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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The First Emma in Books

Oct 7, 2020

4.5/5 stars

If you've never heard of Emma Koehler, then you know nothing about the beer industry in San Antonio Texas. But even if that subject matter doesn't interest you, Emma should, because she had both a fascinating and tragic life. Camille Di Maio does a lovely job of taking little to no information about this real-life personality and turning it into a biographical, historical, women's fiction novel. Read more about it in my #bookreview here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2020/05/08/lady-bastion-of-beer/

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Gold Digger: The Remarkable Baby Doe Tabor in Books

Oct 6, 2020

The Colorado Gold Rush of the late 1880s both made and broke many people. Among them was Horace Tabor. But the jewel in Tabor's crown wasn't one of his mines, it was the woman he fell in love with, known as "Baby Doe". This biographical, historical, women’s fiction novel is about how Elizabeth McCourt from Oshkosh WI goes to Colorado as Harvey Doe's young bride, and how she ends up as "Baby Doe Tabor". You can read my #bookreview of "Gold Digger: The Remarkable Baby Doe Tabor" by Rebecca Rosenberg on my blog now! https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2019/10/31/marriages-of-the-mines/

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Merissa (14102 KP) created a post

Apr 28, 2026

"Spain made her a princess. History made her a queen. This is the story in between." 👑📖

Today's spotlight shines on INFIDEL: THE DAUGHTERS OF ARAGON (SIX TUDOR QUEENS) by NICOLA HARRIS! This richly imagined work of biographical and historical Tudor fiction illuminates the remarkable and often overlooked journey of a woman whose story stretches far beyond the crown she would come to wear. 🌹✨

Head over to the blog to read the full spotlight!

Available in Kindle Unlimited 🎉

@nicola-harris-author @maryanneyarde #BiographicalFiction #HistoricalFiction #TudorFiction #KU #KindleUnlimited
https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/infidel-the-daughters-of-aragon-six-tudor-queens-by-nicola-harris

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Lives in Writing

David Lodge

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This is a collection of essays on writers and writing by the Booker-shortlisted novelist and critic....

Booksnthreads (19 KP) rated What Would She Do? 25 True Stories of Trailblazing Rebel Women in Books

Jun 4, 2018

Accessible for middle school readers (0 more)

My classroom library is somewhat lacking when it comes to non-fiction. I often have a difficult time finding non-fiction that is engaging for a middle school audience.

While I think that this will interest my students, as an adult reader, it's a bit lacking in depth.

I like the bite-sized chunks of information and the bold illustrations of each woman profiled in the book. The biographical information is just the right amount for this age group.

What I really objected to was the attempt to provide life advice from each woman. After each biography, the author imagines a modern real life question readers might have and then attempts to answer that question as the woman who was just profiled might. The whole thing feels incredibly contrived and, at times, not even loosely connected to the woman who was just profiled. I think I actually cringed with some of them because of how cliche and didactic they are.