Review: New Shoes by Susan Lynn Meyer and Eric Velasquez
Ella Mae’s shoes are always hand-me-downs from her cousin Charlotte. When the new-used pair from Charlotte don’t fit, Ella Mae and her mother go to Johnson’s for Ella Mae’s first […]
Category Archives: Historical Fiction
Review: Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
At his wit’s end, Zacharias Wythe, freed slave, eminently proficient magician, and Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers—one of the most respected organizations throughout all of Britain—ventures to the border […]
Review: A Harvest of Ripe Figs by Shira Glassman
“I love you because you never tried to smooth me out.” “No,” said Isaac. “I sharpened you.” (p. 168) The detective queen is back! Shulamit of Perach and her partners in […]
Review: Climbing the Date Palm by Shira Glassman
Climbing the Date Palm is the second book in the Mangoverse series (The Second Mango is the first – you might want to start there) buuuut this one fits better with […]
Immigration in the books of Laurence Yep
Looking for an immigration story? Try Laurence Yep. More recently known for the charming A Dragon’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans, co-written with his wife, Joanne Ryder, Laurence […]
Review: Black Apple by Joan Crate
Black Apple by Joan Crate Published by Simon & Schuster Source: publisher This is what the publisher says (I received an ARC, so the back copy on my book might […]
Snapshots: A Tyranny of Petticoats, edited by Jessica Spotswood
Criss-cross America — on dogsleds and ships, stagecoaches and trains — from pirate ships off the coast of the Carolinas to the peace, love, and protests of 1960s Chicago. Join […]
Review: A Walk on Broken Glass
A Walk on Broken Glass: Elisabeth, Empress of Austria (Revised Edition) by Gloria M. Allan Granville Island Publishing Ltd., Co. source: the author (via Nafiza – I haven’t met Gloria […]
Review: Enola Holmes Mysteries series by Nancy Springer
Published by Philomel Source: Library/Purchased I read The Case of the Missing Marquess, the first in the Enola Holmes series in 2013 and kept meaning to pick up the next books in the series […]
Review: The Dark Days Club (Lady Helen #1) by Alison Goodman
Hardcover, 496 pages Expected publication: January 26th 2016 by Razorbill Source: Publisher Another man stepped out from the undergrowth. This time, Helen recognized the tall lean figure. He waited for […]
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