I've been becoming increasingly addicted to opening up this tab on my bookmarks bar and think it's time to properly introduce myself.
My name is Tish Oliver and I live in Virginia. The hint of Italian in my screen name is from the glorious three years I lived in Rome when my husband was stationed at the US Embassy there (1999-2002).
I was destined to be a book lover from the time my 4th grade teacher read us a chapter a day, every day. I discovered the local library and never looked back. My first teenage job was reshelving books in that same library and I later got my MLIS and worked for 25 years as a librarian (Children's/YA, Reference, and Elementary School).
My favorites are historical fiction. Britain, Japan, Italy, and the US are my favorite settings. A patron had to practically hit me over the head with Here Be Dragons before I finally read it (the original cover art featured a dragon flying through the sky and I don't love fantasy). I've since become more open to listening to recommendations from others. That's the main reason I'm here.
It's working! I've read several good books recommended on this site in the past couple of weeks.
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- 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
welcome aboard. I'm also a YA librarian love my job.
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Hi Tish, glad to hear more about you and glad you enjoyed Here be Dragons. One of my favorites.
MLE is right, Second Duchess is very good.
MLE is right, Second Duchess is very good.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
[quote=""MLE""]Welcome, Tish! If you like Italy, have you read the Second Duchess (new) or Prince of Foxes (old)? Both set in renaissance Ferrara, and the latter also in Rome.[/quote]
I discovered Second Duchess here and finished it a few days ago. I quite enjoyed it--shades of Rebecca. I'll check out Prince of Foxes for my TBR pile.
Thanks for the welcome.
I discovered Second Duchess here and finished it a few days ago. I quite enjoyed it--shades of Rebecca. I'll check out Prince of Foxes for my TBR pile.
Thanks for the welcome.
Welcome, Tish, and enjoy.
Bodo the Apostate, a novel set during the reign of Louis the Pious and end of the Carolingian Empire.
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[QUOTE=Divia;94023]welcome aboard. I'm also a YA librarian love my job.
I really like the good YA HF novels, but I'll stay tuned here to hear about the new ones. I have a tidy little shelf or two of my YA favorites ready to entice my grandkids (readers all) when they come. I've slacked off on professional reading since my retirement.
I really like the good YA HF novels, but I'll stay tuned here to hear about the new ones. I have a tidy little shelf or two of my YA favorites ready to entice my grandkids (readers all) when they come. I've slacked off on professional reading since my retirement.
[QUOTE=Misfit;94024]Hi Tish, glad to hear more about you and glad you enjoyed Here be Dragons. One of my favorites.
HBD is my favorite book (it succeeded Gone with the Wind). I re-read the trilogy every other year or so. Of course naming my favorite book is like trying to name my favorite grandchild--I love 'em all.
HBD is my favorite book (it succeeded Gone with the Wind). I re-read the trilogy every other year or so. Of course naming my favorite book is like trying to name my favorite grandchild--I love 'em all.
- 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
Welcome, Tish! I hope you enjoy it here.
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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