Reviews by Sandra O. (Alexandria, VA)

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North Woods
North Woods: A Novel
by Daniel Mason
History of the Yellow House (10/19/2023)
The cover of books is often what will help me decide if I am going to read it. Somehow this cover does not indicate the true nature of the magical tale on pages. I read it slowly and savored the uniqueness of the story. Vivid characters and landscapes that grow in one's …more
Do Tell
Do Tell: A Novel
by Lindsay Lynch
Do Tell Does Not Do It (6/17/2023)
The title is promising and I devoted multiple hours reading this novel only to be anxious to finish. Reading it was like walking into the middle of a movie - wanting to have a beginning to find what the story is about. The characters were indeed interesting and fortunately …more
Paper Names
Paper Names: A Novel
by Susie Luo
Better than Number One (3/21/2023)
Paper Names is a winner of a novel! It begins slowly and builds to a full crescendo!

The characters are perfectly drawn and though the story begins in New York about an immigrant family from China, it weaves back and forth though the family's lifetime. I personally felt each …more
Once We Were Home
Once We Were Home
by Jennifer Rosner
Lost Jewish Children in WW!! (11/12/2022)
This story which was based on true facts of the children who were send out of Ghettos to Christian families begins with Ana and Oskar. Their mother gives them to a family to raise during the Nazi occupation of Poland. It ends two decades later in Israel when their past …more
Jackie & Me
Jackie & Me
by Louis Bayard
Jackie & Me (6/14/2022)
Oh, what a read! It is fiction so close to fact that one could believe it all. It was narrated by Jack Kennedy's close friend, Lem Billings. He tells how he stood in for Jack taking Jackie every Sunday to art galleries and parties while Jack was busy entering politics. He …more
Dirt Creek
Dirt Creek: A Novel
by Hayley Scrivenor
Different Twist to a Standard Missing Person Tale (3/24/2022)
When a teen age girl goes missing in a small town in Australia their world is turned upside down. Rich character descriptions added to the different twists give us a plot that no one would expect to solve until the last page is turned. Very modern in concept, along with the …more
The Last Grand Duchess
The Last Grand Duchess: A Novel of Olga Romanov, Imperial Russia, and Revolution
by Bryn Turnbull
Best Historical Novel of the Romanov Family Ever! (12/30/2021)
This excellent and riveting and well researched story of the final years of the 300 year Russian monarchy which focuses on the oldest Daughter of Nicholas II is amazing. Bryn Turnbull has included a list of characters, a bibliography and in the author's note she tells how …more
Sisters of the Great War
Sisters of the Great War: A Novel
by Suzanne Feldman
Historiacal Fiction of WW I Battlefield Medicine (9/18/2021)
This was a most incredible view of battlefield medicine during World War I. Two sisters, one a nurse the other an excellent mechanic arrived in the midst of the horrors of the battles- a time when war machines were changing, medicine was evolving and endless wounded needed …more
The Exiles
The Exiles
by Christina Baker Kline
Exiles (7/4/2021)
Exceptional historical fiction about a young women from England who is wrongly accused of stealing. She is sent to prison and then exiled to Australia. After a while she is able to make a new life. The detail and characters are well described and I thought it was one of the …more
The Forest of Vanishing Stars
The Forest of Vanishing Stars: A Novel
by Kristin Harmel
Jewish Survival in Polish Forests (5/31/2021)
This well-known author has written a story of the hundreds of Jews who lived in the forests of Poland during WWII. It is based on factual details; a unique female hero who has instincts beyond belief. She is told that the "knowing of impossible things is a gift from God".

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