Bookworm Review – Page 6 – Historical Bookworm

September 10, 2022September 10, 2022

A Book-chat about Worthy of Legend with Roseanna M. White & a Review of Moondrop Miracle by Jennifer Lamont Leo

Christy Award-winning author Roseanna M. White joins us for a chat about writing, time management, launching a line of princess books (WhiteCrown,) and her latest release Worthy of Legend. Don’t forget to enter to win a copy of this great book! (Enter here.)

Today’s Pinch of the Past is hosted by Liz Tolsma. Did you know that the famed Alamo Mission was built in 1718 and included up to 5 acres of land?

Today’s Bookworm Review is bought to you by Angela Bell. If you love historical fiction, period dramas, or grew up admiring the Mary Kay lady with her pretty pink cosmetics, then you simply must try Moondrop Miracle by Jennifer Lamont Leo! You can connect with Angela at AuthorAngelaBell.com (View full review here.)

September 10, 2022September 22, 2024

Moondrop Miracle by Jennifer Lamont Leo

The audio version of this review was first shared in Episode 40: A Book-chat about Worthy of Legend with Roseanna M. White & a Review of Moondrop Miracle by Jennifer Lamont Leo

THE BOOK

Chicago, 1928. Pampered socialite Connie Shepherd lives the kind of glossy life other women read about in the society pages. Engaged to a handsome financier, she spends her days and nights in a dizzying social round. When eccentric Aunt Pearl, an amateur chemist, offers her an unusual wedding present—the formula for a home-brewed skin tonic—Connie laughs it off. But when the Great Depression flings her privileged world into chaos and rocks her marriage to the core, will Aunt Pearl’s strange gift provide the key to survival for Connie and her baby? By turns heartbreaking and hope-filled, Moondrop Miracle tells the story of an extraordinary and unforgettable woman whose determination to succeed changes her life forever.

September 5, 2022September 22, 2024

A Book-chat about The Bride of Blackfriar’s Lane with Michelle Griep & a Review of Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin

Join Christy Award-winning author Michelle Griep for a chat about her novel The Bride of Blackfriar’s Lane, and don’t forget to enter to win a copy of this great book!

August 6, 2022September 22, 2024

Episode 37: Guest Naomi Craig and a Review of Diamond in the Rough by Jen Turano

Join KyLee and Darcy for a chat with author Naomi Craig– an avid reader, and pastor’s wife who loves reading and writing Biblical fiction. When she’s not serving in various areas at church or trying to stay on top of mountains of dishes, you’ll most likely find her enjoying a good book and a cup of coffee. Learn more about her latest release, Ezekiel’s Song here.

August 6, 2022September 22, 2024

Diamond in the Rough by Jen Turano

The audio version of this review was first shared in Episode 37: Guest Naomi Craig and a Review of Diamond in the Rough by Jen Turano

THE BOOK

To save her family from financial ruin, Miss Poppy Garrison accepts an unusual proposition to participate in the New York social season in exchange for her grandmother settling a family loan that has unexpectedly come due. Ill-equipped to handle the intricacies of mingling within the New York Four Hundred, Poppy becomes embroiled in one hilarious fiasco after another, doomed to suffer a grand societal failure instead of being deemed the diamond of the first water her grandmother longs for her to become.

July 25, 2022September 22, 2024

Episode 36: Guest Parker J. Cole & a Review of Hope Between the Pages by Pepper Basham

Interview: Our featured book today is A Chance for Genevieve. Parker J. Cole is an author, speaker, and radio host with an obsession with the Lord, Star Trek, K-dramas, anime, romance books, old movies, speculative fiction, and knitting. An on-and-off Mountain Dew and marshmallows addict, she writes to fill the void the sugar left behind. (Enter the giveaway for her book here.)

July 25, 2022September 22, 2024

Hope Between the Pages by Pepper D. Basham

The audio version of this review was first shared in Episode 36: Guest Parker J. Cole & a Review of Hope Between the Pages by Pepper Basham

THE BOOK

Clara Blackwell can’t lose her family’s one-hundred-year-old bookshop, but with the deed missing, there’s a chance her father’s legacy could fall into the hands of her greedy uncle. In an attempt to locate the missing deed, Clara uncovers an unusual love note which leads to the discovery of a long-lost romance. Forced to step outside her predictable bookish world, Clara embarks on an adventure with only the name Oliver as a hint of the man’s identity in her great grandmother’s unknown history. From the beautiful North Carolina Vanderbilt estate to a hamlet in The Lake District, England, can Clara put the pieces of an ill-fated romance together in order to save her bookshop…and maybe even find her own bookish happily-ever-after in the process?

July 18, 2022September 22, 2024

Episode 35: Guest Elizabeth Musser & a Review of Lost in Darkness by Michelle Griep

Interview: Our featured book today is By Way of the Moonlight. ELIZABETH MUSSER writes ‘entertainment with a soul’ from her writing chalet—tool shed—outside Lyon, France. Find more about Elizabeth and her novels at www.elizabethmusser.com and on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and her blog.

July 12, 2022August 1, 2022

Episode 34: Lynn Austin and a Review of On the Cliffs of Foxglove Manor by Jaime Jo Wright

Interview Lynn Austin shares the development of her story Long Way Home. In this gripping portrait of war and its aftermath from bestselling author Lynn, a young woman searches for the truth her childhood friend won’t discuss after returning from World War II, revealing a story of courage, friendship, and faith.

Pinch of the Past: Newspapers discovered that train wrecks fascinated their readers, and took to covering them in gory detail, even giving sensational names to individual accidents. One accident involving the deaths of 42 people after a car fell off a bridge and caught fire was called the “Angola Horror.” (Read full article here.)

Bookworm Review: On the Cliffs of Foxglove Manor by Jaime Jo Wright is another great time split story from Wright with characters everyone can relate to—a man battling past scars through addiction and two women from different time periods trying to find their worth and handling that trauma in unhealthy ways. (Read full article here.)

You can connect with Lynn at her website LynnAustin.org, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Goodreads.

July 12, 2022September 22, 2024

A Review of: On the Cliffs of Foxglove Manor by Jaime Jo Wright

The audio version of this review was first shared in Episode 34: Lynn Austin and a Review of On the Cliffs of Foxglove Manor by Jaime Jo Wright

THE BOOK

1885.

Adria Fontaine has been sent to recover goods her father pirated on the Great Lakes during the war. But when she arrives at Foxglove Manor–a stone house on a cliff overlooking Lake Superior–Adria senses wickedness hovering over the property. The mistress of Foxglove is an eccentric and seemingly cruel old woman who has filled her house with dangerous secrets, ones that may cost Adria her life.