Skip to content
Collected Miscellany
Avid Readers, Occasional Bloggers
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • About
  • Contributors

Tag: Russia

Reviews

The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

It is a fascinating blend of history, magic and drama with religion, politics and family dynamics thrown in. Arden balances the old world's magic and the new wo...

Reviews

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I found it to be a fascinating and enchanting read/listen; a truly epic tale of life in the north where magic and religion still live side by side. I don't know...

Reviews

The Officer's Prey by Armand Cabasson

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Jeff Grim / 0 Comment

Cabasson brings this brutal campaign from the pages of history into the reader's mind. He captures the sights and sounds of an army at war. The battle descripti...

Reviews

Thirst by Andrei Gelasimov

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

It is an spare and impressionistic story of a veteran trying to makes sense of his life after having his face and body disfigured in the war in Chechnya. My r...

Reviews

Thirst by Andrei Gelasimov

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

It is an spare and impressionistic story of a veteran trying to makes sense of his life after having his face and body disfigured in the war in Chechnya. My r...

Reviews

Black Ghosts by Victor Ostrovsky

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Black Ghosts struck me as quintessential airport reading; the type of book you would pick up at the airport because you need something to read on a long flight ...

Posts navigation

1 2 Next »
Mail Facebook RSS Twitter

Recent Posts

  • A wise, bighearted, and hilarious look at one teenager’s life? Or a pretentious, self-conscious coming of age story?
  • You Will Never Be Found by Tove Alsterdal
  • 2022 The Year of the Unfinished Book?
  • The Basel Killings by Hansjörg Schneider, Mike Mitchell (Translator)
  • We Know You Remember by Tove Alsterdal

Archives

Categories

What Kevin’s Reading

Amazon Kindle authors Bible blogging blogs Books Children's literature Christianity Christmas conservatism espionage Espionage Fiction faith fantasy Fantasy Fiction Fiction Folklore God Goodreads Historical fiction History illustration Jesus Literature memoir middle grade military history mystery non-fiction nonfiction Olen Steinhauer podcasts Politics Publishing Reading Religion and Spirituality Science fiction Speculative fiction thriller thrillers translation Twitter World War II Young Adult Fantasy young adult fiction

NetGalley

50 Book Reviews
Professional Reader

Follow CM on FB

Follow CM on FB
© 2023 Collected Miscellany
Powered by WordPress | Theme: Graphy by Themegraphy