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A Woman of Intelligence
A Woman of Intelligence
by Karin Tanabe
A 3.5 Star Worthwhile Read (8/20/2021)
It’s NYC in the 1950’s, the early years of the Cold War Era. Communism is a perceived threat. McCarthyism is in full swing. Katharina Edgeworth is living a privileged life as a wife of a doctor and a mother of two healthy spirited boys. An d yet, an educated, worldly, …more
A Peculiar Combination
A Peculiar Combination: Electra McDonnell Series #1
by Ashley Weaver
Criminals, Soldiers, Spies…oh my! (7/30/2021)
As fate brings them together, a spirited thief and a straight-laced Major become unlikely allies in war-time England as they join forces to thwart an attempt to deliver critical documents into the Germans’ hands. Intrigue, murder, and a sprinkling of romance, combined with …more
The Personal Librarian
The Personal Librarian
by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
A Fascinating Life Story (7/21/2021)
A fascinating story of the life of Belle da Costa Greene (née Belle Marion Greener), J P Morgan’s trusted personal librarian, partner-in-art, and confidant. The book follows Belle as she, a colored woman passing as white, learns to navigate among a male-dominated art world …more
The Widow Queen
The Widow Queen: The Bold #1
by Elzbieta Cherezinska
A Challenging Read with All the Makings of a Historical Saga (7/5/2021)
One of the more challenging books that I have read in awhile. Not only were there a litany of characters with foreign names and several stories unfolding in parallel while intertwining, but the book captured a time period and a part of the world (10th century Poland and …more
My Broken Language
My Broken Language: A Memoir
by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Finding Her “Language” (6/16/2021)
This book had me hooked from the start. A eloquent memoir of Hudes’ navigation between her “English and Spanish halves” as she strives to find her identity and her direction. Her journey begins in the barrio of North Philly surrounded by passionate Boricua Perez women “who …more
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