Book Review

Nazi Wives

Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitler’s Germany James Wyllie St. Martin’s Press, Nov 2020, 320 pages Provided by Pub via Netgalley Historical Novel ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I love the cover. The way the black and white photos of the women are arranged creates the appearance somewhat of a swastika without actually using one. It… Continue reading Nazi Wives

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Two Questions:

Two Questions: Changing Countries for Love...Is it worth it? Would you do it again? Danielle Murray Amazon.com Services LLC, Apr 2019 265 pages Historical Novel Provided by the Author ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 Stars The cover is rather depressing if you ask me, but I think it’s meant to be that way. It goes along with so… Continue reading Two Questions:

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The Rabbit Girls

The Rabbit Girls Anna Ellory Lake Union Pub, Sep 1, 2019 396 pages Historical, WWII Purchased for Kindle app ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The cover is perfect for this book. The feather is the one Miriam puts in the door so that she can tell if anyone has been in the apartment. It took me a while to… Continue reading The Rabbit Girls

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Resistance Women

Resistance Women Jennifer Chiaverini HarperCollins Pub, May 2019 608 pages, Kindle, Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook, Audio CD Historical Novel, WWII Novel, Fiction Purchased at the current price Recommended by Donna Morse ✫✫✫✫✫ The cover is well-done with the two women dressed appropriately for the time walking in a rather bleak city area towards an arch decorated… Continue reading Resistance Women

Book Review

The Right Sort of Man

The Right Sort of Man Allison Montclair Minotaur Books, June 2019 325 pages, Kindle, Hardcover, Audiobook, Audio CD Historical Novel, Cozy mystery Provided by NetGalley ✮✮✮✮✮ The combination of colors on the cover is what caught my eye when I saw it. It felt like an old photograph. The font was perfect for a post-WWII… Continue reading The Right Sort of Man

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The Phantom Tree

The Phantom Tree Nicola Cornick Graydon House, Aug 2018 384 pages, kindle, paperback, audiobook, audio cd Historical Novel, Time Travel ✭✭✭✭✭ Provided, NetGalley The cover is so appropriate for this story of partial history and partial time travel. I loved this historical novel, using what is known and adding a good ending is always fun,… Continue reading The Phantom Tree

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Obake Neko

Obake Neko David Michael Gillespie Kindle, Paperback 349 pages, May 2018 Adventure, debut, historical novel Provided, NetGalley ✮✮✮✮✮ The cover was rather mysterious and intriguing. A submarine with this title about a ghost cat. What was this? In spite of being part of a Navy family and having a husband who was really into history,… Continue reading Obake Neko

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society A Novel Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows The Dial Press, Dec 2011 306 pages, ebook, paperback, hardcover, audible book, audio CD Women’s Lit, Romance, Historical Novel, General Fiction Purchased ✭✭✭✭✭ The cover that I had on my book is the one at right with the woman… Continue reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Book Review

Wives of War

Soraya M. Lane Lake Union Publishing 2017 Kindle ed, 350 pages, also in audible book Genre(s) women's lit, historical novel Source author's rep Synopsis: London, 1944. Two young nurses meet at a train station with a common purpose: to join the war effort. Scarlet longs for the chance to find her missing fiancé, Thomas, and… Continue reading Wives of War