This was our classic read for my local book club. I'll be honest, I'm not a big fan of classics in general. DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP by Willa Cather surprised me on a number of levels, and the fact that I enjoyed it so much, was one. Cather's epic follows Father Jean Marie Latour … Continue reading Review: Death Comes For The Archbishop
Historical Fiction
Review: Confessions of X
I recently started a book club with some friends in the area and this was the first book (and my pick) we read for fiction. This month is nonfiction, but I'll review it next month. Anyway, THE CONFESSIONS OF X by Suzanne M. Wolfe, is a beautiful historical fiction following the unnamed woman, who was … Continue reading Review: Confessions of X
Review: The Calculating Stars
Alternate history stories always bug me, because I want to know everything when it comes to how different the world is. In The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal, we have a world that is driven to the psychological and physical brink of extinction and then proceeds to fall right back into old habits, despite one literal earth-shattering … Continue reading Review: The Calculating Stars