“Becoming” by Michelle Obama. New York: Crown Publishing, 2018. 720 pages, $34.50 (paperback) $35.71 (audiobook). “In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As first lady of the United States of America – the first African American to serve …
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Book review: ‘Romanov’
“Romanov” by Nadine Brandes. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2019. 340 pages, $17.99 (Hardcover). If I am completely honest with myself, my feelings about this book are just a jumbled mess of love and uncertainty. While reading it, I enjoyed the story, the context and the history, but once finished I was bothered by how the end …
Book review: ‘Touch of Gold’
“Touch of Gold” by Annie Sullivan. New York: Blink (Harper Collins), 2018. 320 pages, $17.99 (hardback), $9.99 (paperback). Debut author Annie Sullivan retells the classic Midas tale in “A Touch of Gold.” The curse almost killed his daughter, and therefore he gives it up forever. However, 10 years later, Princess Kora still deals with the …
Book review: ‘The Great Unexpected’
“The Great Unexpected: A Novel” by Dan Mooney. New York: Park Row Books, 2019. 368 pages, $15.99 (paperback). There are many books that come across my shelf these days that I simply sigh at and read anyway. Sometimes, I can’t make it through them to actually give a review. Others, I know that the review …
Book review: ‘The Shadow Glass’
“The Shadow Glass (The Bone Witch Book 3)” by Rin Chupeco. Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks Fire, 2019. 480 pages, $17.99 (hardcover). “The Asha of the Eight Kingdoms holds the most influence because of their elemental magic. However, only the bone witches can raise the dead. This is seen as dark magic, and Tea has used this …
Book review: ‘The Trial of Lizzie Borden’
“The Trial of Lizzie Borden: A True Story” by Cara Robertson. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2019. 400 pages, $28 (hardcover). “The Trial of Lizzie Borden” focuses on one of the most sensational trials in American history. In August 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were found brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Mass. The …
Book review: ‘Midnight at the Tuscany Hotel’
”Midnight at the Tuscany Hotel,” by James Markert. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2019. 368 pages, $16.99 (paperback). The Tuscany Hotel was created and run by the famous sculptor Robert Gandy and his wife, Magdalena. Artists of all types came from across the world to create a new masterpiece, and be surrounded by the lore and creativity …
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Book review: ‘The Sound of the Hours’
“The Sound of the Hours” by Karen Campbell. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019. 464 pages, $29 (hardcover). “Trapped in Tuscany as war rages along the Gothic Line, Vittoria Guidi doesn’t understand where her allegiances should lie. With her Scots-Italian father or Fascist mother? With Mussolini, or her king? With the life she wants, or is …
Book review: ‘The Clockmaker’s Daughter’
“The Clockmaker’s Daughter: A Novel” by Kate Morton. New York: Atria Books, 2018. 496 pages, $28 (hardcover). This novel is largely centered on Birchwood Manor, which is on the bank of the Upper Thames. A group of young artists, led by Edward Radcliffe, traveled there in the summer of 1862 to spend a secluded month …
Book review: ‘The Astral Traveler’s Daughter’
“The Astral Traveler’s Daughter: A School for Psychics Novel, Book 2” by K.C. Archer. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2019. 336 pages, $16 (paperback). Teddy enters her second year at The Whitfield Institute a little warily. It is a facility hidden off the coast of San Francisco where students master their psychic ability, investigative techniques …
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