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You came to the right place if you are trying to expand your reading habits... We're more than willing to help with that. Welcome to the group! :)
We give a lot of recommendations on all sorts of genres, so you will be able to expand your horizons. Hi Kate. Welcome to TNBBC.
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You will get tons of reccs here!
Hi Kate! Welcome to the group. The reading challenges are lots of fun. Good luck!!
From one Pisces and book lover to another...Welcome!!
You found a wonderful place Kate1 any recommendations(not that we need more) for historical fiction books?
A few that quickly come to mind that I have really enjoyed are:The Historian
To Dance with Kings A Novel and
The Seventh Scroll
of course there are way too many to list them all :)
Kate wrote: "A few that quickly come to mind that I have really enjoyed are:The Historian
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Thanks, I liked The historian a lot. Have you read
[book:Labyrinth or Sepulchre? Both by Kate Mosse, loved them.especially how she did with the time difference of like 200 years in both stories.
Kate, is To dance with kings romance all over it or not?
I have read Labyrinth, and I'm going to read Sepulchre for the reading challenge. I really enjoyed Labyrith so hopefully I'll like the other one too.To Dance with Kings is based around 3 generations of women and their quest of true love, but it some what centers on the construction and use of Versailles as well. So there is a romantic quality, but I personally would not qualify it as a romance novel.
One other one that I thought of that I really liked was The Rossetti Letter
Hope that helps!
HI Kate, Welcome to the group!!!!
Thanks kate, I have an urge to check your shelves!!!!You probably will like Sepulchre if you liked the other one. I adored how she did so well the jump between the two times and loved the history she told about.
I am not even going to read on the summary of the rosetti letter as i read Venice...whatever happening in Italy has to be read by me!:-)
Feel free to check them out! I'll let you know if I hear of any other good one's set in Italy :)
Hi--I've had Angela's Ashes on my nightstand for awhile and see that I'm just in time to read along with y'all. I know I'll enjoy being part of the group because for me, half of the fun of reading is talking about it later. Looking forward to our discussions! Poiema in Nebraska
Kate wrote: "Feel free to check them out! I'll let you know if I hear of any other good one's set in Italy :)"Hehe, thanks.
I really enjoyed this one which is set in Florence during the Arno flood of '66 (and was written by a man who lived next door to us when I was about 7 years old...) I haven't read his other two, but they are on my TBR.
Hayes didn't he also write a book about the bomb in bologna central station in the eighties? or am I confusing with someoen else. I think the title was something with sparrow in it. Have it on my shelve...
Jeane wrote: "Hayes didn't he also write a book about the bomb in bologna central station in the eighties? or am I confusing with someoen else. I think the title was something with sparrow in it. Have it on my s..."
Haven't been checking in much, sorry I've taken so long to answer.
Yes that's him. It's called The Fall of a Sparrow A Novel
I met the author again while he was researching that book. He was in Italy and came for dinner one evening, and the next day I took him around Rome on my scooter so he could get a little local color. I've got to read the book to see if I recognize anything!!
Haven't been checking in much, sorry I've taken so long to answer.
Yes that's him. It's called The Fall of a Sparrow A Novel
I met the author again while he was researching that book. He was in Italy and came for dinner one evening, and the next day I took him around Rome on my scooter so he could get a little local color. I've got to read the book to see if I recognize anything!!
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My name is Kate and I am from Kansas. I'm 24, a Pisces, and feel that the shoe fits. I love reading!! I am a big fan of historical fiction and enjoy fantasy and romance on occasion. I came to GR through my sister-in-law, and now I am a little obsessed. My husband is very understanding (and supportive) of my need to buy books and the time it takes to read them. I hope to expand my reading selections and I am looking forward to participating in the Spring Challenge!