Kevin Powers' A Shout in the Ruins, a literary novel of the Civil War and its long aftermath

Some passages in Powers’ second novel (after The Yellow Birds) unfold with a fable’s tragic inevitability, while its specificity of setting and character, both strikingly described and original, will brand them into the reader’s consciousness....

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Gena Showalter’s THE DARKEST WARRIOR – Waiting On Wednesday Teaser Blitz!

Hello everyone!The Queen of Paranormal Romance, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Gena Showalter, returns with THE DARKEST WARRIOR, a searing Lords of the Underworld tale featuring a beastly prince and the wife he will wage war...

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Swimming Between Worlds, Elaine Neil Orr's portrait of the Civil Rights era

Written with candor and compassion, Orr’s second novel takes place in the conservative South in 1959 with short flashbacks to her home country of Nigeria. Through the intertwining stories of Kate Monroe and Tacker Hart, she illustrates the...

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Russia in Historical Fiction: A Journey of Sorrow and Strength, a guest post from Mary Anne Lewis

Today I have a guest essay by a fellow blogger, Mary Anne Lewis of Magic of History, which is a terrific new site focusing on reviews of historical fiction and history in books and on screen. There are a few novels mentioned below which were...

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NERD Book Blast: Tell me no lies by A.V. Geiger + Giveaway!

Note: Sorry, I'm late putting this up. Family issues came up. The giveaway is still going on! Hello, fellow book nerds! Welcome to the Nerd Blast forTell me no lies by A.V. Geiger!Tell me no lies is the second is the Follow me back...

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I Was Anastasia, a novel of identity, hope, and a long-enduring Romanov mystery

The mystery about the fate of Grand Duchess Anastasia, youngest daughter of Russia’s imperial family, has officially been resolved, but the subject still exerts fascination. Was she murdered alongside her parents and siblings after the Russian...

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“THE REAL VALUE OF THIS BOOK”: How the Sears Catalogue Shaped My Novel, a guest post by Ellen Notbohm

Over the years, I've referred many library patrons to the Sears catalog replicas in our reference collection for insight into daily life in the early 20th century. And so I was pleased when Ellen Notbohm proposed to write a post detailing how...

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Book Blitz: For the Ages by Safari Spell + Giveaway!

Welcome everyone to For the Ages by Safari Spell BOOK BLITZ!Be sure to enter the giveaway below. Enjoy!For the Ages (Long Live Dead Reckless #2)by Safari SpellGenre: NA Paranormal RomanceRelease date: March 14th 2017 In the much-anticipated...

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