Publisher and Publication Date: Penguin Classics. 2004. Genre: Poetry. Pages: 660. Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Readers of poetry. Rating: Excellent.
(Review) Once a Midwife: A Hope River Novel by Patricia Harman | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: William Morrow. 2018. Genre: Fiction. Pages: 512. Source: Library. Rating: Okay. Audience: I’m not sure. World War II readers are not going to be attracted to this book. People who’ve read the other books in this series will be drawn to reading this book.
[Review] The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock by Lucy Worsley | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: Pegasus Crime. 2014. Genre: Nonfiction. Pages: 312.Format: Hardcover.Source: Self-purchase.Audience: Readers of the history of murder in Great Britain. Readers of British detective murder mysteries. Rating: Good to very good.
(Review) Bleak House by Charles Dickens | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: Penguin Classics. 2003. First published 1853. Genre: Fiction. Classic literature. Victorian literature. Format: Paperback. Pages: 1083-this includes all supplementary material. The story itself is 989 pages. Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Readers of Charles Dickens, classic literature, and Victorian literature. Rating: Excellent. Link at Amazon The Kindle is free at this time. Bleak […]
[Review] Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery | Impressions In Ink
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.
(Review) Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things, Book One by Cynthia Voigt | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: Knopf Books for Young Readers. 2013. Genre: Young adult. Grades 3 to 7. Fiction. Pages: 374. Source: NetGalley eBook. I received a complimentary eBook copy from NetGalley, I was not required to write a positive review. Audience: Middle school readers. Rating: Good. Illustrations are by Iacopo Bruno who is a graphic […]
(Review) The Marriage of Miss Jane Austen, Volume III by Collins Hemingway | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. November 4, 2017. Genre: Fiction. Jane Austen spin-off. Pages: 338. Source: I received a complimentary paperback copy, but was not required to leave a positive review. Audience: I do not recommend. Rating: I do not recommend.
Christmas Past | Impressions In Ink
I’m in the middle. My sister JoAnn is on the left of photograph. My sister Frances (blonde) is on the right of photograph. Photo taken in 1971. JoAnn was a newlywed. Frances was a freshman at Texas State University.
(Review) Two Journeys Home: A Novel of Eighteenth Century Europe by Kevin O’Connell | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: November 2017. Genre: Historical fiction. Pages: 310. Source: Complimentary paperback copy from Kevin O’Connell. I was not required to leave a positive review. Rating: Good. Summary: It’s 1767. As the eagerly anticipated sequel to Beyond Derrynane begins, Eileen O’Connell avails herself of a fortuitous opportunity to travel back to Ireland. In Two Journeys Home, […]
(Review) The Historians by Cecelia Ekbäck | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers. 2021.Genre: World War II. Historical fiction. Spy. Espionage. Women and literature. Pages: 464. Source: I received a complimentary uncorrected eBook copy from NetGalley, I was not required to write a positive review. Audience: Readers of war/spy/espionage stories. Rating: Good.
Quote of the Week | Impressions In Ink
“My love she is a kitten, And my heart’s a ball of string.” “My Love and My Heart.” Stanza 1. Henry Sambrooke Leigh [1837-1883] Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett.Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1955. Page 690.
Greek Mythology | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: Ecco. An imprint of HarperCollins Publisher. 2011. 2012 for paperback. Genre: Greek mythology. A retelling of The Iliad. Pages: 378. Source: Self-purchase. Audience: Readers of Greek mythology. Rating: Excellent. Amazon link Barnes and Noble link Further links of interest: Greek Mythology Britannica Ancient History Encyclopedia Patroclus: GreekMythology.com – Dec 17, 2019 […]
Quote of the week | Impressions In Ink
“Look for the stars, you’ll say that there are none;Look up a second time, and, one by one,You mark them twinkling out with silvery light, And wonder how they could elude the sight!” “Calm Is the Fragrant Air” by William Wordsworth [1832] Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett. Published by Little, Brown and Company, 1955. […]
(Review) They Fought Alone: The True Story of the Starr Brothers, British Secret Agents in Nazi-Occupied France by Charles Glass | Impressions In Ink
Publisher and Publication Date: Penguin Press. September 11, 2018. Genre: Nonfiction. World War II. Memoir. Secret Service. Pages: 336. Source: I received a complimentary copy, but was not required to leave a positive review. Rating: Recommend. Very good. Audience: World War II readers.