Tag Archives: historical fiction

The Great Game

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Ariesgrl

By: James Vachowski.  Format: eBook.   Read: November 2014. This is a short story about told from the point of view of an older man regaling a young child with his heroic stories from World War I. History meets fantasy in … Continue reading →

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My Sister’s Books Review #54

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Ariesgrl

The Aviator’s Wife By: Melanie Benjamin Anne Morrow lived a happy life in the shadows of her political father and her beautiful sister. However, her life turned into a majestic fairytale when she meets Charles Lindbergh, who opens up the … Continue reading →

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My Sister’s Books #41

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Ariesgrl

The year 1887, was special for Haw County, it was the year that the town got their first railroad, but for the Hartsoe family, it was the year their daughter, Mary Bet was born. Mary Bet suffered the loss of … Continue reading →

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My Sister’s Books Review #35

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Ariesgrl

A Place at the Table By: Susan Rebecca White Alice and her twin James were inseparable. They knew exactly what each other was thinking at all times. Unfortunately their peaceful world is destroyed when they stumble upon a young man … Continue reading →

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My Sister’s Books Review #34

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Ariesgrl

The Union Street Bakery By: Mary Ellen Taylor Daisy McCrae was abandoned at the bakery when she was just three years old. Thankfully the owners of Union Street Bakery took her in and made her a member of their family, … Continue reading →

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My Sister’s Books Review #24

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Ariesgrl

Water to my Soul: The Story of Eliza Lucas Pinckney By: Pamela Bauer Mueller (Historical Fiction/Colonial Times) (Local History) Eliza Lucas Pinckney was a young girl living on Wappoo Plantation. She had big dreams and the determination to make change … Continue reading →

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Leaving Tuscaloosa

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Ariesgrl

By: Walter Bennett. Format: Paperback. Read: April 2013. It is the summer of 1962 and two young men’s lives are about to change forever. Richeboux Branscomb is a young, white male who should have stayed at the dance with his … Continue reading →

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My Sister’s Books Review #9

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Ariesgrl

Wench By: Dolen Perkins-Valdez Tawawa House is a vacation resort located in the free territory of Ohio. Northern white families vacation here as well as Southern white men. However the Southern white men do not bring their wives and children, … Continue reading →

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The Istanbul Puzzle

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Ariesgrl

By: Laurence O’Bryan. Format: Paperback. Read: February 2013.   Sean Ryan just learned that his friend and co-worker, Alek Zegliwski, has been killed while working in Istanbul. Sean must leave London in order to identify Alek’s body, but once he … Continue reading →

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My Sister’s Books Review #6

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Ariesgrl

Follow the River By: James Alexander Thom Mary Ingles lived in the settlement with her family and was expecting her third child in Virginia in 1755. Mary’s happiness changed when the Shawnee Indians brutally attacked the village and kidnapped Mary, … Continue reading →

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