Tag: Historical Fiction

• Salt to the Sea – My Introduction to Ruta Sepetys

  If you don’t know by now, Ruta Sepetys is one of my favourite historical fiction authors. Scratch that – she is my favourite historical fiction author. Not only are her books so well researched and written, but she is able to create such vivid retellings of rather harrowing events while remaining respectful to the facts,…

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  March 30, 2024

  Historical Fiction

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• Is Stalking Jack the Ripper a Good Historical Fiction Murder Mystery?

  Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco is an introduction for YA readers into the marvels of historical fiction, more specifically, the historical fiction murder mystery realm. But the problem I have with it is that it doesn’t feel like a truly memorable book, and its subject matter is the Jack the Ripper case which…

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  March 28, 2024

  Historical Fiction

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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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  March 23, 2024

  Historical Fiction

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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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  March 16, 2024

  Historical Fiction

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• Andrea Hotere’s The Vanishing Point is an Art Historian’s Dream

  As part of my NZ reading goal, I added The Vanishing Point by Andrea Hotere to my library requests. Coincidentally, a New Zealand reading initiative started setting itself up for February, the Aotearoa New Zealand Readathon. Perfect timing! So, as my first NZ read for the NZ Readathon and #FebruaryinNZ I read The Vanishing Point…

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  February 24, 2024

  Historical Fiction, NZ Fiction

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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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  February 22, 2024

  Historical Fiction

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• My February NZ Reading Plans

  February is the month to support NZ authors and NZ stories with this year’s Aotearoa New Zealand Readathon! I’m so happy that this is the time to celebrate NZ authors as it is a reading goal I have for 2024 to read more NZ stories and this month gives me the opportunity to do so…

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  February 5, 2024

  Discussion Posts, NZ Fiction

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• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Hasn’t Convinced Me

  I read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid over a few days, getting a handful of chapters in during evenings and finishing up the rest over the weekend. Now that it’s done, I can’t help but wish there was more to it. More about the story that wasn’t to do with…

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  February 1, 2024

  Historical Fiction

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• My January 2024 Reading Summary

  This is the first Monthly Reading Summary that I’ve made so let me note what it is that I’m highlighting with these posts. I am listing the books that I’ve read this month and the books I’ve DNFed, giving a link to reviews where I can, saying my mood in regards to the books I’ve…

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  January 29, 2024

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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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  January 27, 2024

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