MORE 'HISTORICAL-FICTION' POSTS
Love is in the air: teen romance (guest post by Jennifer Rummel)
| Collection Development, Historical fiction, historical romance, Reader's Advisory, Romance
With love in the air, it’s a great time to settle down with a romance book. I’m a sucker for a great teen romance novel. Since I’m a HUGE Jane Austen fan, it seems natural that my love of her work would transfer into historical romances, especially of the Regency Era. Some of my teen […]
Take a step back . . . in time: Karen’s personal historical fiction reading challenge
| Collection Development, Dreaming Anastasia, Historical fiction, Jenn McGowan, Joy Preble, Katherine Longshore, Maid of Secrets, Mette Harrison, Reading Challenge, Romance, Rose Throne, Tarnish
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 […]
Book Review: My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century by Rachel Harris
| Book Reviews, Historical fiction, historical romance, Rachel Harris
On the precipice of her sixteenth birthday, the last thing lone wolf Cat Crawford wants is an extravagant gala thrown by her bubbly stepmother and well-meaning father. So even though Cat knows the family’s trip to Florence, Italy is a peace offering, she embraces the magical city and all it offers. But when her curiosity […]
Take a step back in time with guest blogger Jennifer McGowan (Historical ya fiction spotlight)
| A Mad Wicked Folly, Born Wicked, Collection Development, Gilt, Historical fiction, Jenn McGowan, Jennifer McGowan, Maid of Secrets, The Falconer, The Key and the Flame, The Wicked and the Just
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 […]
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