Staircase Wit

This is a gently affectionate and often amusing memoir of a Victorian childhood from an unusual perspective – Gwen Raverat was a granddaught...

Nora Noone is a busy architect who recently started her own firm, specializing in building spaces that promote healing, while her equally am...

This is one of 12 light-hearted novels that Noel Streatfeild wrote for adults under a pseudonym, and the only one I’ve read that wasn’t a r...

This dual timeline novel moves back and forth from post WWII to the early 21st century, following the youngest of three brothers over the co...

Title : China Court Author : Rumer Godden Publication : Manderley Press , hardcover, 2023 (originally 1979) Genre : Historical Fiction Setti...

Title : Mine for Keeps Author : Jean Little (1932-2020) Publication : Little, Brown & Co., hardcover, 1962 Genre : Juvenile Fiction Set...

Title : Perfect Escape Author : Jennifer Brown Publication : Little, Brown and Company, hardcover, 2012 Genre : YA Setting : Present-day Mid...

Title : The Whalebone Theatre Author : Joanna Quinn Publication : Knopf, hardcover, 2022 Genre : Historical England Setting : 20th century B...

Title : Gerald and Elizabeth Author : D.E. Stevenson Publication : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, hardcover, 1969 Genre : Fiction Setting : Gre...

Title : The Lincoln Highway Author : Amor Towles Publication : Viking, hardcover, 2021 Genre : Historical Fiction Setting : 1954, United Sta...

We stood, feeling others nearby, but unable to see them. I was alone with Liliana, in a private wrapper of darkness. “Cristian,” she suddenl...

Title : The Glass-Blowers Author : Daphne du Maurier Publication : Doubleday & Company, hardcover, 1963 Genre : Historical Fiction Setti...

Title : Carrie’s War Author : Nina Bawden Publication : J.B. Lippincott Company, hardcover, 1973 Genre : Children’s Historical Fiction Setti...

Title : Power of Three Author : Diana Wynne Jones (1934-2011) Publication : Greenwillow, hardcover, 2003 (originally published in 1976) Genr...

Title : A Place to Hang the Moon Author : Kate Albus Publication : Holiday House, hardcover, 2021 Genre : Juvenile historical fiction Settin...

Title : The Parasites Author : Daphne du Maurier Publication : Doubleday & Co., hardcover, 1950 (originally published in 1949) Genre : F...

Title : A Perfect Gentle Knight Author : Kit Pearson Publication : Penguin Canada, hardcover, 2007 Genre : Children’s Fiction Setting : 1950...

Title : The Dutch House Author :   Ann Patchett Publication :  HarperCollins Hardcover, 2019 Genre : Fiction Plot : After World War ...

In which the Merrivilles please the ton , and Alverstoke’s friendship with Frederica deepens Chapter 11 Charis is a huge su...

My viewing (and recapping) of the last two episodes was delayed by a trip to Edinburgh and London but overall I enjoyed this series.  I did,...