On the blog last week
Monday – I published my review of The Ghosts of Rome by Joseph O’Connor.
Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was a freebie on the theme of love. My list consisted on book whose titles relate to aspects of love.
Wednesday – As always WWW Wednesday is a weekly opportunity to share what I’ve just read, what I’m currently reading and what I plan to read next… and to take a peek at what others are reading.
Thursday – I an excerpt from technothriller Bazaar by Miles Joyner.
Friday – I published my review of A Year in a Small Garden by Frances Tophill.
Saturday – I shared my review of A Cold Wind From Moscow by Rory Clements.
New on my shelves
My Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende, translated by Frances Riddle (eARC, Ballantine Books via NetGalley)
In San Francisco in 1866, an Irish nun, abandoned following a torrid relationship with a Chilean aristocrat, gives birth to a daughter named Emilia del Valle. Raised by a loving stepfather, Emilia grows into an independent thinker and a self-sufficient young woman.
To pursue her passion for writing, she is willing to defy societal norms. At the age of seventeen, she begins to publish pulp fiction using a man’s pen name. When these fictional worlds can no longer satisfy her sense of adventure, she turns to journalism, convincing an editor at The Daily Examiner to hire her. There she is paired with another talented reporter, Eric Whelan.
As she proves herself, her restlessness returns, until an opportunity arises to cover a brewing civil war in Chile. She seizes it, as does Eric, and while there, she meets her estranged father and delves into the violent confrontation in the country where her roots lie. As she and Eric discover love, the war escalates and Emilia finds herself in extreme danger, fearing for her life and questioning her identity and her destiny.
What I’m currently reading
Look out for…
- Book Review: The Language of Remembering by Patrick Holloway
- Q&A: Twilight of Evil by George Alexander
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