We always call these โLazy Sunday #TBR list Roundupsโ but today is even more lazy than usual. Itโs just me, Becky, here and my TBR List adds are all from one webpage that has done me in. And I quoteโฆ …
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historical fiction
I read The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah for my October book club….which was awhile ago, but it was so good it still warrants a review four months later. Vianne and Isabelle could not be more different. Isabelle is young and …
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Review: The Dressmaker’s Dowry by Meredith Jaeger
by Beckyby BeckyWhy: I love historical fiction. That pretty much sums up my answer to why I read a majority of the books I do! However, I also have a love for the city of San Francisco. Not only do my brother, …
This book has a beautiful cover. I’m a sucker for a beautiful anything, but especially a well-designed book jacket. So after reading the description for this one โ and then seeing the cover โ I was ready to dive in. …
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Review: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
by Beckyby BeckyWhy: I was intrigued by the trailer for the upcoming motion picture version ofย The Light Between Oceans and heard it mentioned that it was adapted from a New York Times Bestseller. When I looked up the book and saw the …
Why:ย I love learning about World War II. There is something about “the greatest generation” of Americans and the military stories from the war that makes me pine for simpler times and a united togetherness in our country. (The world too, …
Why:ย Road to Paradiseย by Paullina Simons piqued my interest because my friends and I took a road trip the summer after high school, just as Shelby sets out to do. (Shout out to our fearless LQ Leader, Joli for sitting in …
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Book Review: A Gentleman in Moscow
by Aubreyby AubreyI’m having a serious like-dislike relationship with Amor Towles’s A Gentleman in Moscow. While I really loved parts of it, there were parts I really disliked too. A Gentleman in Moscow begins in post-WWI Russia. It opens in a courtroom, …
Where to begin?! I absolutely adored this book. It’s full of interesting women, clever observations, and examines important issues regarding women in the 1950s. I had never heard of it before, and read it completely on a whim when it …
Why: If youโve read any of my other reviews, press fast forward. Haha! The Girl in the Castle is historical fiction that blends fact and fiction. That alone probably would have been enough for me to pick up the title, however, the …