Maid of Secrets

May 22, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

My Historical Fiction Challenge, an update (Book Reviews for Maid of Secrets by Jennifer McGowan and The Rose Throne by Mattie Ivie Harrison)

When I was in the 8th grade, my parents received a mysterious letter in the the mail. I soon would learn it was called a “Progress Report”. In this particular case, it was reporting the fact that I was not making very good progress in the subject of history. In fact, I was failing. There […]

February 5, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take a step back . . . in time: Karen’s personal historical fiction reading challenge

Paris Hilton left us with these infamous words: Math is Hard. I loved math. You always knew you had a correct answer before turning in your test. The subject that is my arch nemesis? History. I am not a fact retainer, but think in ideas and abstraction. The essay test is my friend. But trying […]

September 28, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take a step back in time with guest blogger Jennifer McGowan (Historical ya fiction spotlight)

Earlier this week I confessed that Historical Fiction is my Achilles heel (I even managed to turn a post about historical fiction into a post about epidemics – I am that awesome) when it comes to collection development – so I enlisted help! Today I bring you a guest blog post by someone who writes historical […]