Historical Fictionistas discussion

Hello all! It's time to start nominating for the next group read. I want to have the book determined by the 1st so anyone wanting to use the group read book in their April challenge can do so. ;)

This time around, the theme should be HF books with a 1920s setting.

Please link to title (no cover images please!) and be sure to include the author.

Nominations will close on Friday, and then we'll vote. :)

OK, so my nomination is going to be The House At Riverton by Kate Morton.

I'd like to nominate The Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverly.

Oooh, oooh, oooh! I nominated Brenda Jagger's A Winter's Child. Such a great book - an English war widow struggling to get past shell-shock and grief, along with a number of other WWI survivors, as they start a luxury hotel with (gasp) a jazz club. This is the book if you are suffering from Downton Abbey withdrawal.

Barbara, you need to include the author as well, please.

The Devil Amongst the Lawyers by Sharyn McCrumb

Angel of Harlem: A Novel by Kuwana Haulsey

Beth NC, that book is #8 in a series, and isn't set in the 20s... Can you choose another please? :)

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear. Great book with great characters. Begins a series whoch takes place in the 20's.

This is a mystery so would qualify for both that area of the book challenge as well as a Book Bitch Read.

Book Bitch Read? ...Tell me more! :P

I've heard great things about the Maisie Dobbs series.

Becky - this is a different group- my mistake. I sometimes do get confused. LOL

JoLene wrote: "I've heard great things about the Maisie Dobbs series."

I really loved the first book and some of the other titles. Does anybody else find that as time goes on, and this happens to me with every series except Alex Cross (James Patterson), I tire of the series after 5 or 6 titles. Having said that I am still readingf the Maisie Dobbs books - have just reserved the newest title, Elegy for Eddie.

Becky wrote: "Beth NC, that book is #8 in a series, and isn't set in the 20s... Can you choose another please? :)"

Sorry, I didn't check, I was thinking it was set in 20's not the 30's. As for the series, it really isn't a series, the books have the same characters but each tell a totally different story, not related to the other books.

The Maisie Dobbs books are great. I, as well as some others here, am well into the series.

I read the first Maisie Dobbs Umm there is a new book that came out, Vixen. That is supposed to take place in the 20's

I nominate The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "I read the first Maisie Dobbs Umm there is a new book that came out, Vixen. That is supposed to take place in the 20's"

The new book is Elegy for Eddie which I mentioned above.

Lisa wrote: "I nominate The Paris Wife by Paula McLain"

Rather than read this title, I would suggest one of Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck or Hemingway's books.

Nancy wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I nominate The Paris Wife by Paula McLain"

Rather than read this title, I would suggest one of Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck or Hemingway's books."

I don't think that they'd meet our 50 year rule for Historical Fiction.

Plus, any nominations are allowed as long as they meet the criteria.

The Razor's Edge W. Somerset Maugham

This one has been on my tbr for a while.

That one does look good, Kristine, but it doesn't look like it would meet the 50 year rule, since it was published in 1944 originally.

Kristine wrote: "The Razor's Edge W. Somerset Maugham

This one has been on my tbr for a while."

The Razor's Edge is one of my very favorite books. The story of a discontented man who yearns for spiritual peace long before the 60's, and the friends he meets along the way, it was also made into a great movie with Tyrone Power. But Becky is right in the repsect that this book written in the 40's is about the late 30's and 40's as I recall. But, in any event, read the book, you won't be sorry.

Becky wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I nominate The Paris Wife by Paula McLain"

Rather than read this title, I would suggest one of Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck or Hemingway's b..."

becky - I think I'm confused about the 50 year rule. Paula McLain wrote this book in 2011, I think. The book takes place in the 20's. That's more than 50 years. Could you explain this to me.

I was talking about Fitzgerald, Steinbeck, and Hemingway's books not meeting the 50 year rule.

The Paris Wife DOES meet it.

OK - now I understand. I thought the 50 year rule meant it had to be written 50 years before now.

Though as I say I like the Maisie Dobbs books, I would like to nominate The Paris Wife. I've heard great things about it.

The Paris Wife has already been nominated, and no seconds are required. Would you like to choose another?

I would be up for The Paris Wife.

Sorry, Becky, I'm still learning how this works:)

City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin

Becky wrote: "That one does look good, Kristine, but it doesn't look like it would meet the 50 year rule, since it was published in 1944 originally."

Oh, dang, I didn't even notice the publication date...I blame overwork and kids...lol...

No problem. :)

Alrighty... I'm gonna go ahead and close the nominations now, and set up the poll. :)