Announcing the Tag for August

[Jen K]

Joanne wrote: "I am reading The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World-It is about, believe it or not, Brunhild....you know that "fat lady" in "It's not over until the Fat ..."

I read this one in April. Quite a fascinating history. Looking forward to your review!

[[deleted user]]

Just found this website which may be of help for us to find other books that might not be in Goodreads lists.

https://shepherd.com/bookshelf

[Booknblues]

Jenny wrote: "Just found this website which may be of help for us to find other books that might not be in Goodreads lists.

https://shepherd.com/bookshelf"

That didn't work for me but I was able to go to

https://shepherd.com/

And do a search from there.

It is an interesting site, so thanks for sharing.

[Anita]

Interesting site!! Thanks for sharing

[Book Concierge]

There are a few books on this list from BookRiot that feature women in history ...
https://bookriot.com/books-that-ficti...

I'm particularly interested in
Island Queen by Vanessa Riley
Empress by Shan Sa
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan

[Joy D]

I very much enjoyed Island Queen. I read it last year.

[NancyJ]

Joy D wrote: "For those who want to read a novella for this prompt, and are not worried about meeting the 150 page-count, I can recommend:
Small Things Like These - it is a piece of women's histo..."

This is a great recommendation. It was too short though. I want to know what happened next. It was even more meaningful to me because I already knew about the Magdalene Laundries. The author's brief note at the end helps add some context about how widespread it was. In terms of the number of lives affected (and lost) in Ireland, I think this Catholic Church scandal might rival the Priest sex abuse cases.

[Barbara M]

NancyJ wrote: "Has anyone heard of The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake. My library is making unlimited ebooks/audios available as part of a community project - or something bigger. I'm not sure..."

I just finished it but haven't reviewed it yet. I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to the sequel.