Tarissa's bookshelf: 2024-top-favorite
Salt to the Sea is a beautiful story, filled with tragedy, but hope. In this story set in 1945, we meet several people from various walks of life. They are all destined to board the ill-fated ship Wilhelm Gustloff. This ship is sunk duri...
Herein we are introduced to Lady Osbaldestone... and her three young grandchildren who have come to spend the Christmas holidays with her. These three darling imps soon become her close comrades, and her co-conspirators in village life. ...
Not your average mystery novel! I was taken in from the very beginning of this book. I love how it is set in the year 1890, so it is a historical Victorian mystery. A similar time setting to the Sherlock Holmes stories.
And these Victo...
SEBASTIAN AND THE THREE KINGS
A moving story of a homeless man, a stray dog, and the gift of a thoughtful and caring Collie dog.
THE SHEPHERD'S GIFT
Taking place a long while ago, in the wintry Scottish Highlands... an old shepherd and...
Beatrix now owns a little flock of sheep. But the old shepherd is dead. And the sheep are the only ones who really know how it happened. But they cannot really communicate with the humans, now can they?
Such a mystery novel! All that, a...
Hannah Linder is a fairly new author that I am quickly coming to like and recommend to my friends! When Tomorrow Came is a fantastic historical fiction piece with gothic undertones. I love the orphan backstory of siblings Nan and Heath g...
A FUN mystery! Something akin to reading The Westing Game (in my childhood), or playing a game of Clue. It's a flashy mystery with a cash reward waiting for you at the end of it, if you could just decifer the clues, fit the puzzle pieces...
What a beautiful book! It made me feel as if I was reading a work of classic literature. But this novel was only published in the 1980s. If you're looking for a dramatic saga to become immersed in, you need this this novel. Robbie Taggar...
A comical read... about murder! Written in an engaging style, with words and a fancy flamboyance that will catapult you back to at least Victorian times. It's actually a riot to read. Throw in a few frightening scenarios and creepy alley...
This was my first Grace Livingston Hill read, and the first page in, I knew I had chosen well. Descriptions are needed with well-placed words, and with phrases that make you smile. I simply adore this vintage, old timey style of writing....
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