Historical Fictionistas discussion
Books mentioned in this topic
The Good Wife of Bath: A (Mostly) True Story (other topics)Remote Sympathy (other topics)
Dandelion Wine (other topics)
The Ripping Tree (other topics)
Dombey and Son (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Karen Brooks (other topics)Catherine Chidgey (other topics)
Nikki Gemmell (other topics)
Charles Dickens (other topics)
Glendy Vanderah (other topics)
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(B1) HF Set in Asia
B2 mans face on cover About a Boy by Nick Hornby finished Apr17 4*
B3 mythology Land-Water-Sky / Ndè-Tı-Yat’a by Katłıà finished Apr5 4*
B4 set during wartime The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmerfinished Apr22 4*
B5 new release Those Hamilton Sisters by Averil Kenny finished Apr6 4*
I1 library book Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts by Sylvia Plath finished Apr13 3*
I2 Asian author Folklorn by Angela Mi Young Hur finished Apr24 4*
(I3) HF written by a female author The French Gift by Kirsty Manningfinished May15 4*
I4 favourite genre The Ripping Tree by Nikki Gemmell finished May9 4*
I5 novel about real historical figure Love and Fury: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft by Samantha Silva finished Apr1 5*
N1 written year you we’re born Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen finished Apr16
N2 adapted to movie
N3 free choice The Light Through the Leaves by Glendy Vanderah finished May3 5*
N4 historical mystery/thriller/suspense The Chinese Puzzle by J.C. Briggs fin 3*
(N5) Award winner Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey finished May14 5*
G1 best seller
G2 read a book in translation Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev finished Apr4 3*
G3 fantasy of historical fantasy The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia finished Apr20 4*
(G4) Historical nonfiction or biography Rememberings by Sinead O'Connor finished Apr11 4*
G5 first person narration The Good Wife of Bath: A (Mostly) True Story by Karen Brooks finished May25 5*
O1 book with name in title Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens finished May4 5*
(O2) HF by a new to you author Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss fin Apr9 5*
O3 less than 300 pages Pushing Back by John Kinsella fin Apr12 3*
O4 modern classic Dandelion Wine fin May 2*
O5 judge a book by its cover The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He fin May2 5*
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