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5⭐️ I love this book. This has been a comfort read for me for over 30 years and was an introduction to the world of #historicalfiction. #2025 #canadianfiction #warguests

3.75 ⭐️ I really liked the book; story flowed well and the story was interesting. It also kept me interested in the story and the outcome. #2025 #bookclub #fiction #mystery #thriller #suspense #canadian

2.5⭐️ The main reason for the rating is that the author spent way too much time discussing the sea otter and lumber trade and wish he had spent more time on Hadwin‘s story. #2025 #nonfiction #bookclub #britishcolumbia

4.5⭐️ I really enjoyed this book (liked it so much that I spoke for 15 minutes on the book on my YouTube channel [mjreadings on YouTube if you‘re interested]). The only thing that didn‘t make it a 5⭐️ was that it was slow paced in the beginning. I read it about 10+ years ago for another #bookclub and reading it again now blew me away once again. #2025 #historicalfiction #fiction #africanamerican

#bookreport #March2toMarch8 #2025
Top row: buddy reads
Mid row: 2 books for HS; #foodandlit #PatrikHedstrom
Botton row: first 3 books finished. #audiobooks

Left out Star of the Sea buddyread for #FoodandLit #bookedintime
Also It Begins in Betrayal

4⭐️ I really enjoyed the book, but I liked the Violet Jessop storyline more. I also liked how the author incorporated a HEA into the story without it seeming too contrived. #2025 #fiction #historicalfiction #historicalromance

4⭐️ Even though I had to restart the book, I really liked the book. The characters were well-drawn and even with the secondary characters, I came to really care about them. I heard about this book through Sarah Dickinson, host of Sarah‘s Bookshelves Live. #2025 #fiction #historicalfiction #overlandtrail

#bookreport #Feb23toMarch2 #2025
Top row: finished
Other 2 rows: books in process at various stages

4⭐️ Thought it was a decent ending to the trilogy. #fiction #2025 #thriller #suspense #mystery

4⭐️ Really liked this book; it would have been higher if the scenes from the 1950s were just as the ones that were about Maria‘s past. The story was not at all like the movie and Maria‘s story was much more compelling than the musical would lead one to believe. #2025 #biographicalfiction #fiction #1920s #1930s #historicalfiction