pickI love when I learn something new from a book, and I almost always do with historical fiction. In this novel, I learned of the important role that the Chinese played in France during WW1. The story gave a good perspective from both the Chinese and the French side. I did the audio version, and found the narrators very good. I read this book as part of the Goodreads 52 Week Challenge.
pick3.75⭐️ I really liked the concept of the story, but I felt that it was written just a little too simplistic. I also really liked that she wrote a book based on an event that is rarely used as the basis for a book. #2025 #bookreview #wwi #halifaxexplosion #canadianfiction #historicalfiction
pick(2017) This was an audiobook for a long drive, and served nicely. It's an historical novel with dual timelines, one featuring a woman spy in WWI, and the other a young socialite searching for a friend lost in WWII. I'd read another by the author.
pickThis historical novel was a beautiful story of love amid the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic. The characters were all very much alive in my mind. This story will remain in my memories. It was well written and certainly worth the time I spent with it. 4.5/5⭐️
pickLoved it, super exciting to discover a series and all of a sudden know what you‘ll be reading for the next year. I just have to figure out how to space them for the podcast so I have other books to talk about 😅
Forced to stop snowboarding after only 3 runs today because my back was so tight, but there‘s nothing like a good excuse to lay in a hot bath and read.
Halfway through and loving this. There‘s so many small details about WW1 I didn‘t know. I‘ve never considered myself to be a war fiction reader but my mom and niece are obsessed with the genre so I‘m excited to recommend this to them (assuming they haven‘t already read it!)
pick4.5/5
Well-written historical fiction about how war changes society and social rules. I found the characters diverse and well-developed, and I liked the evolution of the different characters.
While not everyone gets a happy end, it's still a feel-good book, full of humor. It offered me a perfect escape ;)
Very late to this party, but excited to be here. It‘s like a more grown up Her Royal Spyness.
