reviews

A Classic About Heritage Author: George Eliot Daniel Deronda is a story of identity told from three views: a former debutant who has lost everything and faces either poverty or a bad marriage, a young Jewish girl who has run away from a father who would sell her into depravity, and the famed Daniel Deronda himself, a young man who is haunted by an unknown past that obscures his parentage. Slowly, the three come together and each discovers what is ultimately most important. Anyone who has read a George Eliot story before knows that she writes at a slow burn, more [...]

Lamas, Long Life, and the Moderately Heretical Author: James Hilton It’s 1931. The situation in Baskul, China has deteriorated into all out warfare. A group of four, including the famous World War I hero and current diplomat Hugh Conway, must hastily board a tiny, single engine aircraft to be flown to the relative peacefulness of Peshawar. When their pilot gets jumped at the last minute and a new man with a gun takes over the plane, however, a very different journey unfolds. Flying at dangerous altitudes into the serene but remote Himalayan Mountains, making a mysterious stop for an armed refuel, [...]

  Love, the Muse, and Murder Author: Louise Penny It’s the year long anniversary of Clara and Peter’s temporary split: a moment in time for them to both rethink their marriage and the best options for moving onward – alone or together. Clara set the ultimatum and Peter, the betrayer caught at his own game, accepted the consequences of his actions and agreed to meet Clara a year later, after much soul searching, after trying to become a good man. Only, the anniversary has come and gone, and Peter never returned. Clara turns to the one person she knows can [...]