Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted a book review. My life has been quite full, and I just didn’t have the time. Today, I am posting two.
The first one is a cute novella. It’s called Take me Away. It’s a romance written by a very prolific Christian author, Suzanne Williams. She was looking for reviewers. I was looking for something relaxing to read: “Win, Win.”
Here’s my review:
Take Me Away by Suzanne D. Williams
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love reading novellas when I am stressed. Although romances are not generally my first choice, they are the perfect thing to relax me on a stressful day. This one did not disappoint. The characters were likable and well-developed. The plot was full of surprises and just enough twists to keep me interested. It was the kind of book I could read in two sittings, which was exactly what I needed. I was given a copy of this book for review purposes.
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The other book was Sewing Can Be Dangerous and Other Small Threads. I loved it! It was quite an original concept. The author wrote a collection of short stories based on some very difficult historical events, each one related to sewing. These include the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City (1911) that revolutionized the labor industry, “Kristallnacht” (The Night of Broken Glass in Nazi Germany), American slavery, and many more.
My Goodreads review is below:
Sewing Can Be Dangerous and Other Small Threads by S.R. Mallery
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I downloaded the Kindle version when it was available for free, then was given a copy of the Audible version for review purposes. I thoroughly enjoyed reading and listening to these wonderful stories. As others have stated, Ms. Mallery is a wonderful storyteller. She does a masterful job of weaving together tales that are historically accurate, yet thrilling. Her characters are great, the pace is fast, the plot well-developed with just enough twists and turns to keep the reader engaged. Great job!
If you are interested in purchasing either book, the Amazon purchase links are below:
Thank you SO much, Carol, for writing such a lovely review of my book!….Much appreciated!
You are very welcome. Thanks for gifting me the audio version. I enjoyed it.
Sounds like a great read. Definitely one for the Summer holidays. Thank you for recommending it.
Hope you like it. 🙂
Carol, thank you for echoing my own review of S.R. Mallery’s Sewing… It was a wonderful book.
David Wind
Yeah, I was amazed at how she “weaved” those tales. 🙂
I’ve got Sewing can be Dabgerous on my Kindle and looking forward to reading it.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did, Mary.
Sarah Mallery has such a way with ‘words’. A coffee, duvet and a snuggle-down read of this wonderful and unique selection of stories. Most enjoyable.
You also have a way with words, Susan. 🙂
Thank you SO much, Susan! Your books are on my TBR pile, but reading the first pages of a couple of them, I am impressed….