December 2021 Reads

So, I only got through seven books in December, but in my defense, I have four great excuses for my lack of production:  Coming in at well over nine hundred pages, Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone counts for at least two books;  I had a wicked stomach bug for a week;  Grammies have gifts to buy;  Jesus is the reason for the season.   Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon The ninth book in Gabaldon’s Outlander series finds the Fraser family reunited during the American Revolution. It’s 1779, and Claire and Jamie Fraser have found each other across time and space and […]

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The Best Historical Fiction of All Time

I have 613 books on my Goodreads “Read” list, and at least a third of them fall into the historical fiction classification. So I guess you say this is my jam. Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the story takes place in the past. Historical novels capture the details of the time period as accurately as possible for authenticity, including social norms, manners, customs, and traditions. Many novels in this genre tell fictional stories that involve actual historical figures or historical events. To help you land on some reads you may not have considered, I’ve put together a list of the best historical novels of all time. Such […]

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