“The Imperative of Desire” is book no.1 in Elena Graf’s Passing Rites historical fiction series. The cover shows a young woman dressed in a belle époque dress reading on a rocking chair. It impersonates the main character’s biggest desire: to learn, to get educated, to have the career she loves and to become the woman…
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Strands by Elena Graf (Hobbs series book #7) ~ my review
It is a thrill to read each new book from the Hobbs series. I am familiar with the characters because I have read all the previous books. I was really anxious to see what happens next in the Hobbs universe with all the remarkable characters: Lucy, Liz, Brenda, Cherie, Sam, Olivia, Courtney, Melissa, Denise. They…
Summer People by Elena Graf (Hobbs book #6)
It is finally here, Hobbs book #6: „Summer People” and I have been absorbed into the Hobbs women’s lives after the lockdown because of the covid-19 pandemic and I really enjoyed how their lives have changed and how they evolved. Elena Graf has written a complex plot that made the characters even more remarkable, flawed,…
The Dark Winter by Elena Graf (Hobbs book #5)
I was so anxious to read the next book of the Hobbs series by Elena Graf, because the previous book, Hobbs #4, „Thirsty Thursdays”, left me with more questions than answers and I really wanted to know what happens next with the remarkable characters of the series. How their lives are turned upside town by…
Love In Time Of Corona By Elena Graf (Hobbs book #3)
The title: „Love In Time Of Corona”, reminded me of another book on love in times of a pandemic: „Love In Time Of Cholera” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The plot is really different, but I find it a great title, meaning that even during times of insecurity, loneliness and disease, love will always shine a…
High October (Hobbs Book 1) by Elena Graf
“High October” by Elena Graf is the first book in the Hobbs Series The meaning of the title : High October is the period during Maine autumn when it’s really warm like an Indian summer when it’s warm enough to walk without a jacket, at least this is what the old Mainers call it and…
This is my body by Elena Graf
What could an agnostic philosophy professor and an Episcopal priest have in common? Love. And so much more. I loved the fact that that “This is my body” by Elena Graf involves the romance between Lucy (former opera singer and Episcopal priest) and Erika (philosophy professor), two women after 50 with vast life experience,…
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