: 310.Source: Self-purchase.Audience: Poetry readers. Readers who are interested in Puritan beliefs and history. Rating: Very good.
[Cover Reveal] The Sign of the Weeping Virgin by Alana White | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: Five Star. Kindle edition publication date, May 1, 2022. Paperback publication date, May 2, 2022. First published in 2012. Genre: Historical mystery/fiction. Pages: 399. Format: Available in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle. Audience: Historical mystery/fiction readers.
(Review) The Forsaken Children (The British Home Children #1) by Naomi Finley | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: Huntson Press. April 13, 2021.Genre: Historical fiction. Pages: 350.Format: E-book copy. Source: I received a complimentary e-book copy from the publisher and HFVBT. I am not required to write a positive review. Audience: Readers of historical fiction focused on children. Rating: Very good. Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tour landing page. Link […]