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I will keep reading historical fiction about WWII as long as they keep pumping out books about it, even if all the titles start sounding the same!
My most recent read, however, was a pleasant change from novels set in Paris (not that there is anything wrong with being set in Paris I have enjoyed so many of those too!)
by Christopher Cosmos
Like many of you, I use literature for an escape but I only recently realized it can be comforting to “escape” to somewhere more terrifying that my/our current situation of COVID and politics.
Thrillers aren’t my primary genre but I do read them regularly including this recent favorite, and I have enjoyed Ruth Ware’s books before so decided to add this one to the top of my fall reading list.
by Ruth WareWith a lingering worldwide pandemic, we will continue to have lots of time to read these next couple of months. My fall/winter reading list below features new releases by many authors I’ve previously enjoyed as well as some of the best books I’ve read recently that I want to recommend. I hope you can find some books you will enjoy, and let me know if I’ve missed anything great that’s coming out this fall.
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Continue readingI’ve been branching out with my reading in the last week! After posting about some amazing fantastical fiction just the other day, today I am back to tell you about a reading experience that kept me in constant suspense and was one of the most exciting/stressful/disturbing books I’ve read for some time:
by Rumaan AlamLast month I published a post on books set in libraries. I didn’t expect to be adding to the list so soon but I just did:
by Matt Haig
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I love my local library and use it to borrow many the books I read and write about on this blog. Just recently I borrowed a book about a library from my library:
by Fiona DavisThe title refers to the lion statues outside the New York Public Library. Not being familiar with New York City, I didn’t even realize the setting when I put this book on my late summer reading list but added it because I have previously enjoyed Fiona Davis books.
Continue readingI just finished a really good book about Hemingway in Key West from the perspective of a fictional maid/girlfriend while he was married to Pauline:
by Erika RobuckThe story also covered the 1935 hurricane that I learned about recently in another book.
I love the setting of Key West and the other places Hemingway lived, Cuba, Paris, etc., and with his four wives, there is plenty of drama to inspire historical fiction. I LOVED the Paula McLain books, one is about Hadley and the other about Martha, and I got to wondering if I have missed any other good books based on these lives.
So, I put together this list of historical fiction inspired by Hemingway and his wives, some of these I have read and some I am putting on my list now.
Continue readingI just finished this intriguing book about Jackie Kennedy and Maria Callas and how their lives interconnected with Aristotle Onassis:
by Gill PaulWe already know Gill Paul can write an amazing story, and I’m fascinated by Jackie Kennedy (who isn’t?) but prior to reading, I had no idea who Maria Callas was.
Maria Callas was the most famous opera singer of this time period. She and Aristotle seemed to be soul mates, but he enjoyed “collecting famous people” and eventually, he couldn’t resist the challenge of wooing the world’s most famous widow.
Continue readingI stayed up late last night to finish this book because I had to know how it ended.
by Brit Bennett
After a family tragedy and hardships, twin sisters run away from their southern black community at age 16 and attempt to start new lives for themselves. Eventually, one of the sisters returns to her hometown with a daughter. The other sister pretends to be a white woman and disappears into a new life. After many years, coincidences begin to connect their lives again.
Continue readingSeveral interesting books have been published in the last couple of weeks, many by authors I have enjoyed in the past. So…it’s time for a new “reading list” !!
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