Historical Fictionistas discussion

Questions:
For 20.1 is it any two books listed on the polls or winners only?
And for a romance I have Katherine and untimely death Innocent Traitor
Do those work??
The tough one for me was the Chinese Zodiac one, many books I found were a year off!! But I found one.

Any books nominated are eligible for 20.1 - it does not need to be a poll winner.

And yes, Katherine and Innocent Traitor would be fin for the tasks you mention Kristine. :)

(And now I'm really, REALLY going to bed!)

Becky wrote: "Any books nominated are eligible for 20.1 - it does not need to be a poll winner.

And yes, Katherine and Innocent Traitor would be fin for the tasks you mention Kristine. :)

(And now I'm really..."

Thanks and I certainly hope you weren't up just answering questions for all of us newbies...lol....thanks and hoping you dream of sugar plums dancing :)

Lindsay wrote: "I am having a problem finding a book for 20.2 and 25.2. I am so awful at finding books that fit into these different sub-groups but I love the diversity of the books I then read!!

20.2 new beginn..."

For 25.2, I'd think anything about Cleopatra would work, as well. I chose Cleopatra's Daughter for this one.

Lindsey, here is what I'm using for tasks 20.2 and 25.2:

20.2 Poison Study

25.2 Rasputin's Daughter

Hope that gives you some ideas :)

LOL, No, I wasn't Kristine... I was just up and stumbling and knitting and generally ruining my internal clock so that going back to work at 9am on Monday will be torture. :P

Lindsay wrote: "I am having a problem finding a book for 20.2 and 25.2. I am so awful at finding books that fit into these different sub-groups but I love the diversity of the books I then read!!

20.2 new beginning or second chance
25.2 is an untimely end


For 20.2: the Tea Rose Series and Poison Study series are pretty good. I'll check my list to see if I can find more for you that would qualify.

For 25.3: as mentioned anything with Cleopatra, Cesar, Marc Anthony is a shoe in. Anne Boyelan with the whole guillotine thing or Marie Antoinette also qualify. Historical mystery can qualify as long as a historical figure dies in it...morbid I know. lol.

Becky wrote: "LOL, No, I wasn't Kristine... I was just up and stumbling and knitting and generally ruining my internal clock so that going back to work at 9am on Monday will be torture. :P"

LOL...knitting that late? Hmmmm i would have trouble doing that fully awake and fed...lol Happy Holidays!

Jamie wrote: "Lindsay wrote: "I am having a problem finding a book for 20.2 and 25.2. I am so awful at finding books that fit into these different sub-groups but I love the diversity of the books I then read!!
..."

Cleopatra's Daughter is wonderful. I am intrigued by Lady Jane Gray after seeing a movie years ago. Sadly the movie was not very accurate so I'm hoping Innocent Traitor is more truthful.

Thank you all so much! I just got Cleopatras Daughter for Christmas so I think I will use that one!!!

Lindsay wrote: "Thank you all so much! I just got Cleopatras Daughter for Christmas so I think I will use that one!!!"

LOL my daughter got me The Heretic Queen for Christmas....I had put it on hold ant Barnes and Noble to think about buying it after Christmas as it was the last copy of any Michelle Moran books in stock...she snuck in and bought it for me. Kids are wonderful!

Now that is a good daughter! :)

I'm excited for this challenge to start. I was compiling a list of books to use that I own and I have a lot that can be used for this challenge. yippee!

Question...do the tasks have to be done in order? Starting with the lowest points working to the highest, or can you skip around??

Nope... do them any which way you choose. There are no completion requirements at all... it's up to you and what you can fit in. :)

Becky wrote: "Nope... do them any which way you choose. There are no completion requirements at all... it's up to you and what you can fit in. :)"

Yay, thank you.....only two days to go!

Janie, you could use an Amanda Quick historical romance. Amanda Quick is a pseudonym of Jayne Ann Krentz. I read Wait Until Midnight not long ago and enjoyed it. :)

Oh! I forgot that Elizabeth Peters would work too, Janie.

Elizabeth Peters is a pen name of Barbara Mertz. She also writes as Barbara Michaels. I really enjoyed the two Peters' Amelia Peabody books I've read so far, although the first Crocodile on the Sandbank is better than the second. A friend of mine has read the entire series and says that they get really good around 3 or 4.

I found a list that has hf authors who use pseudonyms- you may want to check out a few: http://www.histfiction.net/contents/c...

I think I'm going to use Victoria Holt for the challenge. If you are into romance there are many HF romance authors with pseudonyms. Let me know if you need a list.

I just found another list with names: http://www.monmouthcountylib.org/Auth...

This list is nice since it breaks up by what genre they use the name for. There are a few HF authors listed there like Nora Robertsand Bernard Cornwell (I didn't know he used an alias).

That first list is good too for the dual author task. I haven't looked at the second list yet. (At work)

What about Stephen King as Richard Bachman???

