What I Read: July 2023

It has been a MINUTE since I did any writing to speak of, but here I am, trying to fit it into the edges of my day again. And what better way to start than with a recap of a month of reading?! July was a busy month! We started…

What I Read: March 2019

March wasn’t a bad reading month for me, all things considered. I managed to keep up, at least, and moved house at the same time, so we’re calling this a win. Now that we’re basically unpacked, I’m looking forward to getting good reading and writing habits re-established for myself again.…

5 Books That Influence My Homeschool

Homeschool Books to Develop your Homeschool Vision If you are considering homeschooling, or wondering how it can possibly work, these are some of the homeschool books I have found most helpful. I’m not a veteran homeschooler by any means. (Unless you count being homeschooled myself from k-12 as something…)  But…

Book Review: The Splendour Falls by Susanna Kearsley

Review of: The Splendour Falls by Susanna Kearsley Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery When Emily goes on vacation to the Chateau Chinon, she expects the rich atmosphere, steeped in the intertwined histories of France and England.  Her cousin Harry has been researching a long-lost treasure, supposed to have been left by…

Book Review: Silver In The Blood by Jessica Day George

Review of: Silver In The Blood by Jessica Day George Genre: Fantasy, YA, Historical Fiction In 1890 Dacia and Lou are girls of high society and their biggest concerns are their European tour and the handsome young men they encounter.  On the occasion of their seventeenth birthdays, they are required…

Book Review: The Munich Girl by Phyllis E. Ring

Review of: The Munich Girl by Phyllis Edgerly Ring Genre: Historical Fiction Book Description (Cover Blurb): Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun.  Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did–that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends.  The secret surfaces…

Book Review: Stoker’s Manuscript

Review of: Stoker’s Manuscript by Royce Prouty Genres: Fantasy, Literary, Mystery Joseph Barkley is a renowned inspector of rare and valuable manuscripts.  With such valuable items, he is used to their wealthy owners having quirks or downright odd demands, so when he is given the task of authenticating and delivering…

Series Review: Molly Murphy Mysteries

Review of: The Molly Murphy mysteries by Rhys Bowen Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery Today’s post is more about an entire series than just one book.  Partly because it’s a fairly lengthy series, and I feel like a bunch of book reviews about books within a mystery series would end up…

Book Review: Letters to the Lost

Review of: Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey Genre: Historical Fiction, Literary Jess is running away from her abusive boyfriend on an icy night in February in downtown London. When she comes to an abandoned flat, she has no choice but to break in or freeze to death.  Never…