European Reading Challenge 2022
My Sign-up Post

Hosted by: Gilion @ Rose City Reader

Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2022, with until 31st January, 2023, to finish reviews and write a wrap-up post.

Aim: To read books set in European countries or books by European authors, any genre – fiction, nonfiction, novels, short stories, memoirs, travel guides, cookbooks, biography, poetry, etc. No two books

A Literary Christmas Challenge 2021
My Wrap-up Post

Hosted by: In the Bookcase
Challenge period: Now to 31st December, 2021
Aim: To read and review as many Christmas-themed titles as you can from a list you

Top Ten Tuesday
Most Recent Additions to My Book Collection

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. A topic is assigned to each Tuesday. For that topic you are encouraged to make a top ten list, putting your own spin on it, if needed. Upcoming topics and

The Girl from Paris by Ella Carey
Book Review

Publication Date: January 4, 2022
Publisher: Bookouture
Series: Daughters of New York #3
Format: ebook, print and audio
Genre: Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Vianne rushes through the crowded streets of Paris as the German bombs begin to fall. As she rounds the corner she sees the familiar spires of the old church burst into flames. Too late, she realizes that her mother and sister are trapped inside…

Paris, 1918. The end of war is in sight, and young seamstress Vianne Mercier is longing for the day when she can stop sewing military uniforms and start creating the beautiful dresses that she has been dreaming up in her