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Piano player, meet piano maker

What Music!: The Fifty-year Friendship between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos by Laurie Lawlor

December 29, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Though available, read What Music!: The Fifty-year Friendship between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos via an online reader copy. Laurie Lawlor created a story that is more on the friendship and Beethoven’s life than the actual pianos Streicher built. It is an interesting look into their lives, through an outlet not usually used. While you might learn a few new things about Streicher, overall, there might not be a lot of new for Beethoven. This picture book is not to be considered […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Anna-Maria Stein, Becca Stadlander, composer, friendship, German piano maker, Laurie Lawlor, Ludwig van Beethoven, music, music educator, Nannette Streicher, Vienna, writer

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:897 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Anna-Maria Stein, Becca Stadlander, composer, friendship, German piano maker, Laurie Lawlor, Ludwig van Beethoven, music, music educator, Nannette Streicher, Vienna, writer ·
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His hand looked like the rest of him, large and stern and competent.

Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller

February 26, 2023 by Emmalita 12 Comments

I loved Hotel of Secrets and now I want to go read Diana Biller’s backlist. I was anxious going in to this romance because I haven’t enjoyed a straight historical romance in forever, but it quickly won me over. I liked it so much I’ve actually preordered a signed copy from an independent bookstore. Hotel of Secrets is set in Vienna just as 1878 begins. While the jostling among empires (Austro-Hungarian, Russian, Ottoman) and the rise of national identities isn’t a focus, it does creep […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Diana Biller, Hotel of Secrets, NetGalley, Vienna

Emmalita's CBR15 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Diana Biller, Hotel of Secrets, NetGalley, Vienna ·
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Lilly Renee fought Nazi’s with her pen

Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivors to Comic Book Pioneer by Trina Robbins

October 18, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A while ago, I think I saw this book on a list of World War two books. Or maybe it was books about women. At the time it did not seem interesting to me, so I quickly forgot it. Later I came across from it and for some reason was compelled to do an interlibrary loan request for it. I know I was not sure what it was about (okay, so the title should have given me a clue, but even then, nope. Nothing. I […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Anne Timmons, Comics, England, Holocaust (1939-1945), Jewish history, Lily Rene Wilhelm, Mo Oh, new york, Trina Robbins, Vienna, War comics, Women's History, World War II

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:521 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Anne Timmons, Comics, England, Holocaust (1939-1945), Jewish history, Lily Rene Wilhelm, Mo Oh, new york, Trina Robbins, Vienna, War comics, Women's History, World War II ·
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