Category: Past Tense

Hi, historical fiction fans!

I got to enjoy some gorgeous weather this past weekend, and I took full advantage with a picnic with friends and lots of time outside. I’m definitely ready for sunnier spring weather to break me out of my winter blues. Spring has always been one of my favorite seasons—probably for that very reason. But while we wait for the first signs of spring, at least we have books to keep us company!

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Hi, historical fiction fans!

Today is a good day for reading, but what day isn’t really? I’ve been doing a lot of audiobook crocheting/knitting recently as I’ve finished up a baby blanket for my sister and various other projects. I crochet a lot like I read, which is to say I’m always juggling multiple projects and switching back and forth between them as the mood strikes. However and whatever you like to read, I hope this week is bringing you lots of good books and reading time. And just in case it’s not, I have a few recommendations I think you’ll enjoy.

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Hi, historical fiction fans,

I’ve been struggling through an upper respiratory infection for the past week, and I’d love to say I spent the time reading, but, uh, no. It was mostly sleeping, TV, and knitting as I tried to keep my mind off the searing pain in my throat. That said, if you’re in the market for a great cozy show to watch, I highly recommend The Great Pottery Throw Down. It’s The Great British Bake Off, but for pottery.

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Hi, historical fiction fans, and Happy Valentine’s Day!

I got to spend the week with friends at AWP, which I’ll admit involved more good food and hanging out than conferencing. I did pick up some literary magazines from the book fair, and I am particularly excited to read F(r)iction Arcana and the Rainbow Issue of Fairy Tale Review. Good reading and good times.

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Hi, historical fiction fans!

2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Sign up today!

Guess who went into a bookstore and came out with three unexpected books in their hands? That’s right; it was me! I’d say it was a surprise, but we all know that wouldn’t really be true. What kind of bookworm can leave a bookshop empty-handed? Not this one, at any rate. All three books I picked up were new-to-me short story collections I’m very eager to read: Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold, Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction, and Uranians. Check them for yourself to determine if you, too, are unable to pass them up. Fair warning: the covers alone may get you.

Hi, historical fiction!

I’m excited to have some fun bookish opportunities coming up in the next few weeks, including a local event with the author of Chain Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Life is busy, and I haven’t had the opportunity to go to many author events, but I hope this one will be the first of many more to come in 2024. After all, what’s better than being in community with other bookish folks?

2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Sign up today!

Hi, historical fiction fans!

I hope you have a warm beverage and some free time because you’re not going to want to miss the historical fiction titles we’ve got for you this week. We’re talking historical stars of the stage and screen, from a Greek opera house to New York’s Great White Way. If you’ve ever secretly dreamed of stardom, you’ll love living vicariously through the stars of these historical fiction books.

2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Sign up today!

Hi, historical fiction fans!

Snow days are for reading, or in this case, talking about reading. Both of our new releases this week are stories of spies and resistance fighters during WWII, so I thought we might as well keep the WWII action going with a few other new releases set during that period. All of the books feature women fighting for their futures, but not always for the better.

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Hi, historical fiction fans!

In this week’s historical fiction, we’re focusing on haunted manors. I didn’t intend to let the cold, rainy weather of late influence this week’s topic, but it’s hard to deny that gray weather and creepy manors go hand in hand. Whether it’s dark or sunny where you’re reading from, gothic novels are always a good way to go.

2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Sign up today!

Happy New Year, historical fiction fans!

I can’t believe we’re already at the start of a new year. I’ve got new reading logs to set up and planners to fill out and goals to make. As for your reading goals for 2024, the new releases and recommendations this week are a great place to get started.

2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Sign up today!