Posts tagged ‘World War I’

Miss Kopp’s Midnight Confessions by Amy Stewart

I love this series, which is about a real-life woman in the 1910’s who was one of the first female deputy sheriffs. Amy Stewart builds the…

Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain

I spent months reading this book, which is unusual for me. I tend to read a book straight through once I’ve started, but with this book…

I loved Burns’ two books of short stories, Catching the Barramundi and The Settling Earth so I was happy to receive a copy of her first…

Ghost Talkers is an ideal summer vacation read if you like historical and paranormal fiction. Set in Le Havre during World War I, it’s about a…

I wanted to love this book by the author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand. I didn’t love it, a problem I’m having with a lot of…

When I’m reading a novel about a historical figure, I want the book to be factual enough that I get a good sense of who the…

I don’t usually review a Book 2 in a series, but I wanted to write about this one because I just didn’t enjoy it as much…

I really enjoyed this historical novel about World War I. It focuses on a very specific group: the lives of Harvard and Radcliffe students at the…

The Beekeeper’s Apprentice is Laurie R. King’s take on Sherlock Holmes towards the end of his career. In this first book of a series, Holmes meet…

I was excited about this book, because I’ve been looking for a good historical mystery to sink my teeth into for a while. I love the…

In my last post, I recommended a book called Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld. Westerfeld is one of my favorite YA writers. He’s written the Uglies and…