Hyperion
Secrets and Sapphires
Overall, this is an enjoyable story with an engaging and likeable heroine and lots of intrigue. Set in 1912, it…
Jepp, Who Defied the Stars
Jepp, Who Defied the Stars is a story about a little man who reminds us that anything is obtainable if you…
The Time Keeper
“Long ago, at the dawn of man’s history”, somewhere in ancient Mesopotamia, Dor is the first man on earth to…
The 100-year-old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Swedish noir may be a hot literary commodity, but apparently Swedish writers are also capable of producing humor on a…
Sutton
Pulitzer Prize winner Moehringer does not tell you a couple of things in his brief author’s note about the facts…
Code Name Verity
Editors' choice
The first half of the story is told by ‘Verity’, who is being interrogated by the Gestapo. Writing is the…
The Wild Rose
Jennifer Donnelly’s The Wild Rose is the third of her celebrated “Rose” novels, and it is every bit as wonderful…
The Soldier’s Wife
When Guernsey is occupied in 1940, the islanders think it’s the beginning of the end. The Germans requisition houses for…
The Red Queen’s Daughter
Often a cover initially draws us to a book, but as we all know you “can’t judge a book by…
The Second Objective
Mid-December 1944 was not a good time for the American forces fighting the Germans on the Franco-German borders. The seemingly…
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