By: Leah Originally posted on Leah’s Books. I haven’t been blogging for nearly as long as TTT has been going, so this rewind gives me the time to revisit previous topics that I never got the chance to do. This week I’m going to talk about gateway books. Have you ever read the kind of... Continue Reading →
By: Christopher Bartlett I’ve always been fascinated with history and how society shaped itself over time. Getting a feel for the society of the time tells me much more than names or dates. In Isle of Woman, Piers Anthony gives me what I wish I had been given in my history classes for a textbook,... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! I love historical fiction, especially historical fantasy and/or romance. However, when I went to list my favorites, I realized I haven't read as many as I'd thought. So, if you have recommendations based on the ones below, please share! For a full list of the Friday Favorites prompts, click here.... Continue Reading →
By: Manuela Soares “I have a strict curfew. You will be in your room by eleven, asleep at midnight. No arguments…No excuses, no exceptions ever.” – Ernst to David, Ch. 1, Pg. 59, eBook version. Twenty years after the end of WWII, bogged down with survivor’s guilt, 10-year-old David Saidel is being sent to live with his... Continue Reading →
Author: Jonathan LernerGet it here! They thought they were going to Asia for two years. Asia beguiled them, and they never left In 1957, Lily and Sid Norell and their teenagers Lauren and Jordy move from Washington to Taipei. Sid is an eager new Foreign Service Officer. Taipei then was impoverished and unpaved. Shocked at... Continue Reading →
We are so excited to join the blog tour share and celebrate the new book Life Dust by Pam Webber! Below, you can find an interview with the author, as well as an excerpt from the novel. Q&A with Pam Webber, author of Life Dust (She Writes Press, 10/11/22) Q. What was your inspiration to... Continue Reading →
By: Stephanie Wyatt To Catch A Pirate by Jade Parker is a young adult novel that tells the story of Annalisa Townsend, who was on a trip with her father to the Americas when pirates ambushed their ship. Annalisa is corned by one of the pirates, James Sterling, and thinks her life is finished. He... Continue Reading →
Author: Pam WebberGet it here! Nettie and Andy have been soul mates since childhood. While planning their wedding, Andy receives orders from the Army to deploy immediately to South Vietnam for a year.Anxious about Andy’s safety, Nettie dives into her work as a nursing intern in the hospital emergency room. When she inadvertently walks in... Continue Reading →
By: Leah Originally posted on Leah's Books. The Matchmaker’s Gift Author: Lynda Cohen LoigmanGenre: Historical FictionPublication Date: September 20, 2022Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. ★★★★★ CONTENT WARNING: death, grief, death of a parent... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie *Originally posted on YA Books Central. Blurb Adrian Montague has a bright future. The sole heir to his father's estate, he is an up and coming political writer and engaged to an activist who challenges and inspires him. But most young Lords aren't battling the debilitating anxiety Adrian secretly lives with, or... Continue Reading →
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