by Laura DeNooyer | Aug 6, 2025 | Book Reviews
Terri Wangard’s World War I and World War II fiction employ a variety of settings besides Germany, including the home front of Wisconsin, her home state. No Neutral Ground was set in Sweden. Seashells in My Pocket takes place in Brazil, while her most recent...
by Laura DeNooyer | May 6, 2025 | Book Reviews
In October 2023, my husband Tim and I took a train ride on the Narrow Gauge Railroad from Durango, Colorado to Silverton, an old mining town. The train maneuvered through steep mountains, rocky gorges, and winding rivers. In town, charming nineteenth century...
by Laura DeNooyer | Apr 15, 2025 | Book Reviews
On this blog, I’ve introduced numerous World War II novels, but not one single Civil War story. In trying to recall any Civil War titles I’ve read, only Gone With the Wind comes to mind. And that was decades ago! Of my 109 posts since November 2021, the novel set...
by Laura DeNooyer | Jun 18, 2024 | Book Reviews
We all have our favorite family recipes with the memories and nostalgia they stir in us (pun intended). I especially value the recipes my mom and grandma wrote by hand. With the world wide web and dozens of cooking websites, do people even hand write recipes on...
by Laura DeNooyer | Oct 18, 2023 | Book Reviews
I appreciate authors who tackle difficult topics. Amanda Wen is one of those. In The Songs That Could Have Been, she takes on three issues: bulimia, alcoholism, and a mixed race romance. Each occurs in separate timelines of a split-time novel. A few facts about...
