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Review: An Infamous Marriage by Susanna Fraser

Published on November 19, 2012 By Julie
    Title:  An Infamous Marriage Author: Susanna Fraser May Contain Spoilers From Amazon: Northumberland, 1815 At long last, Britain is at peace, and General Jack Armstrong is coming home to the wife he barely knows. Wed for mutual convenience, their union unconsummated, the couple has exchanged only cold, dutiful letters. With no more wars [...]

Review: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Published on March 6, 2012 By Julie
  Title: The Song of Achilles Author: Madeline Miller Publisher: Ecco ISBN: 978-0062060617   May Contain Spoilers From Amazon: Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia. Here he is just another unwanted boy living in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. Yet one day, Achilles [...]

Review: My Brother’s Shadow by Monika Schroder

Published on November 11, 2011 By Julie
  Title: My Brother’s Shadow Author: Monika Schroder Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux ISBN: 978-0374351229   May Contain Spoilers From Amazon: As World War I draws to a close in 1918, German citizens are starving and suffering under a repressive regime. Sixteen-year-old Moritz is torn. His father died in the war and his older brother still [...]