Reviews by Annette S. (Duluth, GA)

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Tsarina
Tsarina
by J. Nelle Patrick
A Great Read (8/26/2020)
This book is part love story and part account of an ambitious and very courageous woman's struggle to survive the schemes and plots of powerful men. She uses her own wit and determination to become a ruler in her own right. This book proves to be a wonderful journey that is …more
With or Without You
With or Without You: A Novel
by Caroline Leavitt
Twists of Fate (5/15/2020)
Stella and Simon have been married for twenty years and are encountering problems. Simon clings to a dream of becoming a rock musician and wants to "go on the road" to promote his career. Unfortunately, Stella falls into a coma and Simon has to make a choice between his …more
The Prisoner's Wife
The Prisoner's Wife
by Maggie Brookes
The Prisoner's Wife (3/10/2020)
I selected to review this book because it takes place in World War II and the location is where my grandparents emigrated from. I was not disappointed.
It is a page-turning story of love and survival that takes place in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. The main characters …more
Lady Clementine
Lady Clementine
by Marie Benedict
Lady Clementine (11/30/2019)
Marie Benedict author of several books about little known women in history has created a very readable compelling tale of historical fiction about Clementine Churchill. The author portrays a very realistic picture of the victories and trials of what it was like to be the …more
Strangers in Budapest
Strangers in Budapest
by Jessica Keener
Strangers in Budapest (10/16/2017)
Several reviews of Strangers in Budapest start with the sentence, "Budapest is a city of secrets, a place where everything is opaque and nothing is at it seems." That is exactly the atmosphere that Jessica Keener captures in this novel.

It is to this city that a young couple …more
The Heart's Invisible Furies
The Heart's Invisible Furies: A Novel
by John Boyne
The Heart's Invisible Furies (6/23/2017)
This is the third book that I have read by John Boyne. (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Crippen) The Heart's Invisible Furies covers a wide range of episodes: violence, hatred, and intolerance as the author tells what it is like to be gay in a repressed society. It is a …more
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
by Phaedra Patrick
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper (3/22/2016)
Arthur Pepper has been widowed for one year. He has avoided social contacts even with his son and daughter. Then he chances upon a charm bracelet that his wife had hidden, and one that he had never seen before. It holds many secrets of her life before they met. He then goes …more
Little Black Lies
Little Black Lies
by Sharon Bolton
A Page Turner (4/24/2015)
The setting of this book is the Falkland Islands ten years after the Argentinian invasion of 1982. Few know about the Falklands but after reading Little Black Lies you will.

For the last three years children have gone missing in this closely-knit community. Three narrators …more
Lusitania
Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age
by Greg King, Penny Wilson
LUSITANIA: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age (1/1/2015)
Were the Lusitania and her passengers exposed/sacrificed to danger in order to involve America in World War I? This question and others such as: Did the Cunard Line, British Admiralty, and Captain William Turner deliberately place the Lusitania in danger are dealt with in …more
The Fortune Hunter
The Fortune Hunter
by Daisy Goodwin
The Fortune Hunter (4/10/2014)
The Fortune Hunter is an engaging story of a passionate love triangle between the beautiful Empress of Austria, a handsome but impoverished cavalry captain and a wealthy English heiress. The story takes place in 1875 England during the reign of Queen Victoria. Included in …more
The Race Underground
The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway
by Doug Most
The Race Underground (12/19/2013)
In the late 19th century the urban areas of the United States saw rapid population growth. Immigrants and people from rural areas moved to cities like Boston and New York. With this population surge came problems of streets congested with horse-drawn carts and at times …more
How the Light Gets In
How the Light Gets In: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, #9
by Louise Penny
How the Light Gets In (7/6/2013)
This is book #9 in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series. If you haven't read the others, I'm sure you will want to read them after reading this one. In this book Gamache investigates unimaginable corruption at the highest level of Montreal's government, and the death …more
Fever
Fever
by Mary Beth Keane
Fever (3/5/2013)
An unforgettable story of an Irish immigrant who came to New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. Her dreams included becoming a cook as she worked her way up through the different positions of domestic service until finally becoming a cook for some of the …more
The Hour of Peril
The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War
by Daniel Stashower
The Hour of Peril (12/6/2012)
A well researched and very detailed account of a conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln when he was on his way to his first inauguration as the sixteenth president of the United States. Even though the reader knows this plot failed, you learn about Alan Pinkerton's life …more
A Hundred Flowers
A Hundred Flowers: A Novel
by Gail Tsukiyama
A Hundred Flowers (7/13/2012)
Another winner from Gail Tsukiyama. The story is told from multiple points of view and you learn about the daily life and culture of a Chinese family during Mao's Communist regime. This is an enlightening novel that shares insight into the struggles of an ordinary Chinese …more
An Unmarked Grave
An Unmarked Grave: A Bess Crawford Mystery
by Charles Todd
An Unmarked Grave (4/12/2012)
I had read the first three books in the Bess Crawford series and looked forward to this fourth book. I was not disappointed. The time setting is World War I. The main character is a battle field nurse - Bess Crawford. You will learn of the horrible and sobering conditions …more
The Winter Palace
The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great
by Eva Stachniak
The Winter Palace (1/3/2012)
The Winter Palace is a wonderful historical fiction novel about an exceptional woman, Catherine the Great of Russia. Catherine was an extraordinary woman in many ways especially when making judgments and in her political courage. This is a very readable book and the reader …more
The Memory of All That
The Memory of All That: George Gershwin, Kay Swift, and My Family's Legacy of Infidelities
by Katharine Weber
The Memory of All That (6/12/2011)
A memoir of an eccentric and dysfunctional family that is at times difficult to read because of the trying situations that this family went through. It is told with all the names, and all the family disagreements. I found the section dealing with Kay Swift and George …more
Little Princes
Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
by Conor Grennan
Little Princes (11/30/2010)
A remarkable story of how volunteering for three months in a Nepalese orphanage changed the author's life. He acquaints you with the culture, politics and everyday life of Nepal. But what I found most heartwarming was the children he introduces to the reader. They are so …more
Gone Tomorrow
Gone Tomorrow: A Jack Reacher Novel #13
by Lee Child
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child (10/5/2010)
This book should come with the warning,"Don't start reading unless you have time to read it without stopping", because once you start you can't turn the pages fast enough. This is the first book by Lee Child that I have read, and it certainly won't be the last. It has very …more
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