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Review: What the Mountains Remember by Joy Callaway

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I love the Edwardian era. I love the hats, the dresses, and the history! There aren’t that many books set during that time period so when I see one come up for review, I usually jump on it! This particular author is a new to me author and while I have heard of some of her books, I haven’t read any of them yet! So when I saw this book up for review, I was eager for the time period/setting and because I love discovering new to me authors!

To be honest though, this setting didn’t really appeal to me—a new hotel, the Grove Park Inn in the North Carolina mountains, seemed a little basic and uninspiring. However when I started reading about the hotel, the setting grew on me. The Blue Ridge Mountains feel more rugged and robust to me so when I started reading this book I was thinking it would be more like roughing it camping rather than ‘glamping’. Ultimately I ended up really enjoying the setting which was surprising! I thought it added an interesting change for readers!

If you are a historical fiction fan, I hope this one is on your radar! It’s a lovely novel and I think readers will find something refreshing in the pages! I know I did! I am now eager to read more books by this author! I know she has written a number of other historical fiction books set during similar time periods with promising stories that offer new and untold narratives! I cannot wait to check out some of her other books as this one was wonderful!

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Special Feature and Excerpt: These Tangled Threads by Sarah Loudin Thomas

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This author is a new to me author which is one of the reasons why I wanted to check this book out! I love discovering new to me authors! Often I have authors that I already know and love or maybe a good friend or family member recommends someone to me, but overall I have kind of my ‘set go to’ authors. Which is all well and good but one of the reasons I started book reviewing is because I wanted to find new authors. This author has written quite a new books so she is not new to the writing world but new on my radar!

This book is a standalone and fits into a couple of genres, historical fiction, Christian Fiction, and Romance. So basically a little something for everyone! Lately I have been really scaling down my book reviews, I love book reviewing but I have come to a point where I need to be more selective with my reading calendar at times which has been good but also sometimes it sucks when books like this come along and I really want to read it! For this particular book, I opted to do an excerpt and before I knew it, I was looking at my calendar for later this spring to see if I could work this one in!

It sounded so good and I really enjoyed the excerpt I am sharing today! It’s rare that I make room on my review calendar but for this one, I am looking into late May for a review. It sounded so good and had so much to recommend it. If you love historical fiction with a little romance then I think this will be a book you will want to get on your radar. Keep reading below for all the details and of course a great except!

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The Power of Words: How to Write Reviews That Resonate with Readers

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Picture this:

You’re at a giant labyrinth’s entrance, like the one from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. You have no idea what’s waiting for you inside. Would the labyrinth’s turns be intimidating if you decided to enter? Would you meet beasts or other challenges on the way out?

Is there any point in entering and getting through that labyrinth, after all?

This labyrinth is a new book you’re holding in a bookstore. You wonder whether it’s worth your money and time. It would be nice to read that book’s review first to understand what messages and senses it hides, wouldn’t it?

A passionate bookworm, you could write stellar book reviews, thus creating roadmaps to navigate others through literary terrain and narrative labyrinths.

This short guide will show you how.

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Tips on How to Write a Literature Review for a Dissertation

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Guide on How to Write a Literature Review for a Dissertation

If you do not know what the literature review is, we will shortly describe this term. Basically, the literature review is a section in the dissertation where you describe and evaluate the literature that is relevant to the topic of your research. This part should include your opinion regarding the literature included. 

In this article, I will tell you about how to write a literature review. However, we should also provide you with relevant reference, which would lead you to the DissertationTeam website. Here you can order help with the literature review part in case you do not want to spend a lot of time figuring out how to write it. The website has a great reputation and is known for helping hundreds of students to defend their dissertations. Therefore you can visit the website URL and find out more information about the service.

Is Dissertation Literature Review Necessary 

When students proceed to writing the dissertation they may think whether the literature review is really necessary for it. The simple answer is yes, the literature review is necessary because it is considered one of the most important elements of any dissertation and scientific paper.

The student needs to write the literature review because it shows their knowledge and background of the topic and proves that the student understands the issue they will research. The presence of the review of the literature shows the information regarding your research question or hypothesis. Furthermore, it shows what previous research has been done regarding the topic and what gap in the literature you want to fill in with your dissertation. 

Therefore there is no way you can escape writing the dissertation literature review. Additionally, it would be useful personally for you because it would help you to get the knowledge of the previous researchers on this topic and see the ways they conducted their own research. This will inspire you and make your writing process a few times easier.

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Review: The Love Remedy (The Damsels of Discovery #1) by Elizabeth Everett

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I always love a good historical romance novel especially when it’s part of a new series! I was super excited to read this one and knowing it was by an established author made me even more excited to read it. But I have to admit—I have been having a really hard time getting into Everett’s other series The Secret Scientists of London. By all accounts, the Secret Scientists of London should be a series that is 100% up my alley but I have tried reading the books and they just haven’t held my interest.

Now I know I am in the minority with readers of that series. But just because I couldn’t get into that series doesn’t mean that I was fully ready to write her off as an author. When this book came up for review, I was like ok here we go a fresh slate something new and different to try. This book is similar to the Secret Scientist series as it too has a STEM and science-y feel to it which has been a hot trend lately and I think that Victorian London really worked well as the setting for this book.

If you love historical romances, especially books with a STEM/science feel, then I think this book will be an exciting start to a new series. I think there are a few little things to figure out but overall I enjoyed this one more than I liked the other Secret Scientist books. Reading new series is one of the reasons I LOVE book blogging because I don’t know if I would have picked this one right right away had it not been floating around the blogosphere!

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