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Continue reading →: Last Boat Out of Shanghai Review
Last Boat Out of Shanghai by Helen Zia focuses on four personal stories whose lives were affected by the liberation of Mao Zedong’s Red Army in Shanghai and other regions of China from around the 1930s to 1960s. The four stories selected gives us a broad range of perspective in…
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Continue reading →: In this House of Brede Review
In this House of Brede by Rumer Godden is a religious fiction novel of the highest quality. Set in the 1950s, it seems as if we will be following Philippa Talbot, a successful woman in business, incredible and suddenly shocking decision to join the monastic house of Brede as a…
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Continue reading →: Lady Tan’s Circle of Women Review
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See is an historical fiction set in the late 15th century China during the Ming dynasty. Having shelved this novel for far too long, I am so glad I finally got the chance to read it. It is a beautifully written novel regarding…
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Continue reading →: The Collector Review
The Collector by Laura Kat Young is a dystopian novel with a unique twist. One thing I was glad for was how short the book was. It is pretty depressing, which I’m glad for, but it didn’t feel as if it brought anything new to the table. As with the…
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Continue reading →: Isaac’s Storm Review
Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson details one of the worst hurricane disasters in America’s history. Focusing on one man but telling the story through the lens of multiple other families and lives, it goes over a brutal hurricane that swept over the Galveston area of Texas. It was a truly…
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Continue reading →: The Abbot’s Tale Review
The Abbot’s Tale by Conn Iggulden is a remarkable novel regarding the life of a monk named Dunstan between the middle and end of the 10th century within England. Although labeled as a historical fiction piece of work, there was actually a monk in that period named Dunstan whose adventures,…
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Continue reading →: Lie Maker Review
Lie Maker by Linwood Barclay is the author’s 27th fictional novel if Wikipedia and my counting is to be trusted. Being so consistent, I felt that if I wanted a quick psychological thriller fix, I can always turn to this author at any single point of the year, and I’m…
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Continue reading →: A Canticle for Leibowitz Review
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller Jr. is a science fiction dystopian novel of the highest order. Published and having won the Hugo Award for best novel in 1961, I was quite shocked to realize how it much the novel still resonates today. In fact, we’re likely repeating history…
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Continue reading →: World Without End Review
World Without End by Ken Follet is the second of five novels in his popular Kingsbridge series. We are once again transported back to Kingsbridge, but 200 years later. Pillars of the Earth was a joy to read, and its sequel here follows the exact same formula, so I’m not…
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Continue reading →: Holly Review
Holly by Stephen King is a horror suspense novel that was likely written at the onset of the Covid years. It features Holly, one of the author’s more popular characters of his previous works. Admittedly, I have no clue who she is. I’ve read many of his previous works, but…