Book reviews of mysteries, historical fiction and graphic novels with a smattering of non-fiction books.
Sunday, December 31, 2023
2024 What’s In A Name Challenge
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Top Ten Books of 2023
Monday, December 25, 2023
Top Ten Historical Fiction Novels of 2023
Sunday, December 24, 2023
Top Ten Mystery Books of 2023
Saturday, December 23, 2023
Top Ten New Authors of 2023
Friday, December 22, 2023
Top Ten Book Covers of 2023
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Top Ten Books I Want in 2024
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Wrap-up of the 2023 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge
Monday, December 18, 2023
Wrap-Up of the 2023 New Release Reading Challenge
Sunday, December 17, 2023
Wrap-Up of the 2023 Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge
Saturday, December 16, 2023
Wrap-Up of the 2023 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge
Friday, December 15, 2023
Sky of Ashes Land of Dreams
The publisher's summary:
Bolormaa is introduced to the man she is to marry on her eighteenth birthday, over mutton stew and steaming buuz. She has spent her entire life in the Gobi Desert, living a nomadic life with her family, always moving with their animals in search of grazing lands. Reading about other places in a tent school, she dreamed of another sort of life. But now, her education is finished, and her future seems to be laid out before her like the colorful rugs in the family’s ger.
Ganbaatar grew up under the vast, blue-gray, Mongolian sky, the protective arm of his mother, and the withering gaze of his father. He has been a good son and a steady hand, working on the land with the herds, often feeling that he was meant for something different—if only he had the courage to reach for it.
When Aisin’s parents die, she leaves her siblings and everything she knows in China to live with her uncle in Mongolia. She’s unprepared for the level of prejudice she’ll face because of her heritage, but her bravery and stubbornness form a shield she readily dons. An accomplished horse rider and rare beauty, she works alongside her uncle and forges a path as a single woman during challenging times.
Under the mutable sky of the Gobi Desert, these characters find the resilience to face the harsh, brutal winters, the challenges of drought and scarcity, and the political upheaval that will threaten the nomadic lifestyle their people have practiced for generations. A sweeping novel of historical fiction, Sky of Ashes, Land of Dreams is the story of unforgettable characters surviving extraordinary times, a journey of self-discovery and self-determination, and a powerful exploration of love in its many forms.