Boys in the Boat immersed me in the intensely difficult and beautiful world of rowing. I loved the tenacity of Joe Ranzt, who not only survived being abandoned at age 15 but became an integral part of the olympic gold medal winning rowing team.
This is a story of one man and also of a unified team, with all the growing pains it took to get there.
The #1 New York Times-bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germany-from the author of Facing the Mountain.
Soon to be a major motion picture directed by George Clooney
For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times-the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant.
It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the…
I don't like love triangles. But this book did it right. I loved all three of the main characters and they all felt real and faceted. That combined with an intriguing plot and a rich story landscape made this a delight to read. The ending was perfect!
In this gorgeous stand-alone cozy fantasy romance perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson and Allison Saft, a rebellious witch undertakes a last-ditch quest to restore magic to medieval Wales-as two princes vie for her heart.
Magic is fading from Wales-choked off by King Offa's Dyke, the enemy earthworks that spans the entire border. Even the dragons have disappeared. And now an attack is imminent.
Prince Taliesin would love to watch magic die. Prince Dafydd fears it, and the throne. But when their father promises the crown to whichever son can destroy the dyke and restore magic to Wales, the brothers…
This series is my comfort read when life is crazy. The third book (and carried into the fourth book) is my favorite for the redemption arc and healing that happens between siblings.
Essie should be planning her happily ever after, not planning a war.
Although they once were enemies, the humans of Escarland and the elves of Tarenhiel have allied to fight the trolls from the far north. But alliances are tricky things even in the best of times, and with Farrendel, the elves' foremost warrior and Essie's husband, captured by the trolls, the circumstances appear dire indeed.
But Essie won't give up, and she will make her two peoples work together to fight this war if it's the last thing she does. One way or another, she will get Farrendel back,…
Vasilisa has always been strong. She’s strong enough to break the arm of the bully that daily taunts her. She won’t because she and her mother are servants at the Orlov manor, and her mother would be punished for her retaliation. Instead, Vasilisa bides her time until she is sixteen and can return to the forest. Only Staver, the master’s son, shows her kindness. His friendship pulls as strong as the forest, but their classes are divided forever by law. She is a forest-born, fatherless servant and her future at the manor holds mockery-filled drudgery.
War threatens. The forest calls. Will she stay to protect the one who can never be more than a friend, or flee to the peace that the forest offers?
