Book Reviews Archive - Page 17 of 80

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie was published in 1926. Roger Ackroyd led a life of privilege but he knew too much.

Dead Wake

Dead Wake by Erik Larson was published in 2015. It is a nonfiction WWI book. In May of 1915, the Lusitania, a luxury ocean liner, set sail from New York to Liverpool.

The Call To Joy In Pain

The Call To Joy and Pain by Ajith Fernando was published in 2007. It is Christian nonfiction. This book was not what I expected, but it was so good.

Yellow Wife

Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson is about Pheby Delores Brown, born on a plantation. She lived in two worlds, neither of which she fit into.

Downton Shabby

Downton Shabby by Hopwood DePree was published in 2022. It is a nonfiction memoir about restoring an English estate.

Empire of Ice and Stone by Buddy Levy was published in 2022. It is nonfiction and has 394 pages. This is a page-turning, narrative nonfiction, adventure story. It was a five-star read for me. I can’t stop talking about this book.

First Friends

First Friends was an impulse buy on a recent visit to a bookstore. As soon as I saw the topic I knew that I wanted to read it.

The Baker’s Daughter

The Baker’s Daughter by D.E. Stevenson is a fiction book published in 1938. I love the Miss Buncle books by D.E. Stevenson but have not read any of her other books.

The Vicious Vet

The Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton was published in 1993. It is the second book in the Agatha Raisin Mysteries.

The Nature of Fragile Things

The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner was published in 2021. It is historical fiction and has 384 pages. The Nature of Fragile Things is set in California during the earthquake and fires that hit San Francisco in 1906.

The Glass Ocean

The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White was published in 2018. It is WWI Historical Fiction and has 403 pages.

A Gentleman In Moscow

A gentleman In Moscow by Amor Towles was published in 2016. It is historical fiction. This book seems to either get rave reviews or terrible reviews. Either you love it or you hate it. There does not seem to be a lot in between.