Tag: historical fiction book recommendation
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Anthony Doerr’s All The Light We Cannot See Is So Profoundly Beautiful
All The Light We Cannot See has been making the rounds lately with its Netflix miniseries garnering praise but I can’t help but note one massive downfall with the miniseries, something that pales considerably to the novel, and what makes the novel so mesmerising and compelling. Any guesses? You see, the core of the story…
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India Holton’s The Secret Service of Tea and Treason is a Treat
India Hilton returns with her beloved characters and witty plotting, bringing forth a novel so genius and tantalising that you’ll be just like the agents fawning over Alice and Bixby. The Secret Service of Tea and Treason is a delight to read and a perfect way to spend an afternoon in bed. I appreciate the…
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Lev AC Rosen’s The Bell in the Fog is Like a Fine Wine
I loved Lavender House and I love Bell in the Fog even more. Lev AC Rosen is a brilliant writer and has captured the world of 1950s America from a queer lens with such vivid detail and truth. While this one is shorter, it is no less gripping and I need to gush about it…
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The Girl From London and the Tale of the Rangitane
Olivia Spooner, debut Historical Fiction New Zealand Author and owner of The Booklover Bookstore in Milford, released The Girl From London in November 2023, and I have been holding onto this library book since mid-December, waiting for the right time to read it. With the hot, humid weather that hung over the country in December,…
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Ruta Sepetys Does it Again in I Must Betray You
I am writing this months after having read I Must Betray You which only proves that Ruta Sepetys’s work is so profound and rich and haunting that I am able to speak of it with such clarity after so long. I Must Betray You is an absolute gem of a book. It is a living…