Elizabeth 1
byI have heard a great deal about Margaret George’s historicals, and it was only a matter of time before I picked one to read….
Historical Fiction
TTT: Ten Books I Meant To Read In 2017 But Didn’t Get To
byTop Ten Tuesday is hosted by the wonderful The Broke and The Bookish. This week is the last week that Top Ten Tuesday is…
My Favorite Books of 2017
byLooking back at 2017, it wasn’t a good reading year. After a disappointing run with books accepted for review, I decided to stick to…
8.1 A Closer Look At The Dovekeepers By Alice Hoffman
byThe Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman is the book I chose to take with me during my holiday to Assam and Meghalaya. I picked up…
Teaser Tuesdays: Fingersmith
byIn spite of an unpromising start, I ended up really loving Fingersmith. This is a very Dickensian tale about orphans, asylums, devious plots, and,…
Exploring Sarah Waters’ Fingersmith: A Tale Of Love, Deception, And Redemption
byWhen I first expressed interest in reading Sarah Waters, many bloggers recommended that I start with Fingersmith. I however ended up picking up and…
7.4 The Night Watch by Sarah Waters: A Gripping Historical Novel
byThis is the second Sarah Waters book I have read. The first book I picked up is The Little Stranger, which I read a…
Teaser Tuesdays: The Night Watch
byI read The Night Watch a couple of weeks back, and can’t say I loved it. It was very different from the usual Sarah…
Life Lately #1
byOf late, I have been feeling like my blogging has got a bit mechanical – a bunch of book reviews (usually done way after…
A Feminist Perspective on Pride and Prejudice: The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet by Colleen McCullough
byThis is the second Pride and Prejudice-related fiction I’ve read recently (see my review of Death Comes to Pemberley). Both books came to me…