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City of Time and Magic — Paula Brackston (Found Things #4) Book Review

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Nov 5, 2021 | RELAX: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

City of Time and Magic gives Paula Brackston a chance to resolve the cliffhanger from her last book in the Found Things series. And in true Brackston fashion, the resolution includes history, magic, time travel, and a little romance. Our favorite time traveler,...

The Garden of Promises and Lies by Paula Brackston (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Dec 31, 2020 | RELAX: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

The Garden of Promises and Lies by Paula Brackston is book three in her Found Things series. It’s a little bit romance, a solid dash of historical fiction, and a lot of time traveling hijinks. Our heroine Xanthe Westlake partners with her mother Flora in an antique...

Book Review: Secrets of the Chocolate House (Found Things #2) by Paula Brackston

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Mar 22, 2020 | RELAX: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

After I read the first book in Paula Brackston’s recent series, Found Things, I was super excited to read the next book. Called Secrets of the Chocolate House, I finished it in the midst of our current global pandemic crisis. Naturally, I wished for escapist reading....

Book Review: The Little Shop of Found Things by Paula Brackston (Found Things #1)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Apr 20, 2019 | RELAX: Historical Fiction

In the first of a new series from Paula Brackston, Xanthe Westlake and her mother Flora move to small town Marlborough to rebuild their lives. Flora bought the property and stock from a now-deceased fellow antiques dealer and retailer. He left the place in a pretty...

Book Review: The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Mar 29, 2019 | RELAX: Historical Fiction

I’ve been a big fan of Susanna Kearsley for several years. I discovered her not long after I powered my way through the Outlander books. And I felt like her writing had a similar vibe—what I call historical fiction with a twist. In the case of The Firebird, the twist...

Book Review: About Time by Jack Finney

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Dec 1, 2018 | RELAX: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Jack Finney wrote a much-beloved time travel classic, Time and Again. These are short stories that also play with both time and place. All of them are about 20-25 pages, and perfect to dip into between books or when you just have a little reading time.As with most...

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