Emilia is brave, but the horrors of the battlefield, the inhumanity of humans show her another aspect that she wasn’t exposed to in her intellectual upbringing
The Mademoiselle Alliance tells of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade was a fierce leader of thousands of people. An intelligent, cunning, and resourceful person
I enjoyed books in a similar vein, but after a strong start, the pace of The Library of Lost Dollhouses by Elise Hooper slowed down
Captain Wolfe Bowen receives a call to come check outa captured German U-Boat with two Japanese civilians on it. is carrying uranium
The Splinter Effect by Andrew is methodical and clear, the backstory is interesting and doesn’t interfere with the main narrative
The contrast between the romanticized ideals which he was taught, and the experience of a country torn by a civil war an interesting aspect of the book
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey depicts the harsh life in the Alaskan frontier, but also the an homage to the enormous and stunning wilderness
The Story of the Forest is a lively, thought-provoking and poignant exploration of diaspora and identity from the point of view of strong women
The Moonstone reads like a run-of-the-mill detective novel, however, it was written in 1868. It didn’t just stand the test of time but is also groundbreaking
A hilarious, thought-provoking novel, narrated by a retired professor, delves into microaggressions, assimilation, and legacy of the Inquisition
