historical fiction
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The Women
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. –StoryGraph MY REVIEW Book club this year has some heavy hitting subject matter, lol. I probably would not have had this on my TBR without book club so I’m really glad that…
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Night Watch
In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. –StoryGraph MY REVIEW TW: Rape, physical assault, child abandonment, death, which unsurprising given its Civil War/Reconstruction era timeline Another one for the fiction book club! This was one…
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The Elopement
As Mary approaches her seventeenth birthday, a bond forms between her and Ned Knight, an understanding that leads, on the last day of the year 1825, to Ned declaring his hand. –StoryGraph MY REVIEW This was another book tied into Jane Austen’s family members and I really enjoy historical fiction…
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Women of the Post Review
An emotional story, based on true events, about the all-Black battalion of the Women’s Army Corps who found purpose, solidarity and lifelong friendship in their mission of sorting over one million pieces of mail for the US Army. –Storygraph My Review Simply put, this is an absolutely fantastic novel. We all know…
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The Library Thief -Review- Blog Tour
The library is under lock and key. But its secrets can’t be contained. A strikingly original and absorbing mystery about a white-passing bookbinder in Victorian England and the secrets lurking on the estate where she works, for fans of Fingersmith and The Confessions of Frannie Langton 1896. After he brought her home from Jamaica as…
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Lessons in Chemistry Review
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. –GoodReads…
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Piercing the Veil ARC Review
Bells are ringing for Jonathan and Camila as they plan their wedding but something is lurking in the alleyways of New York City. –GoodReads MY REVIEW Review for Book One: If you need/want to read the review for book one, it can be found above! With a series like this,…
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All the White Spaces ARC Review
In the wake of the First World War, Jonathan Morgan stows away on an Antarctic expedition, determined to find his rightful place in the world of men. – GoodReads My Review Jonathan Morgan is a trans teenager who had to stay behind and watch his brothers go off to WWI.…
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Cinder & Glass eARC Review
1682. The king sends out an invitation to all the maidens in France: their presence is requested at a number of balls and events that will be held in honor of the dashing Prince Louis, who must choose a bride. – GoodReads My Review First off, let’s take a moment…
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Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter eARC Review
The Brightwell family has sailed from England to make their new home in Western Australia. – GoodReads My Review Set in 1886 in Bannin Bay, Australia Pook gives us a very promising debut novel. I love historical fiction, I don’t read it enough but it’s one of those genres I…
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