Posted in book review, books, challenges, tagged bernhard schlink, fiction, german novels, historical fiction, holocaust, lit flicks challenge, oprah's book club, the reader on May 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Translated from German by Carol Brown Janeway
Historical Fiction, Published 1997
Read Feb 2009
3/5
From the Cover:
Set in postwar Germany, The Reader is a provocative, morally challenging, and deeply moving novel about a young boy’s erotic awakening in a clandestine love affair with a mysterious older woman. Falling ill on his way home from [...]
Posted in audiobook, book review, books, challenges, reviews, tagged audiobook, banned books, fiction, harper lee, historical fiction, historical fiction reading challenge, pulitzer prize, sissy spacek, to kill a mockingbird on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
To Kill A Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Fiction, Published 1960
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction – 1961
Read Sept-Oct 2008
5/5
From the Cover:
Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South — and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred
One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird [...]
Posted in books, challenges, ebook, reviews, tagged anne of green gables, anne's house of dreams, childrens fiction, fiction, historical fiction, historical fiction reading challenge, initials reading challenge, l.m. montgomery on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Anne’s House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables Series #5
Fiction, Originally Published 1917
E-Book from MobileRead
Read Aug.-Sept. 2008
4/5
From the Cover:
Anne’s own true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor, and in the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon the happy couple will be [...]
Posted in book review, books, challenges, reviews, tagged diary, fiction, historical fiction, historical fiction reading challenge, letters, nancy e. turner, sarah agnes prine, these is my words on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine,1881-1901 – Arizona Territories by Nancy E. Turner
Historical Fiction, Published 1998
Read June-July 2008
5/5
Arizona Author Award, Willa Cather Literary Award Finalist
From the Cover:
A moving, exciting, and heartfelt American saga inspired by the author’s own family memoirs, these words belong to Sarah Prine, a woman of spirit and [...]
Posted in book review, books, challenges, tagged anya seton, historical fiction, historical fiction reading challenge, katherine on May 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Katherine by Anya Seton
Historical Fiction, Originally published 1954
Read April-May 2008
4.5/5
From the Cover:
This classic novel tells the most romantic love story in British history – the true love tale of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the ancestors of much of the British royal family. It is set in the vibrant 14th-century [...]
Posted in books, challenges, lists, tbr, tagged challenges, historical fiction on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Historical Reading Challenge Begins Tomorrow!
Hosted by Annie
Timeframe: April 1 – October 1
Challenge: 6 historical fiction books
Here are my picks…
Posted in books, reviews, tagged espionage, historical fiction, lauren willig, Pink Carnation, Purple Gentian, secret history of pink carnation on March 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
Lauren Willig, Published 2006
Read March 2008
4.5/5
From the Cover:
“Setting off for England, Eloise is determined to finish her dissertation on that dashing pair of spies, the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian. But what she discovers is something the finest historians have missed: the secret history of the Pink [...]
Posted in audiobook, tagged audiobook, historical fiction, lisa see, snow flower and the secret fan on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Set in 19th century China, the book begins with the vivid retelling of Lily’s experience of her foot-binding, which began at age 7. By this time she is already matched with her laotong or “old same,” Snow Flower. A laotong status is such a privilege because girls [...]
