HNR Issue 93 (August 2020)

HNR Issue 93 (August 2020)

Say Yes to the Duke: The Wildes of Lindow Castle

By Eloisa James - Published 2020

Genres:

Romance

1781. As stepdaughter to the Duke of Lindow, Violet Astley does not consider herself a ‘real’ Wilde, despite the fact that the rest of ...Read Review

The Degenerates

By J. Albert Mann - Published 2020

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

There is so much about this novel that shouldn’t work—multiple points of view, long episodes of the abuse of young women, ...Read Review

Florence Adler Swims Forever

By Rachel Beanland - Published 2020

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Atlantic City, 1934. On a fine June day, Florence Adler, training to swim the English Channel, dives into the ocean and disappears beneath the ...Read Review

Breach of Faith (Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mysteries)

By J. G. Lewis - Published 2019

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In this, the second in the Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mystery series, it is 1226 and Countess Ela Longespee of Salisbury has recently lost ...Read Review

I Survived The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived Graphic Novels)

By Scott Dawson - Published 2020

Genres:

Children/Young AdultNautical

Reluctant readers are not reluctant thinkers. Lauren Tarshis understands that her action stories and their graphic adaptations are often the first choice for ...Read Review

A Death in Mayfair (The DCI Frank Merlin Series)

By Mark Ellis - Published 2019

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is the third in Mark Ellis’s DCI Frank Merlin series, set in London in WW2. The action takes place over two ...Read Review

The Not So Quiet Life of Calamity Jane

By K. Lyn Wurth - Published 2021

Genres:

Biographical FictionWestern

In 1862 in Missouri, Martha Jane Cannary is six, the oldest sister to crying baby brothers and sisters. Her often absent mother craves whiskey ...Read Review

The Postman (Penguin Specials)

By Jesse Field (trans.) - By Yu Bi - Published 2020

Genres:

This is a small book but a large, impressive story, simply told and heartbreaking but concluding with hope. In Shanghai in 1936, when young ...Read Review

The Night Watchman

By Louise Erdrich - Published 2020

Genres:

In 1953, the House of Representatives passed House Bill 108, designed to terminate federal recognition of several Native American tribes. Facing the loss of his ...Read Review

City of Gold

By Will Hobbs - Published 2020

Genres:

Children/Young AdultWestern

In 1900, fifteen-year-old Owen Hollowell witnesses the theft of his family’s mules. Newly arrived in Colorado after the death of Owen’s father, ...Read Review