So people have been raving about this book for years and, as per usual, I am so late to the station that the train has already traversed the planet and come all the way back to drop its passengers off. It wasn’t until a friend literally pressed the book into my hand and commanded me to read it that I finally did. This time I should’ve gotten on the train sooner. So why didn’t I? Well people kept raving about the book, but every time […]
Man out of time
My husband loves Nikola Tesla; our dog’s name is Tesla Coil (Tes) and we have a cat named Edison (Eddie). I picked up Tesla, Man out of time to read more about the man my husband admires. With Elon Musk’s Tesla Motor Company bring the Tesla name back in the mainstream there are a lot more people nowadays that know the name and know some of the wrongs committed against Tesla (primarily by Thomas Edison). Tesla was a Serbian electrical engineer who emigrated to the […]
Breaking up is hard to do
American Miss Merry Pelford has infamously broken two betrothals already and her aunt and uncle have taken her to England, where her reputation is slightly less well-known. She’s convinced she’s finally found the man for her when dashing and handsome Lord Cedric Allardyce proposes to her, while quoting poetry. No longer will gossip about her fickle and flighty heart be all that she hears whispered when she enters a room. Cedric’s twin, the Duke of Trent, shows up to the ball where he’s heard rumour […]
Poison First, Ask Questions Later, or Maybe Not
Grave Mercy takes place in medieval Brittany, while France is threatening to take over and Brittany’s independence is hanging in the balance. Their duchess can’t be crowned without the consent of the French regent and she is entrenched in slimy marriage deals from multiple suitors. That’s the abridged version of the complex historical background that sets the scene for this story. The story is about Ismae, a girl who was fathered by Mortain, an ancient God of Death. She is mistreated by her father and […]
Let’s Give It Up For America’s Favorite Fighting Frenchman!
*This review is for the audiobook version of Lafayette in the Somewhat United States* This book was really fun to listen to. The actors were well chosen, (someone should put Nick Offerman in a Washington biopic immediately) but it doesn’t hold up well on reflection. She begins by talking about Lafayette’s return to the United States in 1824 and I got excited. I’d never heard about this! After a few anecdotes from his trip the book takes a turn into Revolutionary War history, which is […]
Even more disappointing
The Legend of Lyon Redmond (2015) and the love story of Lyon Redmond and Olivia Eversea has been a long time coming. Julie Anne Long has written numerous books about the small town of Pennyroyal Green and the many epic romances sprouting from the area. Every young man or woman of marriageable age and suitable demeanor has been swept up in Cupid’s influence, including every Redmond and Eversea sibling. A common thread throughout all of Long’s previous Pennyroyal Green books is the whispered mystery of the […]
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