Margaret George is one of my Goddesses of Historical Fiction (the other being Sharon Kay Penman. Philippa Gregory is vying for entrance to the pantheon, but the jury is still out). I fell in love with George’s first blockbuster historical novel, The Autobiography of Henry VIII, and have read every one since. Mary Queen of [...]
Entries from January 2007
January 25, 2007
Clementine, by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
And now for something completely different — I review a children’s book!
You’d think I’d do this more as we certainly have enough of them in the house and I read enough of them aloud. But rarely am I impressed enough to add a kids’ book to my list of reviews. Clementine is a definite exception!
My [...]
January 25, 2007
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, by Kim Edwards
The first new book I read in 2007 — as opposed to re-reads, which I’ve been doing a lot of! — was Kim Edwards’ The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, which caught my eye when I picked it up in the bookstore one day. (Then I went and got it from the library; I rarely take [...]
