I’ve recently read a few short story collections, a genre that I had never sought out or read (other than in high school and college English classes). I initially was drawn to I Knew You’d Be Lovely because I’ve recently come to appreciate the short story, and Alethea Black shares an old-fashioned name with one…
Category Archives: Fiction
Reclaiming Lily, Review and Giveaway
Dr. Kai Chang grew up in China and faced unspeakable horrors. She has a new, successful life in America, but her greatest desire is to find her youngest sister: the sister left on the steps of a Chinese orphanage. Kai is determined to find her sister, not only to reconnect, but also to share important…
All Men of Genius
It’s Victorian England, and Violet Adams is a frustrated young scientist. Her biggest wish is to go to Illyria University, famed world-wide for its exclusive focus on science, but they do not admit women. Her twin brother Ashton, meanwhile, wants nothing more than to patronize London’s exclusive clubs and meet other like-minded young men. When…
The Lady of the Rivers
In The White Queen, Philippa Gregory crafted an account of Elizabeth Woodville, the first commoner to marry a King of England, and a driving force in the wars between cousins for rule of the kingdom during the 15th century. Their wedding was arranged in secret by her mother, Jacquetta of Luxembourg. The Lady of the…
Ellis Island
Ellis Island is one of those books. From the back: Sweethearts since childhood, Ellie Hogan and her husband, John, are content on their farm in Ireland–until John, a soldier in the Irish Republican Army, receives an injury that leaves him unable to work. forced to take drastic measures in order to survive, Ellie does what…
No Rest for the Dead
When I started to write this post, I originally opened with the line, “I don’t read a lot of mysteries.” But then I went back through my Read shelf in GoodReads, and realized I’ve read more than I’d originally thought. It’s a genre I don’t look to often, but I do enjoy the occasional “whodunit.”…
A Rather Remarkable Homecoming
Newlyweds Penny Nichols and Jeremy Laidley are living the life of your dreams. They are international spies, independently wealthy but with Old Money, the kind that includes heirlooms and country manors and Victorian town houses in London and flights to Madeira taken on a whim. But Penny did not grow up with money, so she…
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One is described as a sort of quirky genre-busting novel, which are among my favorite to read — when they work. I’m not sure how genre-busting it is, but this book did work for me. Immediately, this novel felt like the popular dystopian genre that is so prevalent in YA literature…
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