If like me you are a fan of baseball, you’ll want to read Sophia Rose’s review of Home and Away by Rachelle Alers whose historical fiction shares the African American baseball hero, Jackie Robinson through the eyes of a Harper a sports journalist with ties to the league.
It’s the spooky season and the perfect time to read The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke. In this creeptastic tale, a mother searches for answers as her daughter lays in the hospital after a hiking trip with her friends on the remote Orkney Islands that met a horrifying end, leaving her boyfriend dead and her best friend missing. A dark tale that moves between the present and the past.
I remember the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and was curious to read The Berlin Apartment by Bryn Turnbull. It’s the story of one young couple separated by the wall and the events that follow. A heartbreaking tale shares their desperate attempts to be together and the sacrifices along the way. You’ll want to grab a latte and curl up with this fall must read.
Sophia Rose is here today with the fourth book in the best-selling series chronicling the life and adventures of one of Norway’s most controversial kings, Olaf Tryggvason. Come check out Sophia’s thoughts and add this saga to your TBR pile.
Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate is a standalone historical fiction that takes place in 1909 & 1990 Oklahoma at what became Horsethief Trail National Park when Law Enforcement Ranger Valerie Boren O’dell arrived in 1990. A rich tale about wayward children, land shares and a national park mystery and missing person’s case. Come see what I enjoyed about Shelterwood.
