Tag Archives: war

Audio Book Review: A Good American by Alex George

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

A Good American by Alex Georgoe  Publisher:  Penguin Audio (March 2012) Amy Einhorn Books, Putnam (February 2012) Audio Source: Publisher Book Source: Publisher via BlogHer Formats Available: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle,  Audio Format Read: audio book, and Paperback Narrated by: Gibson Frazier Running Time: 11 hours 27 … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Baker’s Daughter by Sarah McCoy

Posted on March 19, 2012 by

The Baker’s Daughter by Sarah McCoy Publisher: Crown (January 2012) Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours Formats Available: Hardcover, Kindle Format Read: Hardcover Synopsis from Goodreads: In 1945, Elsie Schmidt was a naïve teenager, as eager for her first sip of champagne as … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Bungalow by Sarah Jio

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

The Bungalow by Sarah Jio Publisher: Plume (December 27 2011)  Source: Publisher Formats Available: Paperback, Kindle, Audio Format Read: ARC Synopsis from Goodreads: In the summer of 1942, twenty-one-year-old Anne Calloway, newly engaged, sets off to serve in the Army Nurse Corps on the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Sandalwood Tree by Elle Newmark

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

The Sandalwood Tree by Elle Newmark Publisher: Atria  (April 2011) Source: Pump Up Your Book Formats Available: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle, Audio Format Read: ARC Synopsis from Goodreads: A sweeping novel that brings to life two love stories, ninety years apart, … Continue reading →

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A Fierce Radiance by Lauren Belfer (a mini review)

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

Synopsis from Goodreads: Claire Shipley is a single mother haunted by the death of her young daughter and by her divorce years ago. She is also an ambitious photojournalist, and in the anxious days after Pearl Harbor, the talented Life magazine … Continue reading →

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The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

Synopsis from Goodreads: In the latest mystery in the New York Times bestselling series, Maisie Dobbs must unravel a case of wartime love and death an investigation that leads her to a long-hidden affair between a young cartographer and a mysterious … Continue reading →

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