Category: Book Reviews

Virginia Hall is one of my absolute heroes, so grabbing a review copy of Code Name Badass: The True Story of Virginia Hall by Heather Demetrios was a no brainer. The book is designed to …

Podcasters Hannah Maguire and Suruthi Bala are the co-hosts of the hit true crime podcast Redhanded. Each week they break down a true crime case, share bizarre facts, and get super British with it. The …

Andy Carpenter, created by David Rosenfelt, hates to work. So it’s a good thing that he has inherited millions of dollars and doesn’t actually need to work at his job of defense attorney. However, Andy …

Ever hear of Victoria Drummond, the woman who single handedly used her sailing skills to prevent German bombing of her British troop ship? Did you know there was a huge market for women travelling as …

When studying Greek myth it can be all too common to get the version of the story that makes the woman look like a complete monster. Case in point, whenever we talk about the evils …

Mary Russell is the right hand of one Sherlock Holmes, but she is definitely not excited about their most recent travel arrangements. Bound for Roumania, the two are to assist Queen Marie, the royal granddaughter …

As a lover of Asian culture and baker and lover of baked goods myself I was thrilled to pick up this book. Coming from a heavily Asian-influenced part of Texas and being a huge fan …

It’s a brilliant coincidence that this was the year I began watching the new Crash Course on Black American History that the book Mastering Emotions: Feelings, Power, and Slavery in the United States by Erin …

Margarita Gokun Silver spent her entire childhood in the USSR.  As Soviet Jews, they were at extremely high risk for a wealth of trouble in their homeland. Margarita, like many other youth in the USSR, …

Sometimes major scientific discoveries aren’t credited to the person who actually discovered them. With decades of prejudice and misogyny, we are starting to find the truth behind where the credit should lie. The new book …