Amazon | iTunes | Kobo | Smashwords Review It is hard to read Madame Presidentess by Nicole Evelina and not make comparisons to Hilary Clinton. Like Clinton, Victoria Woodhull has a fight song and in every aspect fought tooth and nail. Madame Presidentess is beautifully told with the author showcasing Woodhull’s life in […]
Weekly Impressions is a weekly wrap-up post of the going-ons on my blog and what I’ve been reading. It is in conjunction with The Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer and It’s Monday What Are You Reading hosted by The Book Date. Off the Blog This week I took a small visit to Illinois […]
First Impressions In July my book club read The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison. Outside of David Sedaris, I do not read short stories or essays. I typically don’t have the patience for them. There is not enough meat on their bones. I prefer longer novels that give me time to sink my teeth into […]
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound Review The Munich Girl by Phyllis Edgerly Ring is an elegant historical fiction novel of Eva Braun. Besides being Adolph Hitler’s mistress (and short-lived wife) little is known about this woman in history. The Munich Girl is essentially a story of discovering oneself and is shared […]
First Impressions When I first acquired The Winemakers written by Jan Moran I looked forward to starting up my kindle for a fun historical set in Italy. Sadly, these thoughts were quickly diminished. Impressions On Plot Jan Moran has written a book the held potential but quickly went awry. What started out as a novel […]
First Impressions Perhaps it is my obsession with Dateline, but I have a sick affinity with novels that involve women in peril. After reading the synopsis of The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh I felt it fit the bill. I thought the novel would be a cut and dry whodunit. While the “whodunit” part […]
Today, I am very excited to host an interview with M.J. Rose author of The Secret Language of Stones. Please tell us a bit about The Secret Language of Stones? As World War I rages and the Romanov dynasty reaches its sudden, brutal end, a young jewelry maker works at La Fantasie Russie. The jewelry […]