I usually like to read historical biographies, but is this book really a departure from that? After all, To Save Russia: The Reincarnation of Nicholas II, by Donald Norsic, could be considered a biography of sorts. But really, it is one man’s spiritual journey, a topic that, along with the Romanovs, fascinates me.
For those of […]
Read the rest of Book Review: To Save Russia by Donald Norsic
I have always had a fascination with oddities in Massachusetts, and honestly, who doesn’t? I think it all started when I was a little girl, and for some random reason there was this enormous pink elephant in front of a car dealership that I just loved. Funnier still was that it would b stolen on occasion […]
Read the rest of Book Review: Weird Massachusetts by Jeff Belanger, Mark Moran, and Mark Sceurman
I admit it, I love watching “The Girls Next Door”. Hugh Hefner has always been a source of fascination for me, because I also have an interest in publishing. No, not the naughty stuff, but I do have my own art magazine. I remember a couple of years ago when I was still in college, […]
Read the rest of Book Review: “Bunny Tales” By Izabella St. James
I started this book with high expectations. It all seemed very promising - a look into the life of an 18th century artistocratic woman who was far ahead of her tme politically. Something that I have made a point to do in the recent books I have read is to start with the Prologue or […]
Read the rest of Book Review: The Duchess by Amanda Foreman
There are many people who are interested in the last generation of the Romanovs. It’s understandable, too - a great love story between the Emperor Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Empress Alexandra, Rasputin the mystical monk who could never quite be debunked, four beautiful daughters, a son with hemophilia, and the murder of the […]
Read the rest of Book Review: The Court of the Last Tsar by Greg King
