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 ...
Fiction / Disaster
BOOK REVIEW: Crimson Sky by C.J. Connolly
I am really struggling with this review. Before I ever took it from Booksprout, I was intrigued by the synopsis and even read the first chapter and literally synced in. The burnt bacon did it for me. (Years ago I had a little couple of paragraphs fun start about bacon and burnt ...
BOOK REVIEW: Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
Another find from The Book Girls Guide, and honestly, I have no idea what words are right now. I've never read Ann Napolitano before, but I know this will not be the last book I read by her. Honestly, this may be the most disjointed book reaction I ever write and also might be the shortest . . . ...