The Spectacular by Fiona Davis has been on my shelf for a while. I ordered it quite a while ago with my Book of the Month (BOTM) subscription and, like most of my other BOTM books, it has languished, waiting for me to be in the mood to pick it up. I finally did justContinueContinue reading “Review: The Spectacular by Fiona Davis”
Category Archives: Historical Fiction
ARC Review: Unrest by Gwen Tuinman
Unrest by Gwen Tuinman interested me initially because it’s rather rare to find a novel set in a historical setting in Canada. In addition, I have lived in the area in which the book is set for the past 15 years or so, so that made me doubly interested. This turned out to be aContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: Unrest by Gwen Tuinman”
Review: An Inquiry into Love and Death by Simone St. James
After reading one of Simone St. James’s books recently, I put a bunch of them on my holds list at the library and a few of them finally came in. This was one of them. I read a bunch back to back in October 2023, but I will probably spread out the reviews on them.ContinueContinue reading “Review: An Inquiry into Love and Death by Simone St. James”
Review: The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner
I was really looking forward to The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner when I ordered it as part of my Book of the Month box earlier this year. Like many of my books it didn’t get picked up right way, but I thought October was the perfect time to finally pick it up. SetContinueContinue reading “Review: The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner”
Review: The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin
The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin is set in Warsaw, Poland during the second world war. It follows the lives of Zofia and Janina, two young girls, best friends, who come of age during the war. They are both lovers of books and become involved in a group fighting to save the cultureContinueContinue reading “Review: The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin”
Life, Tea, and Everything 