Date Started: April 7, 2014
Date Finished: April 15, 2014
This was another Kindle first book - and it looked like the best of the bunch this month so I thought why not. Plus I desperately needed to read something that didn't involve vampires after my Vampire Academy binge. Historical fiction? Why not!
Showing posts with label historical fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historical fiction. Show all posts
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Cleopatra's Daughter - Michelle Moran
Date Started: 9/9/12
Date Finished: 9/13/12
Being that this is the third book I've read in the last year or so that relates to Rome and Ancient Egypt, one could probably guess that this is a time period that interests me. Having read Cleopatra: A Life, it was interesting to move to this historical fiction account of her daughter's life.
Date Finished: 9/13/12
Being that this is the third book I've read in the last year or so that relates to Rome and Ancient Egypt, one could probably guess that this is a time period that interests me. Having read Cleopatra: A Life, it was interesting to move to this historical fiction account of her daughter's life.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Roma - Steven Saylor
Date Started: 1/29/12
Date Finished: 2/4/12
One-Word Summary: Roman
When I bought this book at the half-price store I really thought it was going to take me a while to get through. Turns out it was an enjoyable, fairly easy read, that I went through pretty quickly. Oh, and no spoiler here - but imagine my surprise when I got to the end of this behemoth only to find out that there is a sequel (which I will now obviously have to read).
Date Finished: 2/4/12
One-Word Summary: Roman
When I bought this book at the half-price store I really thought it was going to take me a while to get through. Turns out it was an enjoyable, fairly easy read, that I went through pretty quickly. Oh, and no spoiler here - but imagine my surprise when I got to the end of this behemoth only to find out that there is a sequel (which I will now obviously have to read).
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
The Glassblower of Murano - Marina Fiorato
Date Started: 10/20/11
Date Finished: 10/27/11
One-Word Summary: Venice!
I decided to read this book because I was about to visit Venice for the first time and thought this book would set the mood for my arrival. It definitely did that: Venice comes alive in this book, which was split between present day and the 1600s when glassblowing was at its height and Corradino Manin ruled the art.
Date Finished: 10/27/11
One-Word Summary: Venice!
I decided to read this book because I was about to visit Venice for the first time and thought this book would set the mood for my arrival. It definitely did that: Venice comes alive in this book, which was split between present day and the 1600s when glassblowing was at its height and Corradino Manin ruled the art.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Winter Sea - Susanna Kearsley
Date Started: 8/6/11
Date Finished: 8/12/11
One-Word Summary: Scottish!
So another thing about me: I am obsessed with Scotland. I've been twice and I absolutely love it there. I love the landscape, the friendliness of the people and the gray cities. There is some part of me that feels like I am home when I am in Scotland, though I don't think any part of my family tree hails from there. In any case, I've never had the pleasure of reading a book set there, and since Winter Sea was, it automatically had a head start in terms of me liking the book.
The story is split in two: there is modern-day Carrie, a successful historical-fiction writer, and Sophia, the narrator of Carrie's latest story, set in Scotland at the time of the '08 attempt to bring King James back to the throne. At first Carrie thinks the characters are simply speaking to her more strongly in this book but she comes to find that she has a far closer attachment than she would have thought.
Date Finished: 8/12/11
One-Word Summary: Scottish!
So another thing about me: I am obsessed with Scotland. I've been twice and I absolutely love it there. I love the landscape, the friendliness of the people and the gray cities. There is some part of me that feels like I am home when I am in Scotland, though I don't think any part of my family tree hails from there. In any case, I've never had the pleasure of reading a book set there, and since Winter Sea was, it automatically had a head start in terms of me liking the book.
The story is split in two: there is modern-day Carrie, a successful historical-fiction writer, and Sophia, the narrator of Carrie's latest story, set in Scotland at the time of the '08 attempt to bring King James back to the throne. At first Carrie thinks the characters are simply speaking to her more strongly in this book but she comes to find that she has a far closer attachment than she would have thought.
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