This book was incredibly inspiring to me. The is a story about World War II and a special group of women who become secret agents and risk their lives for the greater good. The book combines the past and present in such a beautiful way and also sheds some light(more…)

I’m a sucker for a good post-apocalyptic book. Whether the apocalypse includes illnesses or zombies, I love reading about different scenarios of the end times. This book was very well written and really delved deep into the destruction human kind can create. This story follows several different people after a(more…)

I greatly admire the two women in this novel. During the 17th century Ester Velasquez is a woman living in London during a time when women were not encouraged to read or write. After the death of her family she is left alone in the world and Rabbi Moseh HaCohen(more…)

This story was captivating from the beginning. I never thought about how a house can be a safe haven for so many different families over time. The magic of Birchwood Manor touches the lives of many people and connects them in ways they don’t understand. A young archivist named Elodie(more…)

When the book begins at Claire’s engagement party I immediately get the feeling that she doesn’t quite know how she got to this place in her life and isn’t completely present. During her stepfather’s embarrassing toast, he insinuates that there is a secret past that she has overcome and that(more…)

It’s hard to imagine my parents having a life before I was born. It’s fascinating to go back through family albums and see pictures of my mother and father as children, teenagers and then as adults. I often wonder how they were before they had my brother and me. How(more…)

So many people are fascinated with the royal family and I can’t deny that I’m one of them. The inner workings of royalty is so different from anything we have in the United States and I enjoy reading about the history behind the monarchy. This is what caught my eye(more…)

Seraphine Mayes is a very persistent, stubborn young woman and without these traits she never would have been able to find out all her family’s secrets. She grows up at her family’s home called Summerbourn with her twin brother named Danny and her older brother called Edwin. When she’s in(more…)

When Theo Faber applies for and accepts the job at The Grove as a psychotherapist he is thrilled. He has been keeping track of Alicia Berenson for some time and wants to work at the failing psychiatric facility specifically to be her therapist. Alicia is locked up for killing her(more…)

All children grow up relying on and trusting their parents. We can never imagine our parents as being human themselves or being anything other than perfect. As we grow up we slowly realize our parents are capable of making mistakes and not being completely transparent. That is the hard lesson(more…)