Category: nonfiction

• Review of “The Lady From the Black Lagoon”

  Hollywood, Milicent Patrick, The Creature From the Black Lagoon

  The Lady From the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara is a rather unusual book. It tells the story of how O’Meara tracked down information about Milicent Patrick, the artist who created the creature from the black lagoon for the movie of the same name. Starting with how O’Meara first learned about Patrick as a teenager…

• Review of “Six Women of Salem”

  Salem Witch Trials

  Six Women of Salem by Marilynne K. Roach tells the story of the Salem Witch trials through the stories of six women that were involved. It opens by providing brief bios of each of the women prior to the witch trials before then covering the actual events of the year 1692. Starting in January it…

• Review of “Ghost Soldiers”

  Bataan Death March, Memorial Day, True story, WWII

  Have you ever read a story that was just incredibly inspiring but also incredibly heartbreaking and sad at the same time? Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides was just that as it tells the true story of the army rangers that were sent to rescue the soldiers in Cabanatuan camp in the Philippines during WWII. These…

• Review of “Flags of Our Fathers”

  Iwo Jima, Marines, Memorial Day, True story, WWII

  Here in the U.S. today happens to be Memorial Day so I thought I would show my support by posting a review of an appropriate book. After much contemplation I ended up reading Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley. This book tells the story of the raising of the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima…

• Review of “The Sisterhood”

  CIA, Espionage, Women’s History Month, Women’s Rights

  This particular book I found at my local library in a display for Women’s History Month. The Sisterhood by Liza Mundy tells the story of the women who work or have worked for the CIA which makes it highly appropriate for such a display. It opens with a bit of background on the origins of…

• Review of “Give Her Credit”

  True story, Women’s History Month, Women’s Rights

  I recently received an interesting book as part of my amazon Prime first reads. It was Give Her Credit by Grace L. Williams, a book that tells the true story of a group of women that came together with the brilliant idea to open a bank aimed to serve the minority populations that were typically…