Pope Joan

I was very impressed with Pope Joan. I finished it about a week ago, but got lazy in immediately writing up a review. In 855 AD, there is a legend that a woman rose to the highest honor of Pope; born with the name Joan, this fictitious rendering arguing for her existence brings her from […]

An Instance of the Fingerpost

Just finished a few days ago, I finally have a new review for you. This is by far in my top five books ever read, and I think I finally found a book that lit another spark to keep reading. It was indeed a long read, but, being me, once I got through the first […]

Hornet Flight

It has been a long, hard month, but I have Hornet Flight done and another book that will hopefully be finished shortly. Hornet Flight is another book that my husband and I have read together. It took us a really long time to read because we have going through a lot of stuff and added […]

The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls

I just finished this one yesterday, and I am still stuck on it a little. Thea comes from a wealthy family in Florida during the Depression-era. We come in when she is just being dropped off by her father at the Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls; oh look, they said the name of the book […]

Zorro

I was able to finish Zorro an hour before the new year started. I believe I have already done a review for another work by Isabel Allende, Portrait in Sepia, and have overall been a big fan of her writing. Zorro was different from Allende’s other books, though. I have always been a fan of […]

Tokyo Year Zero

Happy Friday, everyone. Tokyo Year Zero is a heavy read in terms of mental health; just saying as a precautionary for everyone. When I was telling my mom about it as I was drawing to a close, she got a little concerned, as moms do, that this would not be a little triggering for me […]

The Tattered Cloak & Other Novels

Just completed The Tattered Cloak and I will say that I was quite a fan. Inside are six short stories about various Russian characters who are either going from Russia to Paris, or are already there, or are leaving to somewhere else; they all take place between 1920s and the 40s, and no, World War […]

The Crimson Petal and the White

Just finished reading this monster of a read; I will say, I know that I could have burned through it a lot faster than the pace I was going at. At the same time, Crimson Petal and the White had so many unexpectancies that by the time I read the last sentence, I wanted more. […]

The Italian Secretary

Another “read aloud with my husband” book done, and we are somewhat glad that it is finished. The Italian Secretary, as said in the sub-title, is an expansion to the Sherlock Holmes universe, where Holmes and Watson go to Scotland where they need to debunk a ghostly legend. To be honest, I have not read […]

The Pit: A Story of Chicago

Good evening! I just finished this moments ago and wanted to share with ya’ll The Pit. I had no idea how old this book was until I googled it after reading; the copy I had has little description of the content let alone any context as to when it was written, or any information on […]