MadelineAsk a group of people who discovered DNA and the likely answer you will get is “Watson and Crick.” These are the men who claimed the discovery as their own and were rewarded the Nobel …
Gone To Soldiers: Another Historical Fiction About A Popular Time
Gone To Soldiers by Marge Piercy is another historical fiction book about World War II. I have read plenty of these World War II historical fiction books in my day, enough to have even picked …
City of Girls: Unique Way Of Life In The 1940s
City of Girls is unlike Elizabeth Gilbert’s other well known book, Eat Pray Love. City of Girls is a historical fiction novel taking place in New York. But similar to Eat Pray Love, this is …
The Henna Artist Book: A Simplistic Glimpse Into Indian Culture
There is an elegance that comes to mind when I think of Indian Culture. The elegance is full of vibrant colors, intricate details, gold accents, and an airy bright feeling blowing in the wind. The …
Lilac Girls: The Truth About The Rabbits In WW2
There are two types of WW2 historical fiction novels, the ones that follow a similar same story and those that do not. Lilac Girls is the later. It is the story that combines three stories …
The Rose Code: Breaking The Highest Of War Secrets
Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres and that is exactly what The Rose Code is. It is the most common of common historical fiction, WWII. But unlike many of the other books about …
Water For Elephants: A Man’s Astonishing Life In The Circus
Water For Elephants, a story about life in the circus, was a Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson movie, not a book to me. But since I never watched it when it came out in 2011, …
The Queen’s Gambit: Tranquilizers And The Greatest Chess Player
When The Queen’s Gambit became Netflix’s number one show about the greatest chess player female of her age, not only did it make it to my “To Watch” list but also made it to my …
My Top 4 Books About World War 2
Historical Fiction is one of my favorite genres and one of the biggest topics in historical fiction is World War 2 and so it’s no wonder that I have read quite a few books about …
Peony In Love
As a first disclaimer, Peony In Love was not my favorite book of Lisa See. I have previously written about a number of Lisa See’s books, including The Island of Sea Women, Snowflower and the …