Book Review: When We Were Young and Brave by Hazel Gaynor

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ TW: confinement, mild torture, sexual assault When We Were Young and Brave by Hazel Gaynor was my favorite read in January and a major backlist read. Historical fiction is saturated with WWII stories, but this one really stands out. Set in China during the Japanese occupation, When We Were Young and Brave tells

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Book Review: Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tuesday evening I finished one of the best historical fiction novels I have ever read.  Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees will easily make my 2020 Top 10 and may even secure a spot as one of my all-time favorites.  Goodreads Synopsis: World War II has just ended, and Britain has

Book Review: Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 Today is my spot on the Tsarina blog tour and I’m so excited to share my thoughts! I first picked up this book thinking it was a fictional account of Catherine the Great, but after I started reading I realized Tsarina is about Catherine I, the second wife of Peter the Great. This