Historical Fictionistas discussion

As 2022 is rapidly winding down, it's time to start thinking about 2023 Group Reads. January will be filled with making resolutions we won't keep. February gives a chance to start over again. For the February Group Read, we are going to keep a reading resolution from 2022.

Books nominated for the February 2023 Group Read will be 2022 Historical Fiction releases you meant to read in 2022 but didn't get around to. All nominations need to Historical Fiction books that were newly released in 2022.

REMINDERS
NO SELF NOMINATIONS - Anyone who self nominates a book will have their nomination deleted and the poster will be removed from the group.
All nomination posts need to include title, author, and the month in 2022 the book was published
Books in a series must be read in order. Book #5 cannot be nominated if the group has not previously read books 1-4.
All of the nomination rules and how the process works can be found here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE double, triple check the read bookshelf. We've ready nearly 200 books together. It's hard for the moderators to keep track of everything without help. https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Ooooh it looks like Mademoiselle Revolution by Zoe Sivak will work, so I'm nominating it - one of the books I wanted to read so badly and never had time for! Published in August 2022.

I'm gonna nominate A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley - It came up for me recently in a NPR list of non-traditional mysteries (or something like that - I can't think of the exact wording), and it looked interesting.

Published Dec 6, 2022

Changing my mind! I'm now nominating The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley.
Published June 23, 2022

I second Mademoiselle Revolution and nominate The School of Mirrors by Eva Stachniak which was published in Feb 2022

I’ll nominate Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris, published in September 2022.

I nominate Horse, by Geraldine Brooks, which was published in June 2022.

I’ll second Horse.

I'm nominating The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell which was published in September of 2022.

I'm seconding A Dangerous Business

I'll second The Marriage Portrait.

Crap - Sorry Gretchen! I just changed my nomination because I thought it was safe with no seconds yet.

Do you mind if I change it, or I can leave it as is if you were really into it. LOL

The German Wife is my nominee.

Becky wrote: "Crap - Sorry Gretchen! I just changed my nomination because I thought it was safe with no seconds yet.

Do you mind if I change it, or I can leave it as is if you were really into it. LOL"

I haven't even marked it as want to read yet. Change away.

Yay! Thanks! I edited my original post already.

There are currently 7 books listed in this thread. Right now only 4 are making the list as properly nominated books.

I will second Act of Oblivion

Can you clarify, Gretchen? I see one nomination that doesn’t list the author and one book that doesn’t list author or publication month, but that leaves 5 that seem to be properly nominated.

In my nomination, for instance, I listed the month but not the year because 2022 is the default and the nomination instructions say “the month in 2022” (italics mine), not “the month and year.” I’ll just add the year to be on the safe side.

I nominate Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu. It was released in March.

I
Nominate Lessons in Chemistry published April 2022 by Bonnie Garmus

I second Act of Oblivion

I second

I’d like to nominate Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn, released in march 2022

I vote "The Marriage Portrait.

I second Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus

I second Diamond eye

List Up to Msg 22
The Marriage Portrait - 2 seconds
Act of Oblivion - 2 seconds
Horse - 1 second
Peach Blossom Spring - 1 second
The Half Life of Valery K
The School of Mirrors
Lessons in Chemistry
The Diamond Eye

I'll second Act of Oblivion.

Also The Diamond Eye

I second The Diamond Eye.

I nominate The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont, published in February 2022

I nominate The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian. Published May 2022. Set during 1960's.

I second Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris.

Peggyzbooksnmusic wrote: "I nominate The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian. Published May 2022. Set during 1960's."

I second The Lioness

I will second Horse if it still needs it.

I nominate A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley, published 6 December 2022.

I second Lessons in Chemistry

I second Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Peach Blossom Spring Melissa Fu

I will nominate The American Adventuress by C.W. Gortner

I will second Act of Oblivion

Edited my nomination post (#2) so hopefully it counts toward the list now! Seconding The Marriage Portrait.

The Diamond Eye, one of the best books I've read this year.

Rusty wrote: "The Diamond Eye, one of the best books I've read this year."

Are you seconding it, or just commenting?

List to Message 42

Act of Oblivion - 5 seconds
Lessons in Chemistry - 3 seconds
The Diamond Eye - 3 seconds
Horse - 2 seconds
The Marriage Portrait - 2 seconds
Peach Blossom Spring - 2 seconds
The Lioness - 1 second
Mademoiselle Revolution - 1 second
The Half Life of Valery K
The School of Mirrors
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The Christie Affair
A Dangerous Business

Second, the German wife

I'd like to go with Horse by Geraldine Brooks

I nominate Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner.

Joti wrote: "I’d like to nominate Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn, released in march 2022"

I would like to second The Diamond Eye.

Second to Diamond Eye
Second to Lessons in Chemistry

Amelea wrote: "Second to Diamond Eye
Second to Lessons in Chemistry"

You can only second one book.

Ok I’ve not been in a reading group before but I’d love to is the last list posted where I begin? Do I read in a certain order or time frame? Thank you !