A Desert Island Keeper is a book I want to read over and over, and Tallchief by Dinah McCall certainly fits the bill. In general, “American Indian” books aren’t my cuppa, but once in a while I make an exception; Tallchief is an exceptional book. Morgan Tallchief lost the only woman he ever loved. At…
It’s still early yet, but Heart’s Desire already has my vote for worst read of the year. The lead characters behave abominably toward each other, the heroine’s introduction to the hero made me laugh out loud, and the author threw in so many catastrophes, it seemed like a parody of the worst soap opera. Thirty-year-old…
During the Irish potato famine, Gerald Keegan, a schoolteacher of County Sligo, made a note in his diary about a gift of corn from the Choctaw Indians of the United States. Eileen Charbonneau has taken this diary entry and fashioned an unusual and compelling historical novel around it. Rachel LeMoyne is part French and part…
Since the Loveswept line seems doomed, I hope another publisher snaps up Catherine Mulvany fast. She is too good to disappear. I love reading a writer’s first book and knowing that I’ve found someone whose new books I will look for. Upon a Midnight Clear is Catherine Mulvany’s debut and if she keeps on writing…