Merle's 2023 Settings Challenge

[Merle]

Bachelor of History - 3 to 10 books in at least 3 categories
I will likely remain in these categories:
Georgian England
- Regency England
- Victorian England
- Edwardian England
- Colonial America
- Antebellum America
- American Civil War
- Gilded Age America

[Merle]

LEVELS:

Level #1: Bachelor of History - 3 to 10 books in at least 3 categories
Level #2: Master of History - 10 to 15 books in at least 5 categories
Level #3: Doctor of History - 15 to 20 books in at least 10 categories
Level #4: History with Honors - 20+ books in all categories

CATEGORIES:

- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Roman Empire
- Early Japan
- Shogunate Japan
- Medieval England
- Medieval Europe
- Tudor / Stuart England
- 16th-17th Century Europe
- Georgian England
- Regency England
- Victorian England
- Edwardian England
- Colonial America
- Antebellum America
- American Civil War
- Gilded Age America
- British Empire (any century, countries other than England)
- Pre 19th Century Asia (excluding the British Empire)
- 19th Century Europe
- Early 20th Century

[Merle]

Category: Edwardian England
Rating: 4 stars
Date Completed: 1/10/23
Comments: First of a series. It's almost cozy, but the main characters are almost too smart for that, nor are they reluctant to solve a mystery.

[Merle]

Category: Early 20th Century
Date Completed: 1/8/23
Rating: 4 stars
Comments: Joanna and John Watson, Jr. continue to follow in the footsteps of their illustrious parents. This locked-room mystery calls up the Bruce-Partington Plans, and one or two other OH stories (Original Holmes).

[Merle]

Category: Regency
Date Completed: 1/30/23
Rating: 4 stars
Comments: A new baby in the Lacey Household doesn't stop the need for Lacey to investigate. All the usual suspects are there, too, with a few new ones.

[Merle]

Category: Regency
Date Completed: 2/17/23
Rating: 3 stars
Comments: A little twisty and confusing, due to three major storylines as well as a number of intriguing characters.

[Merle]

Category: Edwardian
Date Completed: 3/14/23
Rating: 3 stars
Comments: The dialogue is so good that one can forgive the author if the stories sometimes become a little tiresome. The Inspector is always a welcome guest/collaborator.

[Merle]

Category: Edwardian
Date Completed: 3/14/23
Rating: 3 stars
Comments: A Christmas gift for Lady H. and the tiny Armstrong turns into a holiday play for the village and Lady Farley-Stroud's family.

[Merle]

Category: Early 20th century
Date Completed: 3/29/2023
Rating: 4 stars
Comments: Sherlock Holmes did his part for England in the war effort, and his daughter does the same. Finding a kidnapped codebreaker taxes all their efforts but they find their quarry in more ways than one.

[Merle]

Category: Early 20th Century
Date Completed: 11/11/2023
Rating: 4 stars
Comments: Interesting take on the young woman lost - a pretty girl, an actress who disappears. Slightly different search for the Watsons and Joanna.

[Merle]

Category: Regency
Date Completed: 11/5/2023
Rating: 4 stars
Comments: Captain Lacey has a much bigger problem here, stemming from an attack. Danger comes from an unexpected quarter.

[Merle]

Category: Regency
Date Completed: 11/11/2023
Rating: 4 stars
Lady Donata is a force to be reckoned with and there are glimpses of her real power here. A murder that has nothing to do with Lacey also strains the Lady's patience, and then her fury.

This completes my bare minimum requirements for the Bachelor of History. I think I can do a little more before the end of the year.

[Kerri]

Congrats! I am not quite there yet but hoping to get it done!

[Merle]

Kerri wrote: "Congrats! I am not quite there yet but hoping to get it done!"

Thanks, Kerri! I seem to have taken a little walkabout in the middle of the year. I'm hoping to do a couple more before Dec. 31.