Category: Historical Fiction
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Review: ANOTHER SIDE OF PARADISE by Sally Koslow
Many thanks to Harper Books for my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: In 1937 Hollywood, gossip columnist Sheilah Graham’s star is on the rise, while literary wonder boy F. Scott Fitzgerald’s career is slowly drowning in booze. But the once-famous author, desperate to make money penning scripts for the silver…
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Review: WHO IS VERA KELLY by Rosalie Knecht
Thank you so much to Tin House for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: New York City, 1962. Vera Kelly is struggling to make rent and blend into the underground gay scene in Greenwich Village. She’s working night shifts at a radio station when her quick wits, sharp tongue, and technical skills…
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Epic Book Mail: THE ONLY STORY by Julian Barnes, CHERRY by Nico Walker, & THERE THERE by Tommy Orange
Thank you so much to Knopf Publishing for these wonderful books! I cannot wait to read them! I will leave the synopses for each below. THE ONLY STORY: One summer in the sixties, in a staid suburb south of London, Paul comes home from university, aged nineteen, and is urged by his mother to join the…
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Book Spotlight: NOTHING IS FORGOTTEN by Peter Golden
Thank you so much to TLC Book Tours and Atria Books for providing my free copy! This book looks incredible! The Washington Post says this novel is Golden’s signature “vivid characters and strong storytelling” and I love reading historical fiction! Synopsis: In 1950s New Jersey, Michael Daniels launches a radio show in the storage room…
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Book Mail: ECSTASY by Mary Sharratt
I am an adoring fan of Gustav Klimt, so I am very grateful to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for this gorgeous free copy! This cover is a work of art in itself! Be sure to add this one to your shelf! SYNOPSIS: Gustav Klimt gave Alma her first kiss. Gustav Mahler fell in love with her…
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Gorgeous Book Mail from Little Brown: CIRCE by Madeline Miller
This is the book we’ve all been waiting for! Thank you so much Little, Brown and Company for sending me this gorgeous copy! SYNOPSIS: In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child–not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring…
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Review: TRENTON MAKES by Tadzio Koelb
Thank you so much Doubleday Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: 1946: At the apogee of the American Century, the confidence inspired by victory in World War II has spawned a culture of suffocating conformity in thrall to the cult of masculine privilege. In the hardscrabble industrial…
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Book Mail: ALL THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS by Elizabeth J. Church & THE GIRLS IN THE PICTURE by Melanie Benjamin
Thank you so much Random House for sending me these gorgeous copies! The are STUNNING and look incredible! I will leave the synopses below. ALL THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS: A powerful novel about a gutsy showgirl who tries to conquer her past amongst the glamour of 1960s Las Vegas—and finds unexpected fortune, friendship, and love. It…
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Book Mail: SONG OF A CAPTIVE BIRD by Jasmin Darznik
Many thanks to Random House for sending me this lovely free copy! The cover is BEAUTIFUL and I cannot wait to read it! SYNOPSIS: A spellbinding debut novel about the trailblazing Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad, who defied society’s expectations to find her voice and her destiny “Remember the flight, for the bird is mortal.”…
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Book Mail: Pride and Prometheus by John Kessel
I love stories that combine genres to create something truly unique! Thank you so much to Wunderkind PR and Saga Press for sending my free copy! I cannot wait to read it! SYNOPSIS: “Dark and gripping and tense and beautiful.” —Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club and Pulitzer Prize finalist for We…