This book was on my radar well before it was a Book of the Month pick for April. In fact I have been looking forward to reading this book for months! This cover is absolutely stunning and this book sounded like a new and exciting piece of a little known time in history.
I haven’t read a lot of Asian historical fiction beyond some of the more well known titles like Memoirs of Geisha and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Memoirs of a Geisha was one of my favorite reads when I read it years ago and for a while I bought a ton of historical fiction set in Asia after I read that book but just never got around to reading many of those books.
European historical fiction is inundated with novels all of which are always trying to distinguish themselves as something new, but often they are all very similar which is why this book sounded like the exact opposite. I was eager to dive in and see if I loved it or not. Continue reading “Review: The Library of Legends by Janie Chang”
I absolutely loved John Kenney’s book of poems, 
Harlequin has so many wonderful titles coming out this summer and I couldn’t be more thrilled to share this funny and heart warming new release with you guys this week!
Who doesn’t need a little uplifting right about now? I know that I do and what better way than to escape for a few hours into a happy and uplifting novel?
If you are in any way a fan of historical fiction, you need this book on your radar! It’s already being met with rave reviews and takes us from the music rooms of Vienna to the unknown country of Bolivia during WWII.
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