I bought Three Little Birds Burning in the Flames of War by Julia Peters at the book launch event in Liverpool last month. This is an interesting book, available also as an e-book. I prefer paper books and I had my copy signed. This is…
One Life, One Kopeck by Walter Duranty – is a fiction book published in 1937. It’s rather dark and I gave it only 2 stars. As I am studying Duranty and have a very low opinion of him I might be biased, but I don’t…
A Song of Silence by Steve N. Lee* is the second book I read by him. The first one was To Dream of Shadows. Both stories take place during WWII and both are inspired by real events. Blurb for A Song of Silence by Steve…
Search for a key by Walter Duranty – a novel based on his life, but has quite a few details fictionalised. I read it for my studies, it is not a book easy to get and it doesn’t seem to be particularly interesting either. While…
The review for Winter in Moscow by Malcolm Muggeridge will be short, mainly because it is a book hard to find, published in mid-1930s, and I doubt there will be many readers interested in reading this book. Which is a shame because I liked the…
The memory keeper of Kyiv by Erin Litteken is the second book I read by her. I really like her writing style and I would happily read her future novels as well. I gave this book a very well deserved 5 stars. Like her other…
The Useful Idiot by John Sweeney is a fiction book by an author I read recently, Killer in the Kremlin, that one was non-fiction. It was exactly the kind of book I was looking for, as the subject is Gareth Jones. Jones was a Welsh…
The Lost Daughters of Ukraine by Erin Litteken is a fascinating novel. She was inspired by her own family’s history and wrote a beautiful and emotional story. It starts in the summer of 1941 when Nazis are marching towards Ukraine. This is the story of…
Giant’s Bread by Agatha Christie is the first book of the 6 written under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, but the last I read. I gave this one 4 stars, because, unfortunately, the ending is incredibly stupid. Out of the 6, Absent in the Spring was…
The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick is a short story, so well worth reading. I gave it 4 stars because I’m not too keen on the style of writing, but I loved the idea. Initially I thought I would read The Man in the…
Unfinished Portrait by Agatha Christie is an autobiographical novel. The blurb was misleading, so avoid reading it. Without reading the blurb I would have appreciated the book more. Nevertheless, it was a clear 4 stars, mainly because of the spoilers in the blurb and of…
I was contacted by the author and asked if I want to review his latest book. I loved the plot, so I said yes. I’m glad I did because To Dream of Shadows by Steve N Lee* was such a wonderful story, worth reading. Even…
The Burden by Agatha Christie is the final book in her 6-book series written under a pseudonym. I was unsure if I should give the book 4 or 3 stars, but decided on 3. I can’t say exactly why I didn’t go for the 4…
A Daughter’s a Daughter by Agatha Christie is the story of Ann and her daughter Sarah. They are in what can be described as a toxic and codependent relationship. When Sarah leaves on holiday with Gerry, Ann meets Richard Caulfield and they plan to get…
The Rose and the Yew Tree by Agatha Christie is the second of six books I read by her that are not a murder mystery. I loved the first one I read, Absent in the Spring, despite not being keen on the main character. This…
Absent in the Spring by Agatha Christie was published under a pseudonym, Mary Westmacott. It is not a murder mystery though. I like her mysteries, but not the ones with Hercule Poirot. She wrote 6 books like this one, unrelated, and romance-kind of books. I…