Tag: historical fiction
member name: lilly @Reading Extravaganza
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December 23, 2009 08:33 AM EST --
I am usually not a big fan of books with animals as main characters. I decided to break away from this pattern and read The Elephant Keeper , especially that the description mentioned . . .
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April 13, 2009 11:16 AM EDT --
I really wa nted to read a book that I could write a positive review of. Before I bought The Birth of Venus, I had heard praises sung about it. Following other people's advice I acquired it for . . .
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March 27, 2009 07:41 AM EDT --
Do you have a favorite book that really pulled you back in time, or perhaps gave you a special interest in that period?
Here's the thing: I love historical fiction, but I do not . . .
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March 30, 2009 09:27 PM EDT --
Many books have been written about the Tudor England, especially about Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, but King's Fool is a special one. I write 'special' because it is written from the . . .
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December 16, 2009 07:54 PM EST --
I will tell you a secret. Up until Alice I Have Been appeared on the horizon, I had no idea that there really was a girl named Alice and that Lewis Carroll (Reverend Charles . . .
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April 07, 2009 06:32 AM EDT --
A s a long-time fan of historical fiction, I consider myself as a person who knows quite a few things of what makes a good historical novel and what doesn't. In recent years, readers have been given . . .
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July 04, 2009 06:47 AM EDT --
I am very happy to present to you the interview with a lovely person and writer Barbara Quick. I got to virtually meet Barbara via my review of Vivaldi's Virgins and Ms. Quick's comment which I thought . . .
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August 29, 2009 09:04 AM EDT --
Back in my days working for a big chain bookstore I would let myself be swayed in my reading choices by what the customers were buying. If I noticed a trend, I would start making a list of titles . . .
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September 28, 2009 07:10 AM EDT --
Ever since I can remember, I have always been drawn to big books. And I’m not talking about ‘chunky’ ones only but big in meaning, characters and events, very often spanning generations. . . .
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April 22, 2009 08:06 AM EDT --
A mong historical fiction, my most favorite books are about Japan and China. The history of these two countries holds a lot of mystery, exoticism and secrets. Therefore, I was very excited to read . . .
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October 11, 2009 12:31 PM EDT --
My dream profession had always been teaching. I got my degree and then I did work as a teacher in Poland for a period of two years and even now, ten years later, I look back at it as my . . .
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October 21, 2009 08:36 AM EDT --
European history, or really any history at all, has never been my strongest forte. I couldn’t tell you why exactly but I struggled with that subject even in my college years. I do . . .
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October 01, 2009 07:41 AM EDT --
Despite proclaiming myself an avid reader, there are still many authors out there who are well-known and read by tons of people that I have not heard of, or if I have heard of them, I’ve never . . .
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October 05, 2009 06:11 PM EDT --
Both books today are audio books. Both narrators are ones that I will listen to with enjoyment any day. However, the books differ on every other level, the genre, plot, character development and writing . . .
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