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It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?
- Madeleine
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 5860
- Joined: August 2008
- Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
- Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
- Location: Essex/London
Re: It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?
Murder of a Lady by Anthony Wynne.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross
- princess garnet
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1797
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Maryland
Re: It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?
Finished: The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman
In the latest and #4 installment in the "Invisible Library" series, Librarian Irene Winters and her apprentice Kai head to the 1920s US.
Holding the Fort by Regina Jennings
The 1st installment of a new series, "Fort Reno," Louisa Bell is forced out of her singing job and becomes a governess to two daughters of a widowed military officer. The author includes a historical note about Fort Reno and some of the characters who appear in the story.
Now: Everless by Sara Holland
A new YA fantasy novel by a debut author.
In the latest and #4 installment in the "Invisible Library" series, Librarian Irene Winters and her apprentice Kai head to the 1920s US.
Holding the Fort by Regina Jennings
The 1st installment of a new series, "Fort Reno," Louisa Bell is forced out of her singing job and becomes a governess to two daughters of a widowed military officer. The author includes a historical note about Fort Reno and some of the characters who appear in the story.
Now: Everless by Sara Holland
A new YA fantasy novel by a debut author.
- Madeleine
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 5860
- Joined: August 2008
- Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
- Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
- Location: Essex/London
Re: It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?
I've just started "The Butcher Bird" by S D Sykes, a historical mystery set around the middle of the 14th century, not long after the plague had decimated the population.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross
- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4378
- Joined: August 2008
- Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
- Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
- Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
- Preferred HF: Any
- Location: North Yorkshire, UK
Re: It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?
I'm reading Coming Home to Island House by Erica James, a contemporary story and a book I got from the library.
currently reading: My Books on Goodreads
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
- red805
- Avid Reader
- Posts: 303
- Joined: August 2008
- Preferred HF: I like a series the best - more to look forward to after one book ends. Masters of Rome, The Century Trilogy, & the Outlander series are some of my favorites.
- Location: Southern California
Re: It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?
Just finished Ron Chernow's massive Grant about U.S. Grant. Highly recommend this to anyone interested in Civil War history or presidential biographies. It was a bit of a slog during some of the military bits for me. The biggest takeaway for me was the domestic terrorism against former slaves in the post-civil war period & how widespread & devastating it was. Sort of a forgotten era not in the history books, but chilling. My great-grandfather & my grandfather were both named after Grant, & now I really understand why.
- MLE (Emily Cotton)
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 3566
- Joined: August 2008
- Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
- Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
- Location: California Bay Area
Re: It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?
I just finished The Great Courses lectures on Lincoln. It was eye-opening to understand the actual political climate of the day. The civil war is one of those periods I just sort of skip over, with the exception of a fictional doorstopper or two.
- princess garnet
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1797
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Maryland
Re: It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?
America's Greatest Library by John Y. Cole (NF)
New book about the Library of Congress's history--it's beautifully done! I have great memories there being there as a summer intern and researching my college history paper.
New book about the Library of Congress's history--it's beautifully done! I have great memories there being there as a summer intern and researching my college history paper.