I was kind of surprised by the rating on Goodreads for this one (3.75), which is better than average, but not by much. It’s a perfectly good book, but there’s a real misconception of what this book is, and what this book isn’t. I think part of the problem is that the title of the book, both the use of the term “White Trash” which never should have been used, and the “untold” part, which is not exactly true suggest something salacious and poppy, and […]
Wales Finally Gets Its Due
From the time I was a teenager through a good portion of my twenties, historical fiction was my go to genre. John Jakes, James Michener, Edward Rutherford and others were among some my most reliable authors. Michener and Rutherford would take one location, and use one or two families across the centuries (or millennia) to hit the highlights of English, Polish or Hawaiian history in one comprehensive tome, while John Jakes wrote sweeping family dramas spanning several books. I also loved novels like The Mists […]
Against Forgetting
Every once in a while I discover odd gaps in the books I have read, and Night was one of those. Since I learned to read German before I learned to read English, and spent K-7 in the German school system, I usually tend to assume I have read certain childhood classics or novels commonly read in middle school, but under a German name where the translated title doesn’t quite match up. This was especially the case with the book, Night, which blurs the line […]
Someone needs to live to tell the story …
I don’t remember how this novel ended up on my radar but it was in my Kindle’s TBR pile, and I figured it was a good time to start slowly working my way through some of the back log. The Weight of Ink is one of those novels with a split time line, with some parts taking place in the early 21st century, while the main story is set in London in 1650s to 1660s. Helen Watt is history professor on the verge of retirement […]
A death in winter
Finally, after what seemed like forever, I received the new Sebastian St Cyr novel, and devoured it all too quickly. Once again, Ms Harris has written a fantastic historical mystery that is detailed and entertaining. This is book 13 in the series, and while a person could read it as a stand alone, you really shouldn’t. There’s a lot of personal backstory between Sebastian and his wife, Hero, along with the cast of regulars that adds to the story. This one begins, as usual, with […]
Yup, still holds up
This is a re-read, and my original review for this book can be found here. As with the other Milans I’ve been revisiting, I wanted to listen to this in audio, but discovered, to my dismay that it wasn’t narrated by Polly Lee, who did the first two books in The Turner series, but Nicole Quinn, whose voice just did NOT work for me. I tried to warm to her throughout the first chapter, but gave up and returned the audio. Unraveled is my favourite book in this trilogy […]
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