Tag: Russia

• AUTHOR WEDNESDAY – CATE BEAUMAN

  

  It’s Author Wednesday again. Today I welcome back Cate Beauman, who is introducing her latest addition to the Bodyguards of L.A. County. Finding Lyla – book ten – brings back Ethan Cooke Security’s bodyguard team to solve yet another thrilling crime. Cate tells me that each book in the series stands on its own, so no…

  P. C. Zick

  February 10, 2016

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer, Uncategorized

  Bodyguards of LA County, Cate Beauman, L.A. detectives, mystery, Russia, Russia/U.S. relations, The Bodyguards of L.A. County, thriller

• BOOK REVIEW FRIDAY – NO MORE MULBERRIES

  

  No More Mulberries by Mary Smith captured my attention because I love to read stories set in cultures different from my own, but with the commonality of the human condition to draw me into the plot. The author managed to pull me into the story within the first page. Set in rural Afghanistan, Miriam and Iqbal exist…

  P. C. Zick

  July 10, 2015

  Book Review Friday

  Afghanistan, Mary Smith, No More Mulberries, post-9/11, Russia, Scotland, Taliban

• Author Wednesday – Janna Yeshanova

  Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today I welcome Janna Yeshanova, the author of romance stories set in Russia. Love is Never Past Tense, the first in the series, on the Black Sea where a couple meets and falls in love. A speedy courtship led to a quick marriage, then the world showed up. A divorce inspired by…

  P. C. Zick

  June 24, 2014

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer

  book reviews, Bucharist, characters, Crimea, Egypt, love, novel, romance, Russia, Ukraine

• Book Review Friday – Two Books by Julia Gousseva

  Today I review two books by the same author. Julia Gousseva stopped by Writing Whims a few days ago for Author Wednesday. I’ve been waiting to post reviews of both of her novels Moscow Dreams and Anya’s Story.  Both of these novels forced to revisit my attitudes and feelings about the Soviet Union—attitudes and feelings…

  P. C. Zick

  January 17, 2014

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer

  Boris Yeltsin, cold war, Leningrad, Mikhail Gorbachev, Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR

• Author Wednesday – Julia Gousseva

  Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today I welcome Julia Gousseva, the author of two books set in Russia during the years when it was known as the Soviet Union or the USSR. Moscow Dreams and Anya’s Story are both historical fiction set more than twenty years ago in a land often misunderstood and shrouded in mystery…

  P. C. Zick

  January 15, 2014

  Author Wednesday, Ramblings of a Writer

  amazon.com, Arizona, authors, characters, fiction, historical fiction, Moscow, novel, Russia, Soviet Union, University of Arizona, USSR