#ThrowbackThursday. January 2012 Part 2

I've been doing Throwback Thursdays for a while but I noticed that I wrote a lot of reviews in a short time when I first started. One of my blogger friends always posts the reviews of one month but that would be too much. So, these are my reviews from the second part of January 2012.

Löwenstein, Anna "The Stone City" (Esperanto: La Ŝtona Urbo) - 1999
A gripping story that exists in three parts and every single one is just as exciting as the other ones. A young girl grows up in Britain in the first century. We learn a lot about the lifestyle of this Celtic people. The Romans arrive and capture her.

MacLachlan, Patricia - Sarah, Plain & Tall Series (Sarah, Plain & Tall; Skylark, Caleb's Story, More Perfect Than the Moon) - 1986-2004
A nice story about a family during the late 19th century. They have to deal with all the troubles that come along living in the US prairie at the time.

Mayes, Frances "Swan" - 2002

The Mason family is one of the richest families in a small town in Georgia but has had a lot of problems and secrets to hide. When one of them seems to have been "unearthed", the daughter has to come home from Italy and both she and her brother have to come to terms with a lot of questions buried in the past.

O'Farrell, John "An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2,000 Years of Upper Calls Idiots in Charge" - 2007
I haven't laughed and learned as much in one book as with this one. John O'Farrell makes history hilarious. I learned so much about British history, more than any of my history teachers would have ever imagined for me. From the Romans to World War II.

O'Farrel, John "Things can only get better: Eighteen Miserable Years in the Life of a Labour Supporter, 1979-1997" - 1998
Interesting story, the ups and downs of a politician.

Read my original reviews, for the links click on the titles.