Book Review: Lynn Kurland’s Gift of Magic
A reluctant sorcerer, Ruithneadh of Ceangail and Sarah of Doìre must collect and destroy his father’s spells before the Nine Kingdoms plunge into darkness.
Genre: fiction
Book Review: Laurel Snyder’s Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher
A chance conversation informs Baxter of the joys of Shabbat dinner, and he wants to join in the fun. Only he’s not kosher . . .
Book Review: David Weber’s How Firm a Foundation
The Church and its Inquisition are increasing the torture and executions, dispatching assassins and terrorists. Will the rebels’ foundation, will Charis, be firm enough to survive?
Book Review: David Weber’s A Mighty Fortress
The juggernaut is bearing down on Charis, but Merlin Athrawes and a handful of extraordinary human beings stand in its path. The Church is about to discover just how potent the power of human freedom truly is.
Book Review: David Weber’s By Heresies Distressed
Charis and Chisholm have allied with each kingdom’s leaders marrying one another. And still Cayleb cannot share the true secrets of Safehold with his Sharleyan.
Book Review: Joanna Philbin’s The Daughters Break the Rules
Rebelling against her billionaire father, Carina Jurgensen is cut off after leaking a story about his business. So she fibs her way into a job only to find they expect her to use her connections.
Book Review: Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Enemy: The Defense of Portugal, Christmas 1812
Outnumbered and attacked from two sides, Sharpe must hold his ground or die in the attempt against the evil Obadiah Hakeswill holding British and French women hostage.
Book Review: Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Fury: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Barrosa
Wellington sends Sharpe undercover to Cadiz to rescue the British Ambassador, a route through the besieging enemy army against a British army deserted by its allies.
Book Review: Betsy Byars’ The Summer of the Swans
I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library The Summer of the Swansby Betsy Byars fiction in Hardcover edition that was published by Viking Books For Young Readers on March 30, 1970 and has 142 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon A standalone fictional novel for young adults revolving around fourteen-year-old Sara, just hitting puberty with all the angst of it. In 1971, The Summer of the Swans won the Newbery Medal. My Take Puberty is hitting Sara hard, and Byars is absolutely brilliant in her depiction of the angst and drama of a young teen with the frustrations about her father and her impatience with her little brother — this rings so true of sibling relationships! Her intense sense of right and wrong as well as her desire to protect along with that so-very-thin skin. It’s the mid-1960s, and in just a few pages, Byars gives us a quick peek into a few days of the Godfrey family’s life with the focus primarily on Sara, and then Charlie, providing us with a lifetime of information […]
Book Review: Susan Campbell Bartoletti’s The Boy Who Dared
When 16-year-old Helmut Hubner listens to the BBC news on an illegal short-wave radio, he quickly discovers Germany is lying to the people. And truth will get you death.