Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
Title: Gods of Jade and ShadowAuthor: Silvia Moreno-GarciaPublication Date: 2019Publishing House: Del Rey Over the past couple of years I have done my best to read books located in and written by people of different cultures. This is a way to expand what I read and expand my knowledge of the cultures and the regional
Title: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRueAuthor: V.E. SchwabPublication Date: 2020Publishing House: Tor Books I actually finished this book before New Years but with the holidays and traveling I didn’t have time to post it last week. I hope you enjoy this review as much as I enjoyed this book! Synopsis from Goodreads France, 1714:
2020 gave me a lot of downtime to catch up on my reading. Pair that with having joined the local library and had access to all the books I could want. Here are some of my favorites. This was a short book but it was beautiful, full of magic and faith. Read my review here.
My to read list is ever growing but here are some that I’m really excited to get my hands on when I have time. Author: Natalie Haynes Synopsis (Goodreads): This is the women’s war, just as much as it is the men’s. They have waited long enough for their turn . . . This was
To be up front about it I love to reread to books or relisten if I can find them as an audio book. I know there are many readers out there that don’t reread books and there is nothing wrong with that. There are so many books and there is so little time. I will
Title: The Tower of the SwallowAuthor: Andrzej Sapkowski, David French (Translator)Publication Date: 1997, 2016Publishing House: Orbit The Tower of Swallows is the fourth book in The Witcher Saga. There are a couple of prequal novels, such as The Last Wish, that follow Geralt and some of the other main characters in the main series. I
Title: The Light Between OceansAuthor: M.L. StedmanPublication Date: 2012Publishing House: Scribner I picked this book up on a random stroll through Recycled Books, I will admit that it was the cover that caught my attention. Synopsis from Goodreads: Australia, 1926. After four harrowing years fighting on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns home to take a
Title: Alexander HamiltonAuthor: Ron ChernowPublication Date: 2004Publishing House: Penguin Books Lin-Manuel Miranda read this biography of Alexander Hamilton and it later inspired his musical, Hamilton. That play later inspired Miranda to write Hamilton: The Revolution. Synopsis From Goodreads Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized,
Title: The Bands of MourningAuthor: Brandon SandersonPublication Date: 2016Publishing House: Tor This is the sixth book in the Mistborn series. The first three books follow Vin and Eland, while the later books follow Wax and Wayne. There will eventually be at least one more book in the series but it has not been published. Synopsis
Title: The Rules of MagicAuthor: Alice Hoffman Publication Date: 2017Publishing House: Simon & Schuster This is apparently the second book in the Practical Magic series but it reads well as a stand alone novel. I originally heard about this book through Book of the Month, but I didn’t select it because there were others to be
McGee Travel Tales 