-
Recent Posts
Archives
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- November 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
Categories
Meta
Tag Archives: France
The Gilded Wolves – Are You Ready For A New Magic World?
Book Review : The Gilded Wolves e-book By Roshani Chokshi Spoiler Alert! Summary Set in a darkly glamorous world, The Gilded Wolves is full of mystery, decadence, and dangerous but thrilling adventure. Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry … Continue reading
Posted in young adult book reviews
Tagged adventure, Alternate Paris, alternate universe, aspergers, characters on the autism spectrum, danger, detailed magic systems, Enrique, France, Hypnos, Laila, mystery, New York Times Bestselling Author, Order of Babel, Roshani Chokshi, Séverin Montagnet-Alarie, snarky characters, steampunk, The Gilded Wolves, Tower of Babel, Tristan, Who were the gilded wolves, Zofia
Leave a comment
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
Posted in grown up books reviewed
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
Leave a comment
Mademoiselle At Arms
Book Review : Mademoiselle At Arms A Georgian Romance By Elizabeth Bailey e-book Spoiler Alert! Summary Threatened with a pistol by the young lady discovered in a deserted mansion, Major Gerald Alderley is instantly intrigued. Who is the beautiful intruder? And … Continue reading
Posted in young adult book reviews
Tagged adventure, clean romance, compare to Fire and Hemlock, compare to Fitzwilliam Darcy Gentleman, An Assembly Such as This, compare to Moonraker's Bride, compare to Victoria Holt, danger, Elizabeth Bailey, Emigré Valade, England, fiction, France, Georgian Romance, Gothic Romance, historical fiction, light read, London, Madame Guillotine, Mademoiselle At Arms, Mademoiselle Melusine, Major Gerald Alderley, mystery, strong female characters
Leave a comment
“Garment of Shadows” – Historical Fiction in Morocco
Book Review : Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King Spoiler Alert! Mary Russell wakes up in a strange room, in clothing that does not belong to her, with a few odds and ends in a pocket and without her … Continue reading
Posted in grown up books reviewed
Tagged Abdelkrim Khattabi, amnesia, Beni Ouriaghel, Berber independence, Berber tribes, British, colonization, Djebala, France, French resident-general, Garment of Shadows, guerrilla warfare, historical fiction, Laurie R. King, Maréchal Hubert Lyautey, Mary Russel, Mhemmed, Mohammed Abd el-Krims, Morocco, Muslim beliefs about dogs, Muslims, mystery, North Africa, political intrigue, revolt, Rif Republic, Rif Revolt, Sherif Nuley Ahmed el Raisuni, Sherlock Holmes, Spain, suspense, war
Leave a comment
