Title: The Woman in White      Author: Wilkie Collins Genre: Classic Literature Publisher: Penguin Books Format: Paperback Pages: 647 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   Like few novels before it, The Woman in White thrilled readers across England when it debuted in 1860. It famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit road. … Continue reading Book Review: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Title: Fall of Giants      Author: Ken Follett Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Dutton Books Format: Hardcover Pages: 985 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   This is an epic of love, hatred, war and revolution. This is a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, … Continue reading Book Review: Fall of Giants by Ken Follett

Title: The Thirty-Nine Steps      Author: John Buchan Genre: Classic Literature Publisher: Wordsworth Classics   Format: Paperback Pages: 108 Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   When Richard Hannay returns from a long stay in Africa, he becomes caught up in a sensational plot to precipitate a pan-European war. After the discovery of a corpse in … Continue reading Book Review: The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

Title: Paris      Author: Edward Rutherfurd Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Anchor Canada Format: Paperback Pages: 832 Rating: 4.5/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   From the grand master of the historical novel comes a dazzling epic portrait of Paris that leaps through centuries as it weaves the tales of families whose fates are forever entwined with the … Continue reading Book Review: Paris by Edward Rutherfurd

Title: The Last Tudor     Author: Philippa Gregory   Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Touchstone Format: Paperback Pages: 528 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   The latest novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory features one of the most famous girls in history, Lady Jane Grey, and her two sisters, each of whom … Continue reading Book Review: The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory

Title: The Mayor of Casterbridge      Author: Thomas Hardy Genre: Classics Publisher: Penguin English Library   Format: Paperback Pages: 384 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): ‘I’ve not always been what I am now’ In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over … Continue reading Book Review: The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

Title: Three Sisters, Three Queens     Author: Philippa Gregory Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Touchstone   Format: Hardcover Pages: 556 Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   As sisters they share an everlasting bond; As queens they can break each other’s hearts. “There is only one bond that I trust: between a woman and her sisters. We … Continue reading Book Review: Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory

Title: Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales      Author: Grimm Brothers (Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm Genre: Classics Publisher: Canterbury Classics   Format: Hardcover Pages: 652 Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   They are the stories we've known since we were children. Rapunzel. Hansel and Gretel. Cinderella. Sleeping Beauty. But the works originally collected by the Brothers Grimm … Continue reading Book Review: Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales by the Grimm Brothers

Title: The King’s Curse        Author: Philippa Gregory Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Touchstone   Format: Hardcover Pages: 592 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   The final novel in the Cousins’ War series, the basis for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries, The White Queen, by #1 New York Times bestselling author and “the queen of royal … Continue reading Book Review: The King’s Curse by Philippa Gregory

Title: First Lessons        Author: Lina J. Potter Genre: Non-Fiction Publisher: Litworld   Format: Paperback Pages: 290 Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   A brilliant Medical school graduate Aliya, a sporty and active girl, dies suddenly in a car crash… only to find herself reborn in a completely different body, in the middle of a … Continue reading Book Review: First Lessons by Lina J. Potter