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#TBRChallenge – New-To-You Author: Pembroke Park by Michelle Martin

Posted on February 20, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Pembroke Park by Michelle Martin was a gift from Keira Soleore several years ago. It is repeatedly cited as the first lesbian Regency Romance, traditionally published by the storied Naiad Press in 1986. Description: When Lady Joanna Sinclair meets lady … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – Comfort Read: Tree of Cats by Ellis Avery

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

For my “comfort read” I chose Tree of Cats by Ellis Avery, the final novel by a college friend who died from cancer in 2019. Another college friend who read the manuscript told me the outlines of the story, which … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge 2021

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Victoria Janssen

This year, I’ll be participating in SuperWendy’s TBR Challenge. My goal is to post reviews of a themed book on the third Wednesday of every month. Feel free to join me! Tag your social media posts with #TBRChallenge. The monthly … Continue reading →

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A Diary without Dates, Enid Bagnold – WWI Challenge

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

My most recent book for The WWI Challenge was Enid Bagnold’s A Diary Without Dates, which is out of copyright and available for free download. It’s a famous work (the author also wrote National Velvet) and one I’ve meant to … Continue reading →

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Letters From the Front – WWI Challenge

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

My latest read for the WWI challenge is Letters from the Front: J. Gresham Machen’s Correspondence from World War 1. I chose this book because the author of the letters was an American involved in the war work of the … Continue reading →

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A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd – WWI Challenge

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

My April book for the The WWI Challenge was A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd, a mystery novel set (mostly) in England while the war was still going on. Heroine Bess Crawford is the daughter of a colonel … Continue reading →

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Pondering My Next WWI Read

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

I’ve been really enjoying the first reading challenge in which I’ve participated, which is for books about or set during World War One. One of the good things is that I feel obligated to write and post about each of … Continue reading →

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Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning – WWI Challenge

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

My next book for The WWI Challenge is Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History by Jay Winter. I actually started reading this book at the very end of last year, but I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Holding the Line by Harold Baldwin – WWI Challenge

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

My next book for The WWI Challenge is Holding the Line by Harold Baldwin. It’s a memoir that was published in February 1918, when most memoirs I have looked at seem to have been written and published in the years … Continue reading →

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The Head Girl at the Gables, Angela Brazil – WWI Challenge

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

The Head Girl at the Gables by Angela Brazil (1919) is available for free download at Gutenberg.org. I chose this book for the The WWI Challenge for several reasons. I already had it on my e-reader, along with a number … Continue reading →

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