The Rose Code
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn was a must-read for me. I’m picky when it comes to WWII novels (there’s so many of them!), but I felt sure Quinn could find a way to tell a story about it that was worth reading. The code-cracking intrigues at Bletchley Park are one aspect of that time …
The House in the Cerulean Sea
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune was released last year and mostly passed me by. I recall thinking it had a great title and really lovely cover (see notes about the making of that cover here), but it wasn’t until I started seeing positive reviews of it from people I know that …
A Spark of Light
I was originally started reading A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult when it first came out, but then I got distracted by other books. However, after reading A Book of Two Ways, I’ve been wanting to revisit Picoult’s works. Even though I had mixed feelings about Two Ways, the writing was solid enough that …
Later
Later, by Stephen King, came out earlier this month. I started getting into Stephen King books about two years ago, but have really started appreciating his books and stories. They’re at times a little hit and miss, but I have to say I love how readable his books are and how much variety there is …
Firekeeper’s Daughter
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley is set in Sault Saint Marie, Michigan. The protagonist Daunis Fontaine’s life straddles two adjacent and occasionally overlapping communities, one of her white French Canadian mother and the other of the Sugar Land Ojibwe Tribe of her late father. Author Angeline Boulley is a member of Sault Saint Marie Ojibwe …