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Throwback Thursday: The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman

April 6, 2017 by Ann Marie 10 Comments

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Renee at It's Book Talk. Throwback Thursday is an awesome opportunity to share old favorites as well as older books in our TBR. I love this idea as I only started blogging about a year and a half ago. Therefore, I have lots of old favorites to talk about. While I may not remember all of the details needed to write a complete review, I'm happy to share ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Book Review, Diana Ackerman, The Zookeeper's Wife, Throwback Thursday, WWII Fiction

Blog Tour: A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline

March 31, 2017 by Ann Marie 13 Comments

A Piece of the World

Welcome to my stop on the TLC Books blog tour of A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline! I'm extra-super excited to be on this tour because this book is the best book I've read in 2017! The Blurb: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the smash bestseller Orphan Train, a stunning and atmospheric novel of friendship, passion, and art, inspired by Andrew Wyeth’s mysterious and ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: A Piece of the World, author of Orphan Train, blog tour, Christina's World Painting. Modern Art. Andrew Wyeth

Review of The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

January 11, 2017 by Ann Marie 1 Comment

Wonder

I had high hopes for The Wonder based on the reviews I'd read in addition to my own experience reading Room. Unfortunately, this book did not live up to my expectations. First, and foremost, I found the pacing to be unbearably slow. The first 50% of the book could have been written in far fewer pages without compromising the details of the story. The chapters were frustratingly long. I'm not a ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Emma Donoghue, Fiction, Historical Fiction, NetGalley

Review of To Capture What We Cannot Keep by Beatrice Colin

January 4, 2017 by Ann Marie 11 Comments

Capture What We Cannot Keep

MY REVIEW I was immediately drawn to the cover of To Capture What We Cannot Keep. Paris is one of my favorite cities. I'm also fascinated by the construction of the Eiffel Tower. In fact, I love reading about all of the World's Fairs . Needless to say, I was really looking forward to this book. Sadly, there was much about it that did not work for me. First, in fairness, I must admit that I'm ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Uncategorized, Women's Fiction Tagged With: beatrice colin, historical romance, paris

Giveaway and Review Of Christodora by Tim Murphy

December 22, 2016 by Ann Marie Leave a Comment

My Review Christodora contains all of the elements you'd expect to find in an epic novel. There's 40 years worth of history, tragedy, triumph, and human drama. Surprisingly, it's well laid out in only 428 pages. I mention this because I can only imagine the difficulty in finding the balance between providing enough context and detail without adding unnecessary length. This novel essentially ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction Tagged With: book about HIV/AIDS, Book Review, NYC books, Tim Murphy

Review of A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

December 5, 2016 by Ann Marie 8 Comments

Gentleman Moscow

My Review "Some years later, the Count would come to understand that he had been looking at the matter upside down. The pace of evolution was not something to be frightened by. For while nature doesn't have a stake in whether the wings of a peppered moth are black or white, it genuinely hopes that the peppered moth will persist." A Gentleman in Moscow is the story of Count Alexander Ilyich ...

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Filed Under: ARC, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: amor towles, BEA16 Book, best books 2016, Fiction, great book club read, Historical Fiction, moscow

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