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Books:
(* indicates author appears in list more than once – for authors reviewed three or more times, see further down with author names as headers.)
The Year 1070 – Survival (Book I in The Harrying of the North Series) by Rod Flint
The Retreat to Avalon (Book I in The Arthurian Age) by Sean Poage
Brewer’s Revenge: A Sea Novel by James Keffer
Triumph of a Tsar by Tamar Anolic
Blue Gemini by Mike Jenne
Britannia’s Gamble by Antoine Vanner*
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella*
Four Nails by G.J. Berger*
Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella*
The Captain’s Nephew by Philip K. Allan
The Immigrant by Alfred Woollacott III
Daughters of the Night Sky by Aimie K. Runyan
Forty Years in a Day by Mona Rodriguez and Dianne Vigorito
Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening by Manal al-Sharif
Two Journeys Home: A Novel of Eighteenth Century Europe by Kevin O’Connell
Future Confronted by Louise Rule
Hand of Fire: A Novel of Briseis and the Trojan War by Judith Starkston
Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett
Britannia’s Spartan by Antoine Vanner*
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Whorl by James Tarr
Hidden Treasure: How to Break Free of Five Patterns That Hide Your True Self byAlice McDowell
Child of the Northern Spring by Persia Woolley
The Metamorphosis: A Graphic Novel by Franz Kafka, adapted by Peter Kuper
Fair Weather by Barbara Gaskell Denvil
Hand of Glory by Susan Boulton
Monkey’s Wedding by Rossandra White*
Baffled by Love: Stories of the Lasting Impact of Childhood Trauma Inflicted by Loved Ones by Laurie Kahn
The Dragon’s Castle by James Cardona*
Community 17 by James Cardona*
Fortune’s Whelp by Benerson Little
Loveyoubye: Holding Fast, Letting Go, and Then There’s the Dog by Rossandra White*
Running on Empty: The Irreverent Guru’s Guide to Filling up with Mindfulness by Shelley Pernot
Murder in Greenwich: Who Killed Martha Moxley? by Mark Fuhrman
The Wolf Banner by Paula Lofting*
1066: What Fates Impose by G.K. Holloway
Sons of the Wolf (Updated Review) by Paula Lofting*
Gang Warfare: As War Clouds Tower Sweets Turn Sour by Peter St. John
How to Destroy the New Girl’s Killer Robot Army by Mick Bogerman
Hysterical Love by Lorraine Devon Wilke*
The Fantasmagorical Forest by S.L. Dwyer
Snake Face by Amber Foxx*
The Hour of Parade by Alan Bray
Jake for Mayor by Lou Aguilar
The First Lie by Virginia King
March to Destruction (Book II in The Emperor’s American Series) by Art McGrath*
Who Killed William Shakespeare? by Simon Andrew Stirling
Shaman’s Blues by Amber Foxx*
South of Burnt Rocks West of the Moon by G.J. Berger*
Song of Australia by Stephen Crabbe
After the Sucker Punch by Lorraine Devon Wilke*
When the Tide Turned by M.L. Eaton*
Never Waste Tears by Gloria Zachgo
Witch Ever Way You Look At It by Jennie Orbell
The Elephants’ Child by M.L. Eaton*
Come and Take It by Landon Wallace
The Life and Demise of Norman Campbell by Norman Campbell and compiled by Diana Jackson
The Dragon’s Harp (Volume I in Era of Dragons: The Lost Tales of Gwenhwyfar) by Rachael Pruitt
The Emperor’s American (Book I in The Emperor’s American Series) by Art McGrath*
Northwest of Eden by Yancy Caruthers
The World of Richard III by Kristie Dean
How it was with Dooms: A True Story from Africa by Xan Hopcraft and Carol Cawthra Hopcraft (cross referenced in Movies/TV)
The Colour of Treason by S. M. Harrison
The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure by Martin W. Sandler
Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer by Robert Byrd
Call Nurse Millie by Jean Fullerton
Sons of the Wolf by Paula Lofting*
We Speak No Treason by Rosemary Hawley Jarman
The Beltane Choice by Nancy Jardine
Loyalty Binds Me by Joan Szechtman
Annie Whitehead:
Annalisa Christensen:
The Ghost Midwife: Murder at Rotten Row and The Midnight Midwife
Alison Morton:
Aurelia (Book IV in the Roma Nova series)
Insurrectio (Book V in the Roma Nova series)
Retalio (Book VI in the Roma Nova series)
Marina Julia Neary:
Never Be at Peace: A Novel of Irish Rebels
Saved by the Bang: A Nuclear Comedy
Martyrs and Traitors: A Tale of 1916
Anna Belfrage:
A Rip in the Veil (Book I in The Graham Saga)
A Rip in the Veil (Updated Review)
Like Chaff in the Wind (Book II in The Graham Saga)
