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Book Review / Historical Fiction Posted on: June 4, 2018August 20, 2024

Dear Mrs Bird, by A.J. Pearce

Blessed be the meddlers—but only the fictional ones who can’t actually meddle in your life. […]

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Alternate History / Book Review / Historical Fantasy / Thriller Posted on: May 27, 2018May 27, 2018

Summerland, by Hannu Rajaniemi

What would it be like to exist in a world where death doesn’t really matter? […]

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Alternate History / Book Review / Historical Fiction / Metafiction Posted on: May 25, 2018

Confessions of the Fox, by Jordy Rosenberg

Confessions of the Fox, by Jordy Rosenberg, is a very sneaky book. It begins as […]

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Book Review / Literary Fiction Posted on: May 21, 2018May 20, 2018

The Lost for Words Bookshop, by Stephanie Butland

Trigger warning for domestic violence. Lovejoy Cardew is in hiding. She has good reasons for […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction Posted on: May 20, 2018

The Butcher’s Daughter, by Victoria Glendinning

Victoria Glendinning’s The Butcher’s Daughter explores a theme I hadn’t considered before—or even really addressed—in historical […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Mystery Posted on: May 15, 2018May 15, 2018

Island of the Mad, by Laurie R. King

Laurie R. King’s Island of the Mad is the fifteenth entry in the Mary Russell and Sherlock […]

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Book Review / Historical Fantasy / Historical Fiction Posted on: May 4, 2018April 30, 2018

The Hawkman, by Jane Rosenberg LaForge

After World War I, millions of traumatized men returned to their homes to sink or […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Thriller Posted on: April 30, 2018April 27, 2018

The Vanishing, by Sophia Tobin

One of the most difficult skills to learn in life is discovering who one can […]

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Book Review / Contemporary Fantasy Posted on: April 16, 2018April 12, 2018

What Should Be Wild, by Julia Fine

Girls without mothers raised by somewhat clueless fathers are not uncommon in literature. What is uncommon is […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Science Fiction Posted on: April 12, 2018April 8, 2018

Time Was, by Ian McDonald

A good find at a used book sale might be a copy of a book […]

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