Musings on From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon

Bookworms are an odd breed. We love reading. We love getting lost in a book. We love reading a story even when every page, every paragraph make our hearts hurt. I felt anxious each time I returned to this story. My nerves... chest tight… stomach churning… oh my goodness. Several times I thought I should...

Review of Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

Extravagant, inventive, emotionally sweeping, Corelli's Mandolin is the story of a timeless place that one day wakes up to find itself in the jaws of history.  The place is the Greek island of Cephallonia, where gods once dabbled in the affairs of men and the local saint periodically rises from his sarcophagus to cure the mad.  Then the tide...

Review of When Sally Comes Marching Home by Richard Milton @Richardmilton

In 1945, World War II is ending. For Major Sally Honeychurch the war is just beginning.Major Sally Honeychurch has spent two years as an agent behind enemy lines. Now the war is over, the women who risked their lives are no longer needed. Sally is back in civvy street, haunted by the French Resistance lover...