HISTORICAL FICTION

Woman On Fire by Lisa Barr: A Book Review by Laura Kelly Robb

Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr is the dramatic story of a young journalist whose sole mission is to discover the whereabouts of a lost painting stolen by the Nazis during World War II. In today’s post, I am extremely pleased to welcome Laura Kelly Robb as a guest to discuss and review the novel. Laura Kelly Robb is an author herself who has written her own mystery novel titled The Laguna Shores Research Club. She has been kind enough to pass me along a copy, and I will be posting my thoughts of that in just a few weeks.…

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Tudor Book Tag: Two New Books From The All Things Tudor Book Club!

I am back with another Tudors Book Tag! All Things Tudor has a wonderful book club and in today’s post, I am going to be reviewing books from their reading list. The first is Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me by Matthew Lewis and the second is Henry VII and The Tudor Pretenders by Nathen Amin. It was very exciting to have been invited to review these novels and be part of the upcoming months reading because All Things Tudors is an absolute favorite of mine. They have a wonderful blog, magazine, group, and I absolutely adore their podcast produced by…

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Book Review | Of Windmills And War By Diane Moody – Book One Of The WWII Trilogy

He is an all American boy from Chicago whose destiny brought him to the life of a B-17 pilot in the U.S. 8th Air Force. She is a girl determined to fight with the resistance in occupied Holland and has nothing to lose. In times of peace they had once been pen pals. Will they ever manage to find each other? After all, It was WWII and everything changed. All is fair in love and war. Diane Moody’s historical fiction novel titled Of Windmills And War was an absolute gem to read in my opinion and luckily it is an…

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Book Review| Lizzie’s Dream By Beverly J. Tucker| Wasn’t Crazy About This One…

I recently read Lizzie’s Dream by Beverly J Tucker. The novel is an historical fiction that follows the life of young girl working in a mill and falling in love during WWI. It pains me that I am unable to give this book a raving a review because usually I enjoy most books that I read but this just wasn’t quite there for me. My thoughts and full review are below … Lizzie’s Dream by Beverly J. Tucker is not necessarily a bad book by any means, but it isn’t that great either. I think my biggest problem with the…

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Book Review | The Lost Queen by Signe Pike – 5 Out 5 Stars Must Read! – Historical Fiction

The Lost Queen by Signe Pike was just the historical fiction novel my mind needed to read. The whole story is absolutely entertaining from start to finish. In today’s post I will go over my thoughts on the amazing characters, plot, and setting. I was very impressed with the amount of research and history that went into this in order bringing such a story to life. Leave your thoughts on the book if you have read it already and what other books would you recommend reading for those interest in the historical fiction genre? Thank you for reading today’s post…

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Book Review | Westering Women Written By Best-Selling Author Sandra Dallas

In today’s post I will be discussing Westering Women.The book was quite a roller coaster of emotional hardship and triumphs that I couldn’t put it down.  It was really that good. The novel takes place on a tragic journey out west and is an endless adventure ♥ Westering Women was written by New York Times Best Selling author Sandra Dallas and I couldn’t recommend it more! After reading about sixty percent of the novel, an event  in the story occurred that made me so angry I almost decided to stop reading it altogether; however, that didn’t happen. It was at…

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Book Review: Hating the Novel “Outlander” Written by Diana Gabaldon

I rarely post bad book reviews because I find most reading enjoyable no matter what kind of genre or writing style; however, the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon left me feeling disappointed. Today’s book review will not be good. I didn’t finish the first book. To begin, I want to say it excited me to try the Outlander series and have the entire book series on my Kindle. The reason I was so eager to try the series out is because after having mouth surgery I was laid up for a few days and binged watched the first couple seasons…

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