Review:Good read but the audiobook is far more enjoyable. The story came alive in the audio. A performance by a wonderful actress. The foreign phrases and names that are diversions in print just flowed beautifully from the audio reader. A great read was transformed into a frighting immersion into individual fear and loneliness in a uncaring universe. Relentlessly draws you in and down and down. Read more

Review:I could not wait to start reading this book after I finished the first one in the series. It was fantastic and held my interest to the very end. I started the last one immediately after the end of this one. Read more

Review:Who knew a goldfish could set Minli on the adventure of a lifetime?

Minli’s family works hard but are very poor. Yet Minli still finds joy in her life. She is captivated by the stories her father, Ba, tells every night. While Minli delights in her father’s tales, her mother, Ma, does not. Ma sees little use in telling stories of magic and treasure when their life is so dull and dreary. I found it extremely sad to watch Ma’s bitterness taint the happiness Minli found in the stories. In an ... Read more

Review:This book was a satisfying and fun read; exactly the kind of book I most like and close enough to JA's style to suit me--and that's saying something. (I like Austen so much that I became a novelist myself to write a discreet romance of the same era and in the same vein.) I really hate the slew of modern books that have Regency era people behaving in thoroughly modern ways, with thoroughly modern value systems...etc. I like the authenticity of this book, the feeling of being in that time and age,... Read more

Review:Disguised as a union soldier, Emma would risk her life for her country. Emma Edmonds was born in Saint John, Canada in 1840. When she was sixteen years old she ran away to the United States. When she was twenty one, President Lincoln made a request for seventy five thousand men to volunteer for the Army. She decided that she wanted to be a field nurse for the Union Army but those jobs were so dangerous that they were only given to men. So she cut her hair short, dressed up like a man, and e... Read more

Review:A good read! A part of American history that should never be forgotten. Hard to believe that even in the 20th century, the American Indian was still treated as badly as they were and yet were so willing to fight and die for their country. Read more

Review:Long before, I had a stereotype about all the Germans at the WW2 being the very source of evil and injustice. I did think of the civilians with no weapon of any sort, but I usually had a "they are the troublemaker" to Germany considering the WW2. However, as I got older and learned more and more, I knew that it not entirely Germany's fault, or al lest not all the citizen's. After I finished "An Elephant in the Garden", I was well aware of the suffering innocents took in the horrible war.
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Review:I love Alaric, I like Willa, her best friend Lavinia, his best friend Part, and his brother, North, heir to the Wilde Dukedom. Truly Good story, love the quirky Duke's family! Great Characters, even the pets are unusual! This the wittiest story told by Eloise James! I deducted one star, for the use of the term Giggle, she use it correctly, while describing these girls without a brain, falling for a man falsely portrayed in a play. However, to describe the intelligent, mischievous Willa, it isn't... Read more

Review:Eloisa James has done it again. In this installment of Desperate Duchesses By the Numbers we once again meet an unorthodox woman going against society's dictates to have a career - this time as the owner of a Registry for Governesses. Of course, Mrs Eugenia Snowe could simply sit back and take her place as a member of the ton but she chooses to use her time to help families find just the right governess no matter how difficult the child/children might be.
Theodore (Ward) Reeve might be ille... Read more

Review:As always with this author I find myself unable to put this book down! Such a great read with strong fabulous characters. can't wait for the next adventure. What new story and characters to fall in love with. She enacts my emotions. Read more