Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie CousensMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
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Monday, December 16, 2024
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Review: Wild Swan: A Story of Florence Nightingale
Wild Swan: A Story of Florence Nightingale by Patti Callahan HenryMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
In this captivating historical novella, narrated by Tony Award-winning actress Cynthia Erivo, New York Times best-selling author Patti Callahan Henry celebrates the life of Florence Nightingale, the mother of modern nursing and one of history's greatest heroines.
I'm on a Cynthia Erivo kick and had no idea she was an audiobook narrator!
I also had no idea Florence Nigh
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Thursday, November 21, 2024
Review: Dear Mrs. Bird
Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. PearceMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Reread 11.20.2024 for book club
An adventurous young woman takes a typist job to assist the war effort and lands in the employ of a renowned advice columnist before she begins secretly replying to heart-wrenching letters rejected as unsuitable.
I liked this so much better the 2nd time! Audiobook was outstanding! It’s was so emotional.
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Sunday, November 10, 2024
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Review: Bringing Down the Duke
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie DunmoreMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Suffragette, Annabelle, has an accidental encounter in Parliament Square with the Duke of Montgomery as she hands out leaflets supporting British women's right to vote. This chance meeting leads to a complicated association, with Annabelle making tough choices about her personal future.
I liked this - mixed late-19th century politics with historical figures (Queen Victoria) and a group of young women who are advocating for women's rights. Throw in a handsome, sexy Duke with eyes for a suffragette, and it was a heated, romantic, tense, satisfying coupling.
Last book finished in 2020.
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Thursday, October 31, 2024
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Review: Tangled Up in You
Tangled Up in You by Christina LaurenMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
If you take Tara Westover from Educated, abducted Elizabeth Smart, the Branch Davidians, and turned it into a mashup of Rapunzel or Disney’s Tangled, it is this book.
I admit - I’ve never seen Tangled, and only remember “Rapunzel, let down your hair” from the fairytale, so maybe I missed the point.
It was much darker than I expected and is really a YA book. But I gave it 3 stars because I finished in 2 days, so I just have liked it.
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Friday, June 28, 2024
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Review: Lone Women
Lone Women by Victor LaValleMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
3.5 ⭐️
After her parents are murdered, Adelaide Henry abandons her family home with few possessions except for a mysterious trunk, and embarks on a journey to the Montana plains, where she hopes to start anew. But life becomes more complicated as secrets are discovered and a town and Adelaide reckons with the consequences.
A totally unique reading experience for me, as “horror” really isn’t my genre, but this was more of a genre-bending of historical fiction, western, fantasy, and ghost story - with some brutal slasher elements.
The tribe of women that support Adelaide was fierce - we should all be so lucky. And ultimately this is a novel of the power of love, acceptance, and families (or the lack thereof).
But the ending didn’t land where I thought it would, and there were some elements and characters that I didn’t quite understand.
I’m glad I pushed myself with this novel.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Review: Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Classic Agatha Christie. She was a master at characters. I had no idea how it was going to end - and was completely surprised. It did drag in the middle as Poirot interrogated each passenger. Yawn.
But the gem of this work was actor Dan Stevens’ narration - likely one of the best performances I’ve ever heard. Simply perfection.
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Review: A Distant Shore
A Distant Shore by Karen KingsburyMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
I will never have those 9 hours back.
•bad, repetitive dialogue
•weird narrative arc
•characters that were not believable
The narrators were excellent. The only reason I finished. That and it was a library book club discussion.
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