The History Book Club discussion

Andrea, this is your thread for 2019. I have included the link to the required format thread and an example. If you had a 2018 thread - it will be archived so when you get the opportunity move over your completed books and formats to the 2019 thread - but we will allow time for you to do that.

Please follow the standard required format below - I hope you enjoy your reading in 2019. Here is also a link for assistance with the required guidelines:

Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Our Required Format:

JANUARY

1. by Winston S. Churchill
Finish date: January 2019
Genre: (whatever genre the book happens to be)
Rating: A
Review: You can add text from a review you have written but no links to any review elsewhere even goodreads. And that is about it. Just make sure to number consecutively and just add the months.

IMPORTANT - THE REVIEW SHOULD BE SHORT AND SWEET - THERE ARE NO LINKS OF ANY KIND IN THE BODY OF THE REVIEW ALLOWED. NONE. DO NOT REFER TO ANY OTHER BOOK IN YOUR BRIEF REVIEW. THE ONLY BOOK CITED IN YOUR REVIEW IS THE ONE YOU ARE REVIEWING - NO OTHERS. ALL LINKS TO OTHER THREADS OR REVIEWS ARE DELETED IMMEDIATELY - THERE WILL BE NO WARNING. WE CONSIDER THIS SELF PROMOTION AND IT IS NOT ALLOWED AND IS IN VIOLATION OF OUR RULES AND GUIDELINES.

JANUARY

1. by Gena Showalter
Finish Date: January 2019
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Rating: B
Review: Started this fourth book in the series somewhat bummed since I did not really like the main character from his parts in the first books. It just took an awesome little harpy to change my mind :) Bring on book 5!!

You are off and running in 2019

2. by Jenny Colgan
Finish Date: January 31, 2019
Genre: Chick Lit, Christmas
Rating: B
Review: Started this third book in a series not realizing I had missed book two so there were parts of the story that I did not know and characters I had not met yet. That being said, it was still a great, although sad story and I would recommend it to anyone that loves Jenny Colgan's books.

3. by Mark Hodder
Finish Date: January 31, 2019
Genre: Steampunk, Science fiction
Rating: A
Review: Very cool story of time travel, Victorian london, Scotland Yard, and characters like Darwin and Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's all a bit off to actual history. A Sherlock Holmes feel to the story for sure!

FEBRUARY

4. by Mary Ann Shaffer
Finish Date: February 10, 2019
Genre: Historical Fiction
Rating: A
Review: I love the movie and almost did not read the book since I already knew the story. This book is fantastic and needs to be read in addition to the movie. There are different characters and more happening in the book, per typical book to movie relation, but both are stunning in their characters and telling. Since the book is written in letters form it will be easy to revisit time and time again.

5. by Edward Eager
Finish Date: February 19, 2019
Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade
Rating: B
Review: Fantastic middle grade book that pulls you in like a pre-Narnia story. I can't wait to see what happens in the next book and introduce the series to someone at the library.

MARCH

6. by James R. Hannibal
Finish Date: March 2, 2019
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult
Rating: B
Review: Took me awhile to get into this second book for some reason, but once I finally got past the first chapter or two then the story really picked up and I had a hard time putting it down. Excited to see where the third book takes us and if Jack's father will be in the picture more.

7. by Emily Winfield Martin
Finish Date: March 9, 2019
Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade
Rating: A
Review: A fantastic fairy tale with stunning pictures!! I need to own this book and read it to my girls over and over.

8. by Mark Twain
Finish Date: March 11, 2019
Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade
Rating: A
Review: Another book that I must own and read many times over and suggest to others. Both the artwork and the story is just incredible and both kids and adults will enjoy this book.

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