You’re going to see the DNF and think that this is a terrible book but the heartbreaking reality is that this is actually a good book with some bad moments. On a whim, Sara takes part in a project that sends cards to the troops for Easter. Her card ends up on Major Gabriel Randall’s desk. Cue an adorable conversation of emails, messages and FaceTime conversations. And I do mean ADORABLE. But Sara is conflicted; … Continue reading From Alaska with Love by Ally James →
Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders is a mystery set in a small English town named Little Buffendon in 1942, just after the US joined WWII. Poppy, who lives with her grandparents, is the local Air Raid Warden. Her job is to walk through the village late at night and remind folks to put their blackout shades in place lest there be an actual aerial attack. The community has been dealing with war rationing, food … Continue reading Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders by Tessa Arlen →
Continuing with the year of “everything goes back to Hamilton,” Alyssa tweeted that this novella took place around the point of “Guns and Ships.” It does not feature America’s Favorite Fighting Frenchman (LAFAYETTE), but it does touch on a facet of the Revolutionary War that isn’t often mentioned: Black soldiers and how the British used the promise (sometimes illusion) of freedom to get Black people to…well, not so much fight, but to basically be slave … Continue reading Be Not Afraid by Alyssa Cole →
I jumped on this ARC because it was set in Iraq (Mosul, Ninevah). I did have colonialism concerns- she’s a British lady travelling through the Middle East with her family in the 1860s, so there’s a lot of “swiping of artifacts” and “you don’t have a flag so this land is ours” things happening in reality and it’s awkward to write about. Marek tries really hard. Emily is a pampered daughter of an earl, but … Continue reading Lady Emily’s Exotic Journey by Lillian Marek →
I expect that we’ll see a number of WWI themed movies over the next three or four years as we pass through the centennial anniversaries. I’ve written before how I have this fascination with the insanity that was WWI, so yes, I’ll go see like, all of them. I was really excited for this one, being the biography of Vera Brittain and how much I love women’s history and telling women’s stories. I also, having cut … Continue reading Movie Review: Testament of Youth →
I had just finished two rather heavy books (Asking for It and Beauty and the Rake) and was looking for something silly and light, and The Navy SEAL’s Email Order Bride was free and seemed just the ticket. It sounded RIDICULOUS (based on the title alone) and there’s a whole series of the Dudes From The Branches of the Military and their email order brides and I did not expect to enjoy this nearly as … Continue reading The Navy SEAL’s E-mail Order Bride by Cora Seton →
There is a whole lineup of Suzanne Brockmann’s Navy SEAL romances, and, in one of the most innovative moves of a romance writer, there’s one love story that runs in the background of just about all of them. The ongoing background story of Sam and Alyssa – and the fact that it doesn’t get dull – is one of the Brockmann’s strengths, and I’m a total sucker for that story alone. Another thing I’m a … Continue reading The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann →
