I can’t tell you how excited I was to receive The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James in my Once Upon a Book Club adult box. This is the box that made me dive into the book subscription service with the theme of Unsolved Mysteries. I’ve been meaning to read Simone St. James but hadn’t had a chance to do so yet. One […]
Tag: Historical
This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke {Stephanie’s Review}
I love history but I particularly love the history that nobody talks about. I know very little about Hungary and even less about the things that happened there post-WWII. This Rebel Heart by Katharine Locke was the April 2022 Once Upon a Book Club young adult selection. It is a perfect example of why I love these types of subscriptions. I don’t think this book […]
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab {Stephanie’s Review}
My reading slump in March was awful. I owned both COYER book club book picks and had every intention of reading them both. I barely got in The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab before book club. There is so much to unpack here. It took me a really long time to actually start enjoying this book. The first quarter of it was […]
Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death by James Runcie {Stephanie’s Review}
I picked up Sidney Chamber and the Shadow of Death by James Runcie because I adore the PBS series Grantchester. This compilation did not disappoint! I honestly thought these were contemporary stories published in the 50s and was shocked to find they are historical stories published from 2012 on. Almost all of the stories in this compilation have been on Grantchester. The show followed pretty […]
ARC Review: Relative Fortunes by Marlowe Benn *Stephanie’s Review*
I agreed to read Relative Fortunes by Marlowe Benn because it is set in the 1920s in the United States and frankly there just is not enough of this time period in my opinion. The fact that it was a mystery as well only added to the appeal. I’m not going to lie, it took me longer than I would have liked to get into […]