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The Name’s Hall, Virginia Hall

A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell

December 13, 2022 by Wanderlustful 1 Comment

Virginia Hall was a real life James Bond, but better- she managed to fly under the radar of the enemy despite some distinctive physical features- red hair, artificial leg, tall for a woman- and she was never captured. Born to a wealthy family outside of Baltimore, she was a tomboy as a child and had a real thirst for adventure. After she graduated from college in the 1930’s, she took a job with the State Department in Europe, gaining language skills and diplomacy experience. When […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: a woman of no importance, Sonia Purnell

Wanderlustful's CBR14 Review No:48 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: a woman of no importance, Sonia Purnell ·
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Big time catch up post

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill by Sonia Purnell

The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

March 23, 2020 by lowercasesee 1 Comment

I am WAY behind. I have a stand-alone review planned for my favorite book of the year and another group review for a series on the way but I needed to knock these out and get my count down a bit. How the gracious did I get so backlogged. Let’s take these one-by-one because they really don’t have a whole lot in common. Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert Reading Red, White & Royal Blue earlier this year turned me around a bit on […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Mia Sosa, ocean vuong, Rivers Solomon, Sonia Purnell, Talia Hibbert

lowercasesee's CBR12 Review No:21 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Romance · Tags: Mia Sosa, ocean vuong, Rivers Solomon, Sonia Purnell, Talia Hibbert ·
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