Raise your hand if you have ever heard of the Batavia? If you have even a finger up, you are ahead of me. During a period of time that, as an American, I never really learned about since it didn't involve the US, the Dutch had a thriving trade route to the East Indies. Yup, not the West Indies ...
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BOOK REVIEW: The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner
So, you think you are settling into a nice and tidy little literary historical story. Then chapter 8 happens. And as you continue to read/listen, you get literary words and great historical details, but then there's more Chapter 8s that keep you hanging on to what you think you know, and realize ...
BOOK REVIEW: Writer in Residence by Rhonda McKnight
This book was nothing like I thought it would be, but honestly, everything I needed it to be. Unless you are just brand new here, you know that, as a rule, I reward myself to complete chores and tasks with chapters. Dinner cooking, chapter. Floor swept, chapter. You know a book is special when you ...