Human history contains a great number of tragedies. Often, these are given a footnote, if that in the high school history textbook. While I could go on and on and on about how horrible history textbooks are, I won’t. Instead I will say to you, read Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen. I […]
Book Review: Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran
March 7, 2011
I love it when a book leaves me thinking long after I have read it. I’m the type that flippantly reads books and trots on to the next one without sparing a thought except for the review. However, come to think of it, maybe I read historical fiction a bit differently, being a history nerd […]
Review: Fallen Grace by Mary Hooper
February 24, 2011
I’m not sure why it is that I find Victorian-era settings of historical fiction so irresistible. Surely, it’s not the lack of sexy-times. I know that sometimes less is more as far as sexual tension goes, but still. I guess the time period is fun. You got orphans, hats, gaslights, Dickens, spiritualism, a cavalcade of […]
Review: The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick Yancey
February 2, 2011
Rick Yancey doesn’t miss a beat in The Curse of the Wendigo, follow-up to The Monstrumologist. In this book, we start with Pellinore Warthrop being called on by an old lady friend from the past. FYI, there are no sexytimes so get your mind out of the gutter. Anyways, Muriel Chanler is concerned her hubby, […]
Review: Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
January 19, 2011
In college I squandered all of my European history credits on Medieval history and World War II. I never took a class where we studied the Tudors in depth. However, like Twain, I try to self-educate by reading voraciously. When I had signed up for Audible, I had no idea what book to use my […]
Review: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
December 28, 2010
I don’t know why I’m always so hesitant to read large adult books, especially when I feel them calling to me. I had been wanting to read The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett for the longest time. As a medieval history nerd (3 college courses on that!), a book about building a cathedral […]