Title: The Book of Speculation Author: Erika Swyler Genre: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction Plot: Simon Watson was a research librarian in a small town who just lost his job. Now he has no way to save his house that’s slowly crumbling into the ocean he lives above, and that was his childhood home. A bookContinue reading “The Book of Speculation – Erika Swyler”
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The Silver Witch – Paula Brackston
Title: The Silver Witch Author: Paula Brackston Genre: Fantasy, Realistic Fiction Plot: Tilda Fordwells is recovering from her husband’s sudden death. She moves into the simple house they’d bought together in the Welsh countryside to help. Unusual things start to happen: animals start following her, the electricity shorts out and stays out no matter whatContinue reading “The Silver Witch – Paula Brackston”
The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
Title: The Book Thief Author: Markus Zusak Genre: Historical Fiction Plot: Lisel Meminger’s on a train ride to her foster parent’s house during WW2. Sadly they stop to bury her brother. There she finds a book and steals it. Though she can’t read it, yet. Her foster father, Hans Huberman, is a kind and gentleContinue reading “The Book Thief – Markus Zusak”
The Screwtape Letters – C.S. Lewis
Title: The Screwtape Letters Author: C.S. Lewis Genre: Religious Plot: Screwtape is a demon sending letters to his nephew, Wormword. Wormword is a novice demon who is trying to convince a new Christian man to stray away from Christianity. Screwtape is constantly sending him letters to help him convince Wormword’s human to stray. The lettersContinue reading “The Screwtape Letters – C.S. Lewis”
The Magicians Lie – Greer Macallister
Title: The Magician’s Lie Author: Greer Macallister Genre: Historical Fiction Plot: The Amazing Arden is a up and coming magician. Her most famous trick is sawing a man in half. But one night her trick goes too far and ends up in a jail. Officer Virigil Holt is bound and determined to get her storyContinue reading “The Magicians Lie – Greer Macallister”
The Lost Books Series – Ted Dekker
Titles: 1 – Chosen, 2 – Infidel, 3 – Renegade, 4 – Chaos, 5 – Lunatic, 6 – Elyon Author: 1-4 Ted Dekker, 5-6 Ted Dekker and Kaci Hill Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Plot: Chosen (Book 1) – Four new leaders are chosen to help lead the Forest Guard, they are the youngest chosen atContinue reading “The Lost Books Series – Ted Dekker”
The Fourth Flag – Jamie Barton
Title: The Fourth Flag Author: Jamie Barton Genre: Historical Fiction Plot: Elsa Schmidt is a pretty girl living in Germany during WW2. The only problem is that she’s Jewish. Her father smuggles her and family out of Germany via currier. They go separately and reunite in Switzerland. To lessen her suspicion while travel, her motherContinue reading “The Fourth Flag – Jamie Barton”
The Golem and the Jinni – Helene Wecker
The sequel, The Hidden Palace, is available now. Title: The Golem and the Jinni Author: Helene Wecker Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction Plot: A golem, a clay creature, named Chava is created by a rabbi as a companion for a man traveling to New York City. The man dies on the journey and Chava is leftContinue reading “The Golem and the Jinni – Helene Wecker”
All Souls Trilogy – Deborah Harkness
A side story to this trilogy is here: Time’s Convert Title: All Souls Trilogy Author: Deborah Harkness Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fiction Plot: A Discovery of Witches (Book 1) – Diana Bishop is a witch, in a long line of witches, who doesn’t want to be a witch. She is a historian at Oxford and while doingContinue reading “All Souls Trilogy – Deborah Harkness”
The Circle Series – Ted Dekker
Title: The Circle Series Author: Ted Dekker Genre: Fantasy, Realistic Fiction Plots: Black (Book 1) – Thomas Hunter just moves to Colorado with his sister. Low on motivation, he works in a coffee shop while his sister is a nurse. This all changes when he is shot at and attacked on his way home fromContinue reading “The Circle Series – Ted Dekker”
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