I read this once before in college, and at the time I thought it was heavy-handed in its overtly Christian message, cheesy, and unrealistic. I reread it now, though, because so many other people regarded it as the standard for romantic fiction. One thing I've noticed about a lot of romance stories ...
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Review of The Widow’s Redeemer
Any fans of Jane Austen will love this book! Keyworth almost seemed to channel Austen in the language she uses, and the book is also set in 18th century Britain, and her description of society is almost exactly the same. More than once I thought it was an intentional retelling of Pride and ...
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John Adams
Continuing with my Revolutionary War theme — I’d heard about this book for a long time, and even though I wasn’t the biggest fan of McCullough’s 1776 (it was a little dry for me), I decided to try this one because it was supposed to be more character-driven. It was certainly that, although in a ...
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Her Royal Spyness
I’m so glad I listened to this after I’d already listened to The Matriarch, because it gave me the context to appreciate the historical aspects of the story. While technically the book is a cozy mystery set in 1930s Britain, the main character, Lady Georgiana (“Georgie”) is a fictional member of the ...
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Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor
I got this one on one of Audible’s Daily Deals — it wasn’t something I otherwise would have searched for, as I don’t even know where to begin when listening to history. But it was fantastic—if often sad. The reality of royalty is definitely not like the fairy tales.
The story begins when Queen ...
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