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by Juniper
Tue April 5th, 2016, 1:38 am
Forum: Ask Your Fellow Readers
Topic: What is Historical Fiction?
Replies: 8
Views: 1147

Re: What is Historical Fiction?

reading about a historical period within a fictional context (but hopefully with the right background facts and events) really brings it alive. Yes absolutely, that's why I prefer my historical fiction to be as factually accurate as possible. Especially when the protagonists are actual historical f...
by Juniper
Mon April 4th, 2016, 1:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What are you reading? April 2016
Replies: 33
Views: 942

Re: What are you reading? April 2016

Susan wrote:
Juniper wrote:"Call to Juno" by Elisabeth Storrs. The third novel in a series and just as good as the others so far.

A third novel! I better read the second one that's been on my Kindle for a while!

I very much recommend! I liked the second even more than the first.
by Juniper
Sun April 3rd, 2016, 7:16 pm
Forum: Ask Your Fellow Readers
Topic: What is Historical Fiction?
Replies: 8
Views: 1147

Re: What is Historical Fiction?

I gather the question is between history and fiction. First of all, anything that has nobody living who remembers it must be interpreted secondhand. So there is where fiction enters in. The further back you go, the more fiction is involved. I really like this definition. I started reading historica...
by Juniper
Sun April 3rd, 2016, 6:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What are you reading? April 2016
Replies: 33
Views: 942

Re: What are you reading? April 2016

"Call to Juno" by Elisabeth Storrs. The third novel in a series and just as good as the others so far.
by Juniper
Sun April 3rd, 2016, 6:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: disagreeable protagonists
Replies: 20
Views: 922

Re: disagreeable protagonists

SCW wrote: There seems to be a lot of antipathy directed at Beatrice Lacey (the 'heroine' of Wideace) But then again...
I've noticed that too. For some reason I loved Beatrice. In fact the Wideacre trilogy are the only Phillipa Gregory books I've ever liked. I gave up on her books a long time ago.
by Juniper
Mon March 3rd, 2014, 11:40 pm
Forum: Chat
Topic: Live kitten cam
Replies: 30
Views: 5925

[quote=""Misfit""]A brand new litter, just a few days old. http://new.livestream.com/FosterKittenCam/TheGhostbusterKittens [/quote] Adorable. I am lucky enough to have a little crew that I can see every day--I work at an animal clinic and we are currently boarding a nursing mother with 6 kittens whi...
by Juniper
Thu February 20th, 2014, 11:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What Are You Reading? February 2014
Replies: 109
Views: 6635

[quote=""princess garnet""]The Lion and the Rose by Kate Quinn
Her 2nd novel on the Borgias[/quote]

I just started this today. I really enjoyed the first in the series.
by Juniper
Wed April 15th, 2009, 6:16 pm
Forum: By Author
Topic: Anne Easter Smith
Replies: 30
Views: 3762

[quote=""zsigandr""]I too was drawn to the covers of her books. I picked up A Rose for the Crown about 2 years ago at a book clearance centre and it was the best $4.95 I have spent! :D I have since read Daughter of York and tend to agree with some of the others that it was not quite as good as A Ros...
by Juniper
Thu March 12th, 2009, 1:05 am
Forum: Later Medieval
Topic: The Wars of the Roses
Replies: 53
Views: 12097

[quote=""Margaret""]I've finally got the "Wars of the Roses" page posted at my website: http://www.HistoricalNovels.info/Wars-of-the-Roses.html . Thanks to everyone here who suggested novels in this period - there were quite a few that had not previously been listed on the "Medieval" page. It's amaz...
by Juniper
Sat September 13th, 2008, 3:02 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Can you tell a book by its cover?
Replies: 20
Views: 2312

[quote=""Cuchulainn""]I think you can, most of the time. [/quote] I agree, I think you can most of the time aswell. I am very guilty of one thing in particular: when I'm in a bookstore I tend to walk along the aisles whilst merely glancing at the covers of the books. The majority of times I'm drawn ...

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