Title: The Virgin's Lover  Author: Philippa Gregory Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Touchstone Format: Paperback Pages: 441 Rating: 4/5 stars *Warning: mature content. Parents please be advised.* Synopsis: In the autumn of 1558, church bells across England ring out the joyous news that Elizabeth I is the new queen. One woman hears the tidings with utter dread. She is Amy Dudley, … Continue reading Book Review: The Virgin’s Lover by Philippa Gregory

Title: The Queen's Fool  Author: Philippa Gregory Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Touchstone Format: Paperback Pages: 490 Rating: 5/5 stars *Warning: mature content. Parents please be advised.* Synopsis: A young woman caught in the rivalry between Queen Mary and her half sister, Elizabeth, must find her true destiny amid treason, poisonous rivalries, loss of faith, and unrequited love. It is … Continue reading Book Review: The Queen’s Fool by Philippa Gregory

Title: The Taming of the Queen   Author: Philippa Gregory Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Touchstone Format: Paperback Pages: 496 Rating: 5/5 stars *Warning: mature content. Parents please be advised.* Synopsis: By the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a novel of passion and power at the court of a medieval killer, a riveting new Tudor tale featuring King Henry … Continue reading Book Review: The Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory

Title: Joseph Andrews and Shamela  Author: Henry Fielding  Genre: Classic Literature  Publisher: Oxford University Press Format: Paperback Pages: 410 Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis: Henry Fielding wrote both Joseph Andrews (1742) and Shamela (1741) in response to Samuel Richardson's book Pamela (1740), of which Shamela is a splendidly bawdy travesty. Joseph Andrews begins as a parody, too, … Continue reading Book Review: Joseph Andrews and Shamela by Henry Fielding

Title: Breathe Ava   Author: Della Leshae Genre: Contemporary Publisher: self-published Format: ebook Pages: 404 Rating: 4/5 stars *Warning: mature content. Parents please be advised.* Synopsis: Her body can't naturally do what it was designed to do Create Life   Ava's dream since she was a young girl, was to be a mother. When she … Continue reading Book Review: Breathe Ava by Della Leshae

Title: The Boleyn Inheritance Author: Philippa Gregory Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Format: paperback Pages: 518 Rating: 4/5 stars *Warning: mature content. Parents please be advised.* Synopsis: The author of The Other Boleyn Girl (2002) returns to the executed queen's doomed family in a historical novel that maps the sad demise of Henry … Continue reading Book Review: The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory

Title: The Last of the Mohicans Author: James Fenimore Cooper Genre: Classics Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd Format: Paperback Pages: 359 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis: It is 1757. Across north-eastern America the armies of Britain and France struggle for ascendancy. Their conflict, however, overlays older struggles between nations of native Americans for possession of the same … Continue reading Book Review: The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

Title: My Sister's Keeper Author: Jodi Picoult   Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Washington Square Press Format: Paperback Pages: 423 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis: Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that … Continue reading Book Review: My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

Title: Gulliver’s Travels Author: Jonathan Swift   Genre: Classics Publisher: Dover Thrift Editions Format: Paperback Pages: 226 Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis: Regarded as the preeminent prose satirist in the English language, Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) intended this masterpiece, as he once wrote Alexander Pope, to "vex the world rather than divert it." Savagely ironic, it portrays … Continue reading Book Review: Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

Title: The Other Boleyn Girl Author: Philippa Gregory   Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Format: Paperback Pages: 661 Rating: 4/5 stars *Warning: mature content. Parents please be advised.* Synopsis: When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled, Mary falls in love with … Continue reading Book Review: The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory