Tag: historical fiction

• Women Writers Reading Challenge #42: And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander

  September 24, 2015

  Reading Challenge

  And Only to Deceive, historical fiction, Lady Emily Series, reading challenge, Tasha Alexander, women writers

  This historical fiction was highly enjoyable, filled with interesting characters and not a little intrigue. As Tasha Alexander comments at the back of the book, Lady Emily enjoys an interesting place in society. As a widow, she’s as free from outside influence as she could possibly be. Since she hardly knew her husband, she doesn’t…

• Women Writers Reading Challenge #32: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

  August 5, 2015

  Reading Challenge

  1920s, 1930s, Hemingway, historical fiction, Paula McLain, reading challenge, The Paris Wife, women writers

  Hemingway has become more myth than man to modern readers, but Paula McLain’s book offers an intriguing glance into the man and the (first) woman who married him. McLain manages to capture Hemingway’s charm as well as his rougher, more cruel traits, as well as what it’s like for his wife, who doesn’t consider herself…

• Women Writers Reading Challenge #25: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

  June 10, 2015

  Reading Challenge

  Eleanor Catton, historical fiction, literature, reading challenge, The Luminaries, women writers

  I don’t know what I expected this book to be when I picked it up. I read part of the New York Times book review, enough to be interested, and I added it to my to-read list. I never expected to be so enchanted with this book. Twenty pages in, and I still had no…