Tag Archives: historical

The Rock and the River, by Kekla Magoon

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Thistle

The Rock and the River is set in the late sixties during the Civil Rights Movement. Sam is a thirteen year old boy caught between two paths of the Movement. His father is one of the leaders in the peaceful … Continue reading →

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A Wish After Midnight, by Zetta Elliott

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Thistle

Brooklyn, 2001. Fifteen year old Genna lives in the slums and dreams of getting out of her neighborhood. She wants to go to college and become a psychiatrist. Nearly every day, she goes to a local garden and wishes in … Continue reading →

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Sweet Dates in Basra, by Jessica Jiji

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Thistle

There’s a lot going on in this book, so it’s going to be a bit difficult to try to sum up in a paragraph. Sweet Dates in Basra takes place in 1940s Iraq in a time of political and religious … Continue reading →

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Behemoth, by Scott Westerfeld

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Thistle

For some reason, it took me a really long time to get into this book. Normally I slip right into Westerfeld’s worlds, but Behemoth was either really slow to start, or I was just not in the right mood to … Continue reading →

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Proof by Seduction, by Courtney Milan

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Thistle

This is my first ever Harlequin romance novel, and honestly the only one I’ve ever wanted to read. A couple years back, I saw the query pitch for this book on an agent’s blog and loved it so much I … Continue reading →

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Readathon: Mercury, by Hope Larson

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Thistle

This story is twofold. In 1859, a prospector named Asa shows up on the Fraser family farm in Nova Scotia. He entices Mr. Fraser with gold, and wins the daughter, Josey’s, heart. In present day, the Fraser descendants still lived … Continue reading →

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My Name is Memory, by Ann Brashares

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Thistle

I keep trying these books about love through multiple lives, but just like with Reincarnation last year, this was not what I was looking for. It was too young, the topics too shallowly-touched on, the plot too predictable. I probably … Continue reading →

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Flush, by Virginia Woolf

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Thistle

Flush is a biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s dog, whose name was, of course, Flush. Flush was a golden Cocker Spaniel who was apparently very finely bred, though I personally know nothing whatsoever about dogs or dog breeding. The book … Continue reading →

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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Thistle

Flavia de Luce, an eleven-year-old chemistry prodigy in 1950 England, is taken by surprise early one morning by the discovery of a body in the garden of her house. The police are called in, but Flavia, not wanting to be … Continue reading →

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Kindred, by Octavia Butler

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Thistle

The year is 1976. Dana, as a black woman married to a white man, has a myriad of race-related issues in her life. It’s not a good time period for interracial marriages, and both family and friends (on both sides) … Continue reading →

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