Tag: Soviet Union

• Book Review Friday – The Bone Church

  The Bone Church by Victoria Dougherty with its suspenseful moments and supernatural whispers places it in a unique category of historical fiction. Set in Czechoslovakia between the years of 1943 to 1956, the characters are in constant danger, and one-step away from death throughout the entire book. Even when World War II ends, and Nazi […]

  P. C. Zick

  May 30, 2014

  Book Review Friday, Ramblings of a Writer

  Catholic Church, Czechoslovakia, Eastern Europe, historical fiction, historical thriller, Nazi, Palestine, paranormal, Soviet Union, thriller

• 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