Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Nevermore: Pirate's Wife, Queen of Spades, My Name Is Emilia del Valle

 

Nevermore 7-22-25

Reported by Rita

The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd by Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos
In a work of narrative nonfiction filled with romance and high-seas adventure, a historian and journalist charts the life of Sarah Kidd, who secretly aided and abetted her infamous husband, pirate Captain Kidd, from within the strictures of polite society in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century New York.

I found this title very interesting, with lots of twists and turns. - PP 4 stars


The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin
One of Pushkin's most popular and chilling stories, The Queen of Spades is one of the most famous tales in Russian literature and inspired the eponymous opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It tells of a young man who develops a dangerous obsession in pursuit of the wealth he craves.

This book was chilling, scary, and exciting. - MD 5 stars


My name is Emilia del Valle: A Novel by Isabel Allende
In 1800s San Francisco, young writer Emilia, daughter of an Irish nun and a Chilean aristocrat, journeys to South America with talented reporter Eric to uncover the truth about her father—and herself.

It's a really good book. I couldn't put it down. - MH 5 stars


Other Books Mentioned:

Uncomfortable Labels by Laura Kate Dale
Last Patient of the Night (An AJ Docker Medical Thriller, #1) by Gary Gerlacher
Purrfect Murder (The Mysteries of Max, #1) by Nic Saint
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall
Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall by Anita Silvey
The Story of Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting


New Books:

One Final Turn (Electra McDonnell, #5) by Ashley Weaver
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick
The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly
Thus With a Kiss I Die (Daughter of Montague, #2) by Christina Dodd

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