Historical Fantasy

[close] Reading the works of the late, great June Lund Shiplett. As I knew her a little in life, growing up, as an extended family member I was always fascinated to have known a "famous" author that lived so close and had family ties (my cousin's grandma). Now, later in life, as I reflect on the things I'd like to know and the books I want to read and being a fan of Diana Gabaldon and hearing, in a review, a comparison of one of Shipletts novels, to the series I love amongst my life favorites, I'd like to read Lund's books, if only, to keep a great romance author alive. I'd like to think, had we had the Internet, as it is, Netflix and Amazon, Goodreads and all the other media outreach we have now Shiplett might be among the greats. But, as I have yet to read an entire novel, I do not know. So I ask any others, romance fans, historical romance, paranormal romance fans (and here too, we can debate on where these books, a long with Gabaldon's belong) to read the works of this author. Would she be bigger, had she been able to have further reach, as an author, been able to publish her books now, rather than at the end of the seventies, and early eighties? Because, for a romance writer, she received more acclaim than the general Harlequin romance writer (or, did she?) I would love to have anyone join me on this quest as my main love is not romance but I do love a good historical fiction so, join me, as we share in reading the books of June Lund Shiplett starting with Journey to Yesterday. As this is my first time reading the author anyone who has read her before this has more experience please contact me if you'd like to direct!

[close] We are going to be discussing romance books basically, so if you are up for it, join us! :D

[close] It has been an astonishing 20 YEARS since Susanna Clarke first published her debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell on 8th September 2004. To celebrate, we have planned a Readalong for old fans, those who have had it on their TBR pile for a while and haven't managed to get round to it, and for those who maybe haven't even heard of it yet. The Readalong will start off on 2nd September 2024, with discussions taking place on the official discord for the chapters being each week. We also have a group on StoryGraph and a tumblr account for those who would like to keep track in those places, which will be linked to closer to September. We have broken the book down into chunks of roughly 70 pages per week, in the hopes that this is a fairly gentle reading pace to fit into your lives, as the book is a bit of a beast, starting and ending on complete chapters to allow for differences between editions. You can find the details of the timings in the Readalong Information section.

[close] So far there are three Super Stars.