Review: "Constantinopolis" by James D. Shipman
I wasn’t sure I would like to write a blog but quite frankly, I have really started to enjoy it. Because of it, I have been able to meet...
Review: "Book of Ages - The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin" by Jill Lepore
This non fictional book is about the life of Jane Franklin, the sister of Benjamin Franklin. Jane and Benjamin were the youngest of ten...
Review: "Vanessa and her Sister" by Priya Parmar
This was a fascinating fictional look into the adult Stephen children who were members of the legendary Bloomsbury Group. It mainly...
Review: "A World Elsewhere" by Sigrid MacRae
Sigrid MacRae never knew her father, he was killed at the Russian front while she was still in the womb, but through a box of letters...
Review: "Edge of Eternity (The Century Trilogy #3)" by Ken Follett
Being the third book in the Century Trilogy, I thought perhaps it would get a little redundant but I was pleasantly surprised. The story...
Review: "The Golden State" by Michelle Richmond
This is a great end of the summer read. Since I am a mother/grandmother and there was a small child involved, it was an action packed,...
Review: "American Queen: The Rise and Fall of Kate Chase Sprague, Civil War “Belle of the North” an
This is the non-fiction biography of Katherine Jane Chase Sprague, the daughter of the Salmon P. Chase, Lincoln’s first Secretary of the...
Review: "Not One of Them Whole" by Edison McDaniels
This is a very unique fictional look at the Battle of Gettysburg. It is the gut-wrenching story of how the soldiers, surgeons,...
Review: "We Are Not Ourselves" by Matthew Thomas
This is the history of Eileen Leary and her family. She was the only child of naturalized parents who immigrated from Ireland. She grew...
Review: "What It Was Like" by Peter Seth
WOW!!!I just finished this book and what a page turner. This is the debut novel from author Peter Seth and I couldn’t put it down. It...