There aren't any HF Bachman books, unfortunately. That would be my first choice otherwise! ;)

Although, I suppose, depending on task interpretation, one could use The Green Mile by Stephen King. That's really his only HF book other than Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption (which is a novella and too short to count for the challenge.)

25.3 Read an HF book by an author who uses one or more pseudonyms

It doesn't say that the book has to be written UNDER the pseudonym... Jackie, ruling?

awwww you are right...I wonder if that would work....hmmmm

I'll accept it Becky :) The author just needs to have a pseudonym, but the book itself doesn't have to be written under the pseudonym.

Awesome. :)

I have a few more suggestions for 25.3 (HF by author who uses one or more pseudonyms):

1. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (pseudonym of Ella Williams)

2. Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong (pseudonym of Chinese dissident Lü Jiamin)

3. anything by the much-loved Mary Renault (pseudonym of Eileen Mary Challans)

Jackie wrote: "I'll accept it Becky :) The author just needs to have a pseudonym, but the book itself doesn't have to be written under the pseudonym."

Wahoooo....hmmmm now which of his to read???

Kristine wrote: "Jackie wrote: "I'll accept it Becky :) The author just needs to have a pseudonym, but the book itself doesn't have to be written under the pseudonym."

Wahoooo....hmmmm now which of his to read???"

LOL... Well the book does have to be HF, so that narrows it down to The Green Mile, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, and Hearts in Atlantis (a collection of 3 inter-related novellas -- which I forgot about earlier). Shawshank is too short, but Hearts in Atlantis would work, since the novellas within it take place between 1960 and 1983, and the first alone meets the 200 page minimum.

All of King's other books are contemporary to when they were written, or fantasy.

ahhh yep, again I am not paying much attention, too much anticipation to get reading!! I have The Green Mile, so there it is!

I love your enthusiasm Kristine! lol.

I think I am going to use Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin otherwise known as Diana Norman for the pseudonym task! I really want to read it and was thrilled to learn she used a pseudonym... score!

Jackie wrote: "I love your enthusiasm Kristine! lol."

thanks Jackie...what's sad, as I wrote out my list I'm thinking this will be a breeze...then reality smacked me in the face, HARD...only two months to read them, on top of my other challenges...oh well, we'll see how it goes.

Well, good luck! I've only managed one challenge at a time. Will you be able to cross over books with the other challenges? How many challenges are you doing?

Jackie wrote: "Well, good luck! I've only managed one challenge at a time. Will you be able to cross over books with the other challenges? How many challenges are you doing?"

I have been trying to double dip some of them, or as many as I can, not because I don't think I can read that many, but because I have to slow down my buying...:( I'm doing two others, 12 books in a year and then I'm "reading my name"...books that start with the first letters in my full name. Oh and then my at home book club. I'm in a bad way Jackie...lol....I need to read!

other pseudonymn suggestions:
Amanda Elyot (Leslie Carroll)
Ariana Franklin (Diana Norman)
Laurien Gardner (several female authors)
Fiona Buckley (Valerie Anand)
Sara Donati (Rosina Lippi)
Miranda Jarrett (Susan Holloway Scott)
Peter Curtis, Juliet Astley (Norah Lofts)
J. Ardian Lee (Julianne Lee)

I will start the year with the name of the rose!

Happy New Years!!! The challenge has officially started :) Anyone started reading yet?

Started the name of the rose

Good choice Janie!

I started Nefertiti this morning which was an Xmas present from my momma!

Since there are several GoodReads authors for the 100 point task. Can we do that task more than once assuming we chose a different author??

No, but nice try :) Each task only gets completed once unless of course the tasks requires 2 books.

Lindsay wrote: "I started Nefertiti this morning which was an Xmas present from my momma!"

I'm starting that one in just a few minutes! Excited to get going on it!

I started Crestmont by Holly Weiss. I had hoped to read that one in December but did not get to it. And it works nicely for the super bonus task.

Lindsay wrote: "Since there are several GoodReads authors for the 100 point task. Can we do that task more than once assuming we chose a different author??"

By the way - you can use any GR Author that has posted in the group - not just ones on the list. Jackie will have final say on eligibility, but as long as they've posted in the group, they should be good. :)

I'm planning on using Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray or Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn... Haven't decided yet...

LMBO! Can't blame a girl for tryin!!!

I finished my first book for this challenge.
Task 25.1 Read 1 OF 5 of your HF books you had the longest. I read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

Task Points: 25
Bonus: 4(375pp)
HF: 1
Grand Total: 30

Does The Princess Bride qualify as historical romance? I know it's romance, but is it more fantasy than historical?

Btw, I told myself I was going to sit this one out, but noooo, I had to go look at the tasks, and now here I am, matching TBR books to tasks once again. It's an illness, I tell ya, an illness! ;-)