The Prodigal Son (Book III in The Graham Saga) (with author interview)
A Newfound Land (Book IV in The Graham Saga)
Serpents in the Garden (Book V in The Graham Saga)
Revenge and Retribution (Book VI in The Graham Saga)
Whither Thou Goest (Book VII in The Graham Saga)
To Catch a Falling Star (Book VIII in The Graham Saga)
There is Always a Tomorrow (Book IX in The Graham Saga)
In the Shadow of the Storm (Book I in The King’s Greatest Enemy series)
Sarah Bruce Kelly:
The Red Priest’s Annina (with author interview)
Joanne Larner:
Richard Liveth Yet – Book II – A Foreign Country
Richard Liveth Yet – Book III – Hearts Never Change
Dickon’s Diaries: A Yeare in the Lyff of King Richard the Third (with Susan Lamb)
James Boschert:
Midshipman Graham and the Battle of Abukir
Richard Abbott:
Mary Stewart:
Carol Edgerley:
Marguerite (Book I in The Merencourt Saga)
Claire (Book II in The Merencourt Saga) (long/short testimonials in print/e-book editions)
Susanna: The Early Years (Book III in The Merencourt Saga)
Lars D.H. Hedbor:
The Tree (Tales From a Revolution: New-Hampshire)
The Freedman ( Tales From a Revolution: North-Carolina)
The Break (Tales From a Revolution: Nova-Scotia)
The Path (Tales From a Revolution: Rhode-Island)
The Darkness (Tales From a Revolution: Maine)
The Wind (Tales From a Revolution: Florida)
The Smoke (Tales From a Revolution: New York)
The Light: (Tales From a Revolution: New Jersey)
The Prize (Tales From a Revolution: Vermont)
Martha Kennedy:
Novel Exploration:
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Otis Spofford by Beverly Cleary
No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Cover Crush:
To Be A Queen (Annie Whitehead)
A Rip in the Veil (Anna Belfrage)
Author Spotlight:
Art:
Richard and Anne by Karen King (artist interview)
Short Stories
“Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather
“I, Richard” by Sandra Worth (story removed from author website)
Essay:
“From the Archives, Volume I: Kicking off the Summer”
“And the Daffodils Look Lovely Today”
“Reading 2018: Requiem, Reviews and Year of the TBR”
“Reading 2017: Rounding out the Year”
“Secrets Through a Tapestry of Time”
“Poetry in Bloom: ‘The Lady of Shalott'”
“Author Spotlight: Sir Alec Guinness”
“A Study and Some Personal Experience of Lewis Carroll”
“Browsing Books: Magical Magazine Edition”
“Browsing Books: Frozen Fingers Edition”
“Image of the Week: Perspective”
“Image of the Week: The Hollow Hills“
“Friday Night Flashback: The World of Mary Stewart”
“Image of the Week: The Flammarion Engraving”
“Image of the Week: Æthelflæd: Lady of the Mercians”
“Remembering Chernobyl: If We’re Still Alive in the Morning”
“Browsing Books: In the Big City Edition”
“Middle of the Night Musings: Earthquake Edition”
“Friday Night Flashback: Stewy Bugs Otis”
“Golden Years: Remembering David Bowie”
“My Tottering TBR: Focus on Food”
“My Tottering TBR: Reads of 2015”
“My Tottering TBR: Mindfulness and Magazines”
“A Novel Exploration: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency”
“Great Land History: From a Tent City Christmas Album 1916”
“Beirut Nightmares: Place and identity in War Literature”
“Rabindranath Tagore: Whispers in the Ear of Eternity”
“Infinity: Eternity By Numbers and the Search for Mile Markers Along the Way”
Author Interviews:
Author interview with Paula Lofting
Author interview with Yancy Caruthers
Author interview with Gloria Zachgo
Author interview with G.J. Berger
Author interview with Carol Edgerley
Author interview with Anna Belfrage (In the Shadow of the Storm)
Author interview with Valerie Biel
Author interview with Glynn Holloway
Author interview with Lars D.H. Hedbor
Others Interview Me:
“On My Retrieval of Apple Pie from Sweden” (with Anna Belfrage)
“Readers’ Chat” (with Stephanie Hopkins)
“The Importance of Covers” (Book blogger group chat)
“Importance of Book Covers” (with Stephanie Hopkins)
Music
Richard III by The Legendary Ten Seconds
“The Year of the Cat” by Al Stewart
“The Waiting” and “American Girl” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Movies/TV/Documentary
A Quiet Place (John Krasinski)
Molly’s Game (Aaron Sorkin)
“Avengers Anticipation” (by Turtle)
Signs (M. Night Shyamalan)
Split (M. Night Shyamalan)
Dunkirk (Christopher Nolan)
Duma (Carroll Ballard) (cross referenced in Books)
Into the Pride (Dave Salmoni)
The Adventures of Merlin (Webb, Michie, Huseyin, Jones et al.)
