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Monthly Archives: August 2016
A Change of Fortune vs First Impressions – And a Question of Plagiarism
Book Review : A Change of Fortune vs First Impressions By Jen Turano vs Elizabeth Johns e-book Spoiler Alert! Summary A Change of Fortune Lady Eliza Sumner is on a mission. Her fortune was the last thing she had left after … Continue reading
Posted in grown up books reviewed, young adult book reviews
Tagged A Change of Fortune, Christian Romance, clean romance, Elizabeth Johns, fiction, First Impressions, Jen Turano, motherless children, plagiarized writing, predictable plot, Regency inspired novels, romance, second wife, wealth
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In Good Company – A Must Read If You Love The Dictionary
Book Review : In Good Company A Class of Their Own #2 By Jen Turano Spoiler Alert! Summary After growing up as an orphan, Millie Longfellow is determined to become the best nanny the East Coast has ever seen. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
Posted in grown up books reviewed, young adult book reviews
Tagged American setting, belief in God, Christian Romance, clean romance, Colorado authors, dictonary, Everett Mulberry, fiction, historical fiction, In Good Company, Jen Turano, light summer read, Millie Longfellow, misuse of words, mystery, nanny, Newport, orphan, prayer, Rhode Island, Victorian age
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“The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane” -A New Take On The Witches Of Salem
Book Review : The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane By Katherine Howe Spoiler Alert! Summary Harvard graduate student Connie Goodwin needs to spend her summer doing research for her doctoral dissertation. But when her mother asks her to handle the sale … Continue reading
Posted in grown up books reviewed
Tagged 1600's, 1690, 1990's, coming of age, Connie Goodwin, danger, Elizabeth Howe, Harvard, historical fiction, Katherine Howe, magic, magic power, Massachusetts, mystery, New England, Rebecca Nurse, romance, Salem Witch Trials, Sarah Good, Sarah Wildes, steeplejack, strong female characters, supernatural, Susannah Martin, The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
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The Phoenix Legacy – A Science Fiction Series Worthy of Asimov
Book Review : Sword of the Lamb The Phoenix Legacy series By M.K. Wren e-book Spoiler Alert! (New ebook cover) (Book 2, Original Cover) (Book 3, Original Cover – which I think is more fun) Summary In the 33rd Century, a vast … Continue reading
Posted in All Time Favorites, grown up books reviewed
Tagged 33rd Century, Adrien Eliseer, adventure, Alexand DeKoven Woolf, Badir Selasis, Bond, books written in the 1980's, byronic hero, caste system, character driven plot, classic themes, compared to Asimov's Foundation Trilogy, complex plot, complex world building, Concord, courage, danger, Dark Age, Elite, Fesh, feudalism, fiction, futuristic society, House of DeKoven Woolf, House ofthe Wolf, Jael, Karlis Selasis, love story, M.K. Wren, medieval society, mystery, Phoenix, rebellion, Richard Lamb, Richard Woolf, romance, science fiction, secret society, Shadow of the Swan, sociology, space, strong female characters, suffering, Sword of the Lamb, technological society, The Phoenix Legacy, war
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Girl Waits With Gun – Based On True Events!
Book Review : Girl Waits With Gun Kopp Sisters #1 By Amy Stewart Spoiler Alert! Summary Constance Kopp doesn’t quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been isolated from … Continue reading
Posted in grown up books reviewed
Tagged 1914, Amy Stewart, biographical novels, buggy crash, Constance Kopp, crime, danger, defend family, early 1900's, family secret, fingerprinting, first woman sherriff, Fleurette Kopp, forensics, Girl Waits With Gun, historical fiction, immigrants, industrialists, Kopp sisters, mystery, New Jersey, New York, Norma Kopp, novels based on true lives, plot twist, silk factory, strong female characters, strong female protagonist, threats
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The Winter Sea – Hope For Spring
Book Review : The Winter Sea By Susanna Kearsley Spoiler Alert! Summary In the spring of 1708, an invading Jacobite fleet of French and Scottish soldiers nearly succeeded in landing the exiled James Stewart in Scotland to reclaim his crown. Now, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1700's, ancestral memory, betrayal, Canada, Carrie McClelland, characters who are authors, fiction, France, geneaology, historical fiction, historical romance, Hope for spring, Jacobites, King James Stewart, light read, love triangle, political intrigue, politics, Scottland, Slains castle, Susanna Kearsley, tasteful love scenes, The Winter Sea
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After A Fashion – Bustle Into Romance, But Will Love Collapse?
Book Review : After A Fashion A Class of Their Own #1 By Jen Turano Spoiler Alert! Summary Miss Harriet Peabody dreams of the day she can open up a shop selling refashioned gowns to independent working women like herself. … Continue reading
Posted in grown up books reviewed, young adult book reviews
Tagged 5 stars of fun, A Class Of Their Own, After A Fashion, Christian Romance, clean romance, contemporary language, England, fun summer read, hat maker, historical fiction, Jen Turano, Miss Harriet Peabody, misunderstandings between class, Mr. Oliver Addleshaw, predictable plot, rags to riches story, similar to a Jane Austen novel, United States, Victorian age
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