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Must-read historical fiction.

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

July 17, 2019 by kella Leave a Comment

CBR11 Bingo – History/Schmistory   After reading Quinn’s previous novel, The Alice Network, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on her new book. I adore her way of portraying women in historical fiction – finding the badass women who are the heroines of the story, not the background players. One part of this story follows the journey of Nina Markova, as she journeys from the wilds of the Soviet Union to Moscow, in order to join the Night Witches – a legendary group of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Suspense Tagged With: #history, cbr11bingo, historical fiction, Kate Quinn, The Huntress, ww2

kella's CBR11 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, History, Suspense · Tags: #history, cbr11bingo, historical fiction, Kate Quinn, The Huntress, ww2 ·
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A badass female spy network? What’s not to love?!

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

July 17, 2019 by kella Leave a Comment

CBR11 Bingo – Far and Away   This category is a bit broad, but hopefully a novel set on a different continent in a different time period is far enough away? 🙂 The Alice Network starts off with American co-ed Charlotte (Charlie) St. Clair travelling to Europe to get “a little problem” taken care of (1947 translation: she done got knocked up out of wedlock and her wealthy parents are insisting on an abortion in Switzerland). Charlie’s motivations for agreeing to the trip to Europe […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Suspense Tagged With: #historicalfiction, #katequinn, cbr11bingo, farandaway, spies, thealicenetwork, WW1, ww2

kella's CBR11 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction, History, Suspense · Tags: #historicalfiction, #katequinn, cbr11bingo, farandaway, spies, thealicenetwork, WW1, ww2 ·
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As always, the book is better than the movie.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

July 13, 2019 by kella Leave a Comment

Despite so many people raving about this book, and seeing that Netflix had even got on board by making a movie, I kept shuffling it down my pile. Not sure why (weirdly, I think I was partially turned off by the long and clunky title), but I picked it up this spring  on a Saturday morning, intending to read a chapter or two…. but was immediately hooked and read the entire thing in one sitting. It is set in England just after the end of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Annie Barrows, historical fiction, Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, ww2

kella's CBR11 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Annie Barrows, historical fiction, Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, ww2 ·
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A Nazi, a Fascist, a Communist, a novelist, a countrywoman, and a Duchess walk into a bar-and I don’t know what happened because I didn’t finish the book

January 21, 2017 by expandingbookshelf 2 Comments

I hate quitting on books. Hate. It. Because I’m a fast reader, I can usually convince myself to stick with my read. But I white-knuckled my way through about 100 pages of “The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters” before I finally tossed it and moved on. Life’s too short. I’d never heard of the Mitford Sisters before but I guess they’re pretty famous. They were socialites who managed to deliver more drama than the Kardashians. Beautiful, witty, articulate and unpredictable, they were at […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: biography, DNF, England, history, Laura Thompson, The Mitford Sisters, The Six, trash, ww2

expandingbookshelf's CBR9 Review No:3 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: biography, DNF, England, history, Laura Thompson, The Mitford Sisters, The Six, trash, ww2 ·
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If I’m a bitch and a fake, is there nobody who will love a bitch and a fake?

December 30, 2016 by Blingle Bells 3 Comments

What a lovely book. A woman named Sarah (seemingly!) abruptly ends her affair with a writer named Bendrix. Bendrix bumps into Sarah’s distraught husband some time later, who reveals that Sarah seems to be having an affair. Jealous that she might have a new lover, Bendrix takes it upon himself to hire a private investigator “for Henry.” The investigator gets his hands on Sarah’s journal and Bendrix discovers what’s really gone on. This book was of particular interest to me because of my great grandmother. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: affairs, Fiction, Graham Greene, infidelity, ww2

Blingle Bells's CBR8 Review No:50 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: affairs, Fiction, Graham Greene, infidelity, ww2 ·
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