And here we have a full Cannonball, completed at the last possible moment! That’s fine though, because I’m at least finishing up with an excellent book. Everyone Brave is Forgiven is the interwoven tale of three interesting and intrepid characters, set in World War II London. From their very first introductions, till the bitter end of the story, I was so involved with them that I genuinely worried for them, given the fact that they were, you know, in an active war zone and all. […]
Seriously good historical fiction that all y’all should read.
“You want to know what weakness is? Weakness is treating someone as though they belong to you. Strength is knowing that everyone belongs to themselves.” So everybody has been saying this is really good, and now after reading it, I can confirm that is indeed really good. You know, in case my star rating didn’t already do that for you and you need the actual words. THIS BOOK IS REALLY GOOD. There. It’s in all caps now, and everybody knows that all caps on the […]
Typical historical romance from a different perspective
I’m a sucker for lists. Give me a list of things to do, and there’s nothing I like more than checking items off as I complete them. I’ve found a number of lists of “books to read,” and any list that sounds interesting, or has books that I’ve already read and enjoyed, I save. This definitely makes my own to-be-read list more unmanageable, but I can’t help myself. The latest list I stumbled upon is NPR’s Best Books of 2016. It was on this list […]
Tudor royals, books, shapeshifters and all manner of complications
According to history, when King Edward VI, Henry VIII’s son died young and childless, certain noblemen who wanted to make sure a ruler of the Protestant faith ruled the country put his young cousin Lady Jane Gray on the throne. She ruled for nine days, before Mary Tudor arrived with her armies, removed the poor girl and had her beheaded. This book bears a vague resemblance to that story. In the England of this story, the conflict in England isn’t between Catholics and Protestants, it’s […]
Less moaning about your looks, more sorting out your country, young Queen
3.5 stars Kelsea knows that when she turns nineteen, it is time for her to take her rightful place as Queen, like her mother (who died when she was a baby) and grandmother before her. She has been raised far from civilisation, by two loyal servants, who did their best to prepare her in every way they could for the duty she would be facing. What they have not done is socialise her in any way, she’s barely seen another living soul since she was […]
The Not So Amazing Adventures of Zelikman & Amram
I just left a comment on another CBR raving about Michael Chabon. And it’s true — I love the man’s writing. But this book was just really not very good. I started out liking it, because the language is enchanting. But I realized quickly that it was a lot of fancy words describing something I just could not enjoy. ““[A]dventures befall the unadventurous as readily, if not as frequently, as the bold. Adventures are a logical and reliable result – and have been since at least […]
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