Urhurgh. I’ve been dragged backwards through five kinds of hell this week and I’m not really feeling the whole blogging thing, so this seemed like an opportune moment to get…
Historical Fiction
11 Articles
The Lost Queen Signe Pike You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be spoilers. If there’s one thing I can’t resist, it’s a good Arthurian retelling. This…
Ming’s Christmas Wishes Susan L. Gong Illustrated by Masahiro Tateishi NOTE: I received a free ecopy in exchange for a review. Also, spoilers. This was really cute. I don’t normally…
Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be spoilers. And just like that, it’s almost Halloween! 😱🎃💀 I’m a teensy bit out of…
How Much of These Hills Is Gold C Pam Zhang A note about the spoilers: While my usual practice is to spoil everything in sight, that’s not going to work…
A note about the spoilers: They are legion, but I haven’t included every aspect of every story because these books are about 600 pages each and if I wanted to…
The Book of Night Women Marlon James Before we get started, a couple of notes: This is not an all-inclusive review. Missing details and earlier thoughts can be found here….
Opium and Absinthe Lydia Kang You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be spoilers (but fewer than usual because this is a mystery, and I wouldn’t do…
Happy Sunday! I’ve realized recently that I have a tendency to fall into reading slumps the minute I finish whatever book I’ve been reading. I finished two books this week,…
The Map of Salt and Stars Zeyn Joukhadar You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be spoilers. I’m going to have to start a list of the…