Books I am Excited About

I have been trying to use the library more this year and I just picked up several books that I am super excited to read!

Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning-I love the Fever series! This is the last book and after the major cliff hanger at the end of Dreamfever, I can't wait to dive into this one!

Auschwitz: A New History by Laurence Rees-This isn't a newly published book but I just recently heard about it. It's supposed to include interviews from survivors as well as the Nazis working at the camp. I am really interested in the Holocaust and World War II and am curious to see what this book brings to the table.

A Woman Nobly Planned: Fact and Myth in the Legacy of Flora MacDonald by John J. Toffey: The Outlander series really turned me on to Scottish history as well as the history of the Scottish Highlanders in America. I found Flora MacDonald to be an intriguing figure in the series and am looking to learning more about her.

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson-I am on a very long library waiting list for this book and I haven't decided if I want to break down and buy it or not. I think the premise of the book sounds fascinating and as I said above, I am really interested in that period in history. I also liked Larson's Devil in the White City so I think this could be a really good read.

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Mailbox Monday (49)

It's time for another Mailbox Monday post! Once again I could not resist the cheap ebooks that Amazon and Barnes and Noble were promoting this week. I really need to stop! I already have more than I can read. I also was able to spend a little time browsing at the library and I came home with a nice stack of books. These days, I hardly ever get to spend time at the library by myself for more than a minute or two so it was wonderful to have time to just wander and see what I could find. Purchased (for kindle): The Color of Secrets by Lindsay Ashford The One I Was by Eliza Graham House of Bathory by Linda Lafferty Purchased (for nook): One Night in Winter by Simon Sebag Montefiore Becoming Queen Victoria by Kate Williams From the Library: The Messenger by Daniel Silva The Ripper's Wife by Brandy Purdy Hotel Moscow by Talia Carner Brazen by Katherine Longshore What books did you get...

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Review and Giveaway: "This Son of York" by Anne Easter Smith

Synopsis: Now is the winter of our discontent, Made glorious summer by This Son of York…” — William Shakespeare, Richard III Richard III was Anne’s muse for her first five books, but, finally, in This Son of York he becomes her protagonist. The story of this English king is one of history’s most compelling, made even more fascinating through the discovery in 2012 of his bones buried under a car park in Leicester. This new portrait of England’s most controversial king is meticulously researched and brings to vivid life the troubled, complex Richard of Gloucester, who ruled for two years over an England tired of war and civil strife. The loyal and dutiful youngest son of York, Richard lived most of his short life in the shadow of his brother, Edward IV, loyally supporting his sibling until the mantle of power was thrust unexpectedly on him. Some of his actions and motives were misunderstood by his enemies to have been a deliberate usurpation of the throne, but thr...

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