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The History of British and American Author-Publishers, by Anna Faktorovich
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The Book of Life, Deborah Harkness, All Souls Trilogy
Back Cover Blurb: After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness’ enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A … Continue reading The Book of Life, Deborah Harkness, All Souls Trilogy
Shadow of Night, Deborah Harknesss, The All Souls Trilogy
Back Cover Blurb: IT BEGAN WITH A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES. Historian Diana Bishop, descended from a line of powerful witches, and long-lived vampire Matthew Clairmont have broken the laws dividing creatures. When Diana discovered a significant alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, she sparked a struggle in which she became bound to Matthew. Now the … Continue reading Shadow of Night, Deborah Harknesss, The All Souls Trilogy
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, by Terry Pratchett
Carnegie Medal Winner * New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age * VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror * ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * Book Sense Pick. The Amazing Maurice runs the perfect Pied Piper scam. This streetwise alley cat knows the value of cold, hard cash and can talk his … Continue reading The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, by Terry Pratchett
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
BOOK REVIEW For this post, I will be reviewing book one of the trilogy, Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children. Back Cover: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of curious photographs. A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the … Continue reading Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
Discovery Witches, by Deborah Harkness, All Souls Trilogy
It’s the story of Diana Bishop, a young scholar at Oxford who is a descendant of the Salem witches. When she accidentally unlocks an enchanted manuscript, she is compelled to embrace the magic in her blood and enters a forbidden romance with charming 1,500-year-old vampire Matthew Clairmont. MY REVIEW: I'm going to review the first … Continue reading Discovery Witches, by Deborah Harkness, All Souls Trilogy
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Book Review
Book Review of Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian
