Believe me friends, I do still read print! I just tend to zoom through audiobooks at increased speed while getting things done. This time, I turned to a novel that shows up on top {name your number} books of the last {name the number of years or centuries}. I have avoided reading Atonement, because the … Continue reading Atonement – Ian McEwan (Audio Narrator- Jill Tanner)
Tag: #WWII
A Traitor in Whitehall – Julia Kelly
A Traitor in Whitehall is a delightful debut novel in Julia Kelley's "Parisian Orphan" mystery/spy series. Evelyne Redfern is recognizable to many because her father, a famous titled adventurer/ne'er-do-well and mother, a French woman who was a bit of a femme fatale, had a huge public custody dispute over Evelyne that was in all the … Continue reading A Traitor in Whitehall – Julia Kelly
Night Flight to Paris – Cara Black
All hail Cara Black who brings us a second book with WWII British sniper Kate Rees. We first met Kate not too long after her husband and baby were killed in a Nazi air raid. She grew up in Northeast Oregon on a ranch, educated well by her father in shooting and in learning how … Continue reading Night Flight to Paris – Cara Black
The Mitford Affair – Marie Benedict
NOTE: I assume in writing this that many readers are generally familiar with the lives of the Milford family l and of the period covered by this novel in particular. For those who have not heard much about them, this review has some spoilers. The Milfords of the 20th century, an aristocratic British family with … Continue reading The Mitford Affair – Marie Benedict
The Consequences of Fear – Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs # 16)
Don't know about you, but a lot of times I find that as my favorite historical fiction series progress through the decades, I lose interest or the writing quality goes down. Not so with Maisie Dobbs. We've seen her through great tragedy and great happiness, over several decades and she never fails to be interesting. … Continue reading The Consequences of Fear – Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs # 16)
They Called me Bookworm 