“Thinking I was free from the Mongols forever, I felt such joy that I almost cried my thanks aloud.” Our heroine Sofia exclaims at the beginning of Solomon’s Bride, I so wished this was true, and routed for her at the end of The Grip of God, but knew this would not be the case. […]
I’ve always enjoyed reading novels about Egyptian Pharaohs but they have mainly been on Nefertiti and Cleopatra, so when a novel about Hatshepsut came to my attention I jumped at the chance as I haven’t read much about her — why did it take me so long! Yes, the novel is fiction but beyond the […]
Review This may sound strange, but while reading Birth of an Assassin I was reminded of the tv show Scandal. There is one episode in particular, where we learn about Huck and why/how he became a professional killer. A short autobiography if you will, and perhaps on a longer scale, Birth of an Assassin reminded me […]
When I was ten I repeated 5th grade. We were moving and had severe health issues. My parents felt more comfortable having my brother (who was in 4th) and I at the same school, I have always looked young for my age, no one would know, it was a new beginning. That is how I […]
“How many bodies are there?” Short and sweet, but this first sentence grabbed me. It set the expectations and had me plowing through to learn the answer. I just finished watching an episode of CNBC’s show American Greed: Scams, it was on Rita Crundwell who embezzled 53 million dollars from her hometown. How does this […]
When I began Happily Ever After I immediately pegged Sadie as “the Bridget Jones type.” Single and middle-aged, she is sifting her way through life with back-handed humor and an obsession with word counts. The only difference is that Sadie has a head on her shoulders and a little more responsibility. Now picture Bridget in an […]
While I was reading Queen Elizabeth’s Daughter I felt like a foreign Bachelorette was being played in front of me, only with the Queen handing out the roses. It was clear that the bulk of this story would be about Mary’s love life and after being denied young love Queen Elizabeth feels it is her […]
I read The Collector of Dying Breaths slowly, as if I was taking my last breath. The story was as intoxicating as the perfumes described in its pages. When a story is told in two parts let alone two centuries I am usually drawn more towards one. This was not the case here. I was […]
At the start of Kyle Demore and the Timekeeper’s Key all I felt was missing was a lightening bolt scar, although there is so much more to this story. My catch phrase as a little kid was “What’s happening now Mom, what’s happening now?” That is how I felt about this novel, what will happen […]
I’m not sure how I feel about this book. One of the main characters has epilepsy and being epileptic myself I had some problems with the accuracy of Campbell’s seizure activity. In the novel, Campbell, Anna’s lawyer, has a dog that goes everywhere with him and later the reader learns it is a seizure dog. […]