Do you call this a bodice ripper?

I have just finished a book that was bought second-hand last year when I was reading historical fiction, Duchess by Night by Eloisa James. I didn’t get around to reading it so it has been sitting on the ‘to be read’ shelf. This book falls into the historical fiction genre but it is more what…

An unusual crime fiction novel.

I have been quiet on the book front lately.  I mentioned this book when I wrote about my reading challenges for this year. Well I did finish it but it took me a while to get into the book as I was rather put off by the frequent use of latin within the text even…

“The sky is falling in!”

Not really, the book is called “Fallen Skies” I have just finished another book for my Historical Fiction Reading Challenge.  It will probably be my last as I am now reading another Lee Child. Fallen Skies by Philippa Gregory was a book I picked up for $2 at a charity shop.   The book was…

Another book with a sewing related title

The Tailor’s Girl by Fiona McIntosh is a historical fiction novel but also a romance. I have read Fiona McIntosh previously, The French Promise and The Lavender Keeper. The Tailor’s Girl is another book for my Historical Fiction Reading Challenge as the story is set in the few years following World War I. From the…

Seamstress, dressmaker, sewer or needlewoman

I have read the Seamstress now I have read Posie Graeme Evans‘ book The Dressmaker. It is the first historical fiction I have read in the last couple of months.  I have been caught up reading Lee Child’s series on Jack Reacher. As the quote on the front says: “all the delicious elements required for true escapism”  which…

Jack Reacher is to blame.

Regular followers of my blog will have noticed that I haven’t posted any historical fiction for quite some time.  I think the last one was Miles off Course in early October. The reason for the lack of historical fiction is I have discovered Lee Child.  Yes, I realise he has been around for a while…