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Danielle is Currently Reading

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Shield-Maiden: Under the Howling Moon (The Road to Valhalla, #1)

by Melanie Karsak (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 27, 2026 06:57PM

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The Lady of the Rivers (The Cousins' War, #3)

by Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)

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Danielle said: " “She tried to live like an ordinary woman, but some women cannot live an ordinary life. She tried to walk in the common ways, but some women cannot put their feet to the path. This is a man’s world, Jacquetta, and some women cannot march to the beat “She tried to live like an ordinary woman, but some women cannot live an ordinary life. She tried to walk in the common ways, but some women cannot put their feet to the path. This is a man’s world, Jacquetta, and some women cannot march to the beat of a man’s drum.”

The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory is a wonderfully written historical fiction novel following the life of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford. Throughout the novel, you witness the struggle of women living in a man’s world. Jacquetta learns from her great-aunt, Lady Jehanne, Demoiselle of Luxembourg that she has a gift of foresight just like her family before her. Through her life, Jacquetta learns that this gift is a blessing and a curse.
Jacquetta becomes very close to the new queen, Margaret of Anjou. Before her wedding with the King of England, Margaret wants Jacquetta to read her cards. Jacquetta draws the fortune wheel. One who can rise so high can fall so low. But Margaret read it as she will rise very high. And throughout the novel, you see the rise and fall of the fortune's wheel with the young and greedy King and Queen.

I enjoyed this book very much. I love how Philippa Gregory can forge an extraordinary story from real events. She creates these characters with such passion and love. You fall in love with the characters and hate them as well. She dives you right into the story as if you were out on the battlefield or sitting in the queen’s chamber. It was fascinating how she involved magic into the main character, and how she foreshadowed events with the gift of Jacquetta. You can’t help but admire the loyalty Jacquetta and Richard had towards their king and queen. And yet how many times they were torn apart because of the greediness of power with the king and queen, they always came back to each other with more love than they had before. It shows you that true love back then existed and was stronger than ever.
Philippa Gregory shows the struggle that women had back in the day. That back then it really was a man’s world and women who stray from the path pay a sacrifice. Like Joan who was burned and Eleanor who died alone in a prison cell. All because they chose a different path, and sought out knowledge that men didn’t like.
If you are a historical fiction junky I recommend this book greatly. It’s the first book of the Cousins War and the Plantagenet and Tudor Novels. ...more "

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Katherine

by Anya Seton

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Danielle’s Notes & Highlights

Raw (RAW Family, #1) by Belle Aurora

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“Monsters don’t always lurk in the shadows.”

Scarred (Never After, #2)

by Emily McIntire

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Ugly Love

by Colleen Hoover

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Danielle’s Quotes

“Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

tags: hearts, little-women, louisa-may-alcott

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“A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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“My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

tags: imagination

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“Laurie, you're an angel! How shall I ever thank you?"
"Fly at me again. I rather liked it," said Laurie, looking
mischievous, a thing he had not done for a fortnight.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

tags: chapter-eighteen

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“I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end. (Jo March)”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

tags: beginning, beginnings, end, fresh-start, new-leaf, start-over, try-again

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