These history books were all gifts from family and friends for Christmas this past year. All of them were on our Amazon.com gift list, which I love to use for gift-giving (and gift-getting!). One Woman, One Vote: Rediscovering the Woman Suffrage Movement – Edited by Marjorie Spruill Wheeler The Scotch Irish: A Social History by […]
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Here are a few things I’ve found online that I’ve been waiting to share! Abandonments Reinvented: The World’s Most Stunning Bookshops from one of my favorite sites, UrbanGhosts, features awesome photographs of a few places I could definitely live happily forever. Sarah Illenberger’s “Good Weather” from another favorite site, The Coolist.com, spotlights an artist I
People of the Book: A Novel – by Geraldine Brooks; a fictionalized account of the Sarajevo Haggadah and the people who protected this early Jewish illuminated manuscript. The modern tale is of scientific research by a restoration expert and include romance, mystery and philosophy along with the history. HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales!
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In no particular order, here are a few books I hope to read in the next few months: Caveat Emptor by Ruth Downie, a novel of the Roman Empire; 3rd in the series of Doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso in Britannia A Mapmaker’s Dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer of the Court of Venice by
This is a great challenge now hosted by Book Chick City, and we even get a free ARC for participating! Read all the details and sign up here. Already on my way to this, one of the few challenges I know I can survive (and thus, one of the few I accept). Most will be
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My book list at Flashlight Worthy Book Recommendations has been published. “Era by Era, Firsts in Historical Mystery Series” includes 14 of my favorite series. It was a difficult decision; I began with a huge list and had to narrow it down to a reasonable length. But leaving someone out was akin to insulting an
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon – This fictional account of an autistic teen in England out to solve a mystery tries a little too hard, but is still very entertaining and at times, very funny. The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam by Ann Marie Fleming – My
Peter, the fellow who runs Flashlight Worthy Book Recommendations, just got in touch out of the blue. He’s making a concerted effort to increase the number of book lists in his Book Club Books category. Interested in writing a book list? Think you know a number of books that would appeal to book clubs? Get
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