Medium – Book About the Book – Anastasia Romanov, the Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia, is imprisoned with her family (her Papa, Mamma, older sisters and younger brother) by soldiers of the Bolshevik army, their every movement scrutinised, watched everyday. They are moved to Ekaterinburg in Siberia along with some soldiers including the dashing andContinue reading “2021 Book #21 – Romanov”
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2021 Book #14 – The Castle of Tangled Magic
Medium – Book About the Book – Olia is the descendent of Russian royalty, though now an ordinary person, and she lives in the beautiful Castle Mila, which has a huge number of domes. She lives with her parents (her mother is a character from a previous book by Sophie Anderson), her newborn sister RosaContinue reading “2021 Book #14 – The Castle of Tangled Magic”
2021 Book #12 – A Gentleman in Moscow
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Count Alexander Rostov is a Russian Aristocrat living in Moscow in the 1920s. He is a resident at the Hotel Metropol, and one day is arrested by the Bolsheviks due to his rank, usually a death sentence. However, he is spared the firing squad because of a poemContinue reading “2021 Book #12 – A Gentleman in Moscow”
TBR Pile Book #7 – The House with Chicken Legs
Medium – Book About this Book – Marinka dreams of living an ordinary life, where she can make friends and her house stays in one place. However, she lives in a house with chicken legs, and the job of this house is to guide the dead. Marinka’s grandmother is Baba Yaga. She helps dead soulsContinue reading “TBR Pile Book #7 – The House with Chicken Legs”
Book #42 – The Incredible Mile
Prompt – A book with only words on the cover – no graphics or pictures (my copy doesn’t have graphics or pictures, unlike the above!) Medium – Book About the Book – A temporarily homeless Englishman decides to try and get from St Pancras to Euston on the train. To do so, he travels acrossContinue reading “Book #42 – The Incredible Mile”
Book #34 – The Girl Who Speaks Bear
Prompt – A book with a map. Medium – Book About the Book – Yanka is found abandoned in the wilds of Russia as a baby, snuggled in a bear cave. She is taken in by a kind woman from the nearby village, her Mamochka. However, she never feels like she fits in within theContinue reading “Book #34 – The Girl Who Speaks Bear”
Book #23 – The Bronze Horseman
Prompt – A book with gold, silver or bronze in the title. Medium – Audiobook (full disclosure, I listened to 23/30 hours of the book – see below!) About the Book – The first in a trilogy of books, this book by Paullina Simons is set in WW2 Russia, commencing at the start of 1941Continue reading “Book #23 – The Bronze Horseman”
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