Historical Fictionistas discussion

May is going to be an easy month. Our theme is simply backlist, meaning any book that was not published this year (2024). Any previous year is fair game, so long as it meets our requirements of Historical Fiction. Additionally, if it is a part of series we must have read the first in the series as a group or it will not count.


All nominated books must be historical fiction and fit our theme. Only one nomination per person!

REMINDERS
NO SELF-NOMINATOINS -Members who self-nominate will have their post deleted and they will be removed from the group.
YOUR NOMINATION POST MUST INCLUDE: 1.) TITLE 2.) AUTHOR

ALL MEMBERS GET ONE NOMINATION AND ONE SECOND: Please make sure you are clearly marking nominations and seconds. This helps the moderators keep track of the books that will be included on the poll.

To see the complete breakdown of the nomination process and rules, this thread explains it all - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

We have read nearly 200 books as a group. Please, please, please make sure you double check the book shelf before nominating a book. https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Additionally, while the moderators appreciate everyone in this group, we ask that you let the moderators manage the threads. Extra chatter by other people makes it difficult to keep track of which books are being nominated and seconded. We have lives off of Goodreads so we stop in when we are able. We may not check in every day but be assured we are checking in.

This thread will remain open until 4/27.

#1 The Nightingale
#2 Dear Mrs. Bird

I nominate Doc by Mary Doria Russell. Set in 1878 Kansas, USA. Published 2011.

1. The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
2. Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry

#1 As Bright As Heaven Susan Meissner
#2 A Gathering of Finches Jane Kirkpatrick

The Diamond Eye - Kate Quinn

News of the World by Paulette Jiles

I'll nominate The Good Lord Bird by James McBride. Didn’t find it in the list of previously read books.

I second Dear Mrs. Bird

I second The Good Lord Bird.

I'll nominate Mademoiselle Revolution by Zoe Sivak.

Medicus by Ruth Downie.

The Beauties by Lauren Chater

I nominate Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom published 2023

I nominate Death in the Time of Pancho Villa.
Death in the Time of Pancho Villa

Gayle wrote: "#1 The Nightingale
#2 Dear Mrs. Bird"

Only one nomination per person.

Donna wrote: "1. The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
2. Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry"

only one nomination per person

Tish’sReadingJournal wrote: "#1 As Bright As Heaven Susan Meissner
#2 A Gathering of Finches Jane Kirkpatrick"

only one nomination per person.

THE SECRET LIFE OF SUNFLOWERS: Based on the true story of Johanna Bonget, Vincent Van Gogh’s sister in law.

Code Name Verity. -Elizabeth Wein

I nominate West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge, published in 2021 and set in 1938.

Sword at sunset - by rosemary sutcliff

I will nominate A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon

I nominate "The Fallen Kings" by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. It was published in 2009 and is the 32nd novel in the Morland Dynasty Series. The novel takes place in 1918, the final year of the First World War.

Margaret M - (on holiday wrote: "THE SECRET LIFE OF SUNFLOWERS: Based on the true story of Johanna Bonget, Vincent Van Gogh’s sister in law."

You are missing the author.

I will second Crow Mary

Nominations to post #26
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride-1 second
Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom-1 second
Doc by Mary Doria Russell
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Mademoiselle Revolution by Zoe Sivak
Medicus by Ruth Downie
The Beauties by Lauren Chater
Death in the Time of Pancho Villa by Sandra Marshall
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliff
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A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon


NOT COUNTED
The Diamond Eye--Previous group read in FEB of 2023
Code Name Verity-Group Read in May of 2013
The Nightingale-1 nomination per person
Dear Mrs. Bird- 1 nomination per person
The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post- 1 nomination per person
Once Upon a Wardrobe- 1 nomination per person
As Bright As Heaven Susan Meissner- 1 nomination per person
A Gathering of Finches Jane Kirkpatrick- 1 nomination per person
The Fallen Kings-part of a series and not the first book

I second Doc.

I second Ruth Downie's "Medicus".

I second West with Giraffes

Jasmine wrote: "May is going to be an easy month. Our theme is simply backlist, meaning any book that was not published this year (2024). Any previous year is fair game, so long as it meets our requirements of His..."

1. The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray
2. The Confessions of Catherine de Medici By CW Gartner

I'd like to nominate Troubles
by J.G. Farrell

I nominate West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

I second Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom

I second West with Giraffes

I nominate “The Covenant of Water” by Abraham Verghese.

I second Crow MaryCrow Mary

I second Death in the Time of Pancho Villa by Sandra Marshall.

I second Troubles

I nominate The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson (2023).

I nominate Death in Vienna by Frank Tallis

Frank Tallis

I second Dear Mrs. Bird.

Jacqueline wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "May is going to be an easy month. Our theme is simply backlist, meaning any book that was not published this year (2024). Any previous year is fair game, so long as it meets our req..."

Only one nomination per person.

Susan wrote: "I nominate West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

I second Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom"

West with Giraffes has already been nominated.

Allison wrote: "I second Dear Mrs. Bird."

Dear Mrs. Bird was not nominated correctly so I cannot count the second.

Nominations to post #45
Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom-3 seconds
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge-2 seconds
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride-1 second
Doc by Mary Doria Russell-1 second
Medicus by Ruth Downie-1 second
Death in the Time of Pancho Villa by Sandra Marshall-1 second
Troubles by J.G. Farrell- 1 second
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Mademoiselle Revolution by Zoe Sivak
The Beauties by Lauren Chater
****************cut off*************************
Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliff by Amy Harmon
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
A Death in Vienna by Frank Tallis


NOT COUNTED
The Diamond Eye--Previous group read in FEB of 2023
Code Name Verity-Group Read in May of 2013
The Nightingale-1 nomination per person
Dear Mrs. Bird- 1 nomination per person
The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post- 1 nomination per person
Once Upon a Wardrobe- 1 nomination per person
As Bright As Heaven Susan Meissner- 1 nomination per person
A Gathering of Finches Jane Kirkpatrick- 1 nomination per person
The Fallen Kings-part of a series and not the first book
The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray-1 nomination per person ( I also believe this was a previous read)
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici By CW Gartner-1 nomination per person

I second Crow Mary

I nominate This is Happiness by Niall Williams

I second West with Giraffes

I second Doc.

I second The House of Eve