Review: Who is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht
I really liked this book about a CIA agent in 1960’s Argentina. The book checked a lot of boxes for me: historical fiction, set in a…
Review of Twenty-One Days by Anne Perry
Anne Perry is my favorite historical mystery writer, because she writes with a lot of detail, creates interesting characters, and her books raise difficult social and…
Review of The Vain Conversation by Anthony Grooms
This was a very intense read, and a thoughtful one. Grooms takes us into the minds of three characters who are involved in a mass lynching…
Review of Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
I read Pachinko for a book club and also for my Reading All Around the World challenge. This book was also listed frequently as one of…
Review of The Dream of the Iron Dragon by Robert Kroese
In many ways, this book has it all: space, aliens, time travel, and medieval Vikings. Robert Kroese’s book tells a story that is a lot of…
Ten Books That Have Been on my TBR List the Longest
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is the top ten books that have been on my TBR list the…
Review of White Tears by Hari Kunzru
I wasn’t quite sure what to make of White Tears, but I will tell you this: it stayed with me. I picked up this book because…
Strangers in Budapest by Jessica Keener
I was excited to read this novel about Budapest by Jessica Keener. Annie and Will are a young American couple who take a leap of faith…
Artefacts and Other Stories by Rebecca Burns
This is the third collection of stories by author Rebecca Burns, after Catching the Barramundi and The Settling Earth. Like The Settling Earth, these are short glimpses into interesting…
Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore
This is my first novel by Helen Dunmore, a well-known British author of historical fiction. This was, in fact, her final book, as she died this…
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
If you’re a Jennifer Egan fan, you’ve already heard that this book is a bit different from her others, in that it’s traditional historical fiction. If…
The Good People by Hannah Kent
This is Hannah Kent’s second book, after her superb Burial Rites, which was about an 1829 true crime in Iceland. Like Burial Rites, this one is…
