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A Separate Country (Jill)
Novels Now —
Authority: 121
A Separate Country By Robert Hicks Completed December 6, 2009 In A Separate Country , Robert Hicks draws upon one of the Confederacy’s most colorful generals, John Bell Hood, to tell a story of love, redemption and life in post-Reconstruction New Orleans. After the war, John Bell Hood came to New Orleans a ...11 hours ago -
ISSA: The Greatest Story Never Told by Lois Drake
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Authority: 124
Tour Date: December 8 When the tour date arrives, copy and paste the HTML Provided in the box. Dont forget to add your honest review if you wish! PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST WHEN THE TOUR COMES AROUND! Grab the HTML for the entire post (will look like the post below): It is time for a FIRST Wild ...1 day ago -
Love Finds You In Lonesome Prairie Montana
New Every Morning —
Authority: 110
Love Finds You in Lonesome Prairie Montana by Tricia Goyer and Ocieanna Fleiss My Thoughts: While Tricia Goyer has written several historical novels, this is her first novel that is not set in the midst of wartime. I really liked the concept of this story -- Julie Cavanaugh, an orphan herself, is an assistant ...1 day ago -
Guardian (MG, YA)
Becky's Book Reviews —
Authority: 519
Lester, Julius. 2008. Guardian. HarperCollins. 129 pages. As much as I dont like believing in required reading, part of me thinks that everybody needs some Lester in their lives. If for no other reason than his To Be A Slave and Day Of Tears . Those two are in one word, amazing. (Personally, Cupid is my ...1 day ago -
Historical Fiction Friday: Flygirl
YA Bookmark: Novels for Young Adults —
Authority: 123
This book caught my eye a while ago and I have been dying to read it. I typically stay away from World War II fiction. Its really not my thing. But this sounds like a unique and interesting concept. Summary: Ida Mae wants only to fly, an improbable proposition for a black girl in 1940s small-town Louisiana. But the ...2 days ago -
Guest post from Tony Hays, author of THE KILLING WAY
HISTORICAL BOYS: Historical Fiction for Men and Women —
Authority: 112
Im very pleased to introduce Tony Hays, a fellow author and friend whose Arthurian mystery series, starting with The Killing Way , has been welcomed with great enthusiasm by readers. Set in a medieval Britian replete with intrigue, mysticism and lethal betrayal, this is not your average re-telling of the Arthurian ...2 days ago -
Guernica: Dave Boling
What Kate's Reading —
Authority: 402
Here it is: If you only read one book this year, make it this one.Bolings historical fiction follows three generations of Basques as they live, work, and love in the time of the turn of the twentieth century up through the ending days of World War II, including the cold and destructive bombing of their village by the ...2 days ago -
Review: The Champion, by Elizabeth Chadwick
A Girl Walks Into a Bookstore... —
Authority: 125
This novel is set against the tournament circuits of the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Alexander de Montroi, an escapee from a brutal regime at Cranwell Priory, goes to his brother, a tourney knight. Eventually, he becomes a knight himself, eventually entering into the retinue of William Marshal. Meanwhile, ...2 days ago -
Soulless
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Authority: 419
Alexia Tarabotti is an unusual woman. Shes a spinster, not terribly attractive, yet intelligent and intellectual - but thats not what sets her apart from others in this alternate version of Victorian London in which vampires and werewolves live openly among humans. What makes her so different is the fact that she ...2 days ago -
Wilkie Collins: Man and Wife
Becky's Book Reviews —
Authority: 519
Collins, Wilkie. 1870. Man and Wife. 688 pages. On a summers morning, between thirty and forty years ago, two girls were crying bitterly in the cabin of an East Indian passenger ship, bound outward, from Gravesend to Bombay. No matter how you look at it, Man and Wife is a strange and often uneven novel. Definitely ...2 days ago -
127. My Cousin Caroline
Jeanette's Reading Journal —
Authority: 119
By Rebecca Ann Collins Rated 3 Stars From: Library There was nothing new in this book. It was a rehash from the first five. I was very disappointed in it. PUBLISHERS DESCRIPTION: In this installment of The Pemberley Chronicles series, Mr. Darcys cousin Colonel Fitzwilliam and Elizabeths cousin Caroline ...2 days ago -
Regencies and Amish Romance
Victoria Janssen —
Authority: 129
What about the Regency Romnace appeals, in the past and now? Here are some thoughts. Im not sure I entirely agree with myself on every point, if that makes sense...but Im going to ramble on anyway, going one way and the other.I think theres a difference between historical romance novels that are set during the ...2 days ago -
A Catch of Consequence, by Diana Norman
Blogging for a Good Book —
Authority: 125
Boston, 1765: Makepeace Burke is a tavern keeper whose political sympathies lie with the Sons of Liberty, at least until her Tory younger brother ends up on the tar-and-feather side of their latest riot. When Makepeace fishes a wealthy English gentleman out of the Charles River, local opinion turns against her: ...3 days ago -
Beyond the Books with Dot Ryan, author of Corrigans’ Pool
Beyond the Books —
Authority: 414
Dot Ryan, author of the historical novel, Corrigans’ Pool, lives in Corpus Christi, Texas with her husband, Sam. She is busy writing her second and third works of historical fiction, one of which is the upcoming sequel to Corrigans’ Pool. To learn more about Dot and where to buy Corrigans’ Pool, and also ...3 days ago -
Any Genre, Potentially: The Stories of Now (Guest Blogger Jesse Bullington)
Omnivoracious —
Authority: 605
I recently met Kim Stanley Robinson at a cocktail party, because we’re both authors and meeting each other at cocktail parties is what authors do when we’re not writing. I have not read any of Robinson’s fiction other than Escape from Kathmandu when I was in the titular city over a decade ago, and reading a ...3 days ago -
A Storm in the Blood by Jon Stephen Fink
Dan's Journal —
Authority: 126
Book Description Based on a true story—a brilliant, compelling, and provocative novel of the roots of terrorism and the perils of the immigration experience set in turn-of-the-century London. On December 16, 1910, three unarmed London policemen were killed by a gang of Latvian revolutionaries. Among the most ...3 days ago -
My novel is a finalist in Dorchesters "Fresh Blood" contest!
Midlist Writer —
Authority: 112
December is turning out to be a good month. Not only did a short story of mine get published, but my horror novel, A Fine Likeness , is one of ten finalists in Dorchester Publishings "Fresh Blood" contest. Grand prize: publication in mass market paperback and limited edition hardcover. Sweet! I knocked out a pile ...4 days ago -
Beyond the Books with Historical Novelist J.M. Hochstetler
Beyond the Books —
Authority: 414
J. M. Hochstetler graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Germanic languages. She was an editor with Abingdon Press for twelve years and has published four novels. Joan is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, Christian Authors Network, Middle Tennessee ...4 days ago -
Kristin Bair O’Keeffe, Author of Thirsty, Talks About Reading with Her Daughter
Mother Daughter Book Club Blog —
Authority: 122
Kristin Bair O’Keeffee, whose debut novel Thirsty was recently released, has written a wonderful essay about reading to her young daughter. Thirsty is a gritty story about tenacious women and their struggle to find what makes life bearable in the face of domestic abuse, hardship, and death in a Pennsylvania ...4 days ago -
The Year of the Bomb (MG)
Becky's Book Reviews —
Authority: 519
Kidd, Ronald. 2009. The Year of the Bomb. Simon & Schuster. 202 pages. There were Martians in the backyard. This is why I love the Cybils. I love discovering books like this one. The cover on this one didnt thrill me. It didnt say read me, read me. But. This book was oh-so-good. And I hope that you will ...4 days ago
