Category Archives: historical fiction

The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead

Posted on September 6, 2016 by stewartry

I havered over requesting this book. The description makes it sound so brutal, so scarring, that I wasn’t sure I wanted to subject myself to that right now. And it is brutal. Colson Whitehead is the AntiMargaretMitchell, point for point … Continue reading →

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Lord John and the Hand of Devils – Diana Gabaldon – Jeff Woodman

Posted on August 29, 2016 by stewartry

I love it when a team comes together. I’ve been very much a fan of Diana Gabaldon for some time, and I like Lord John Grey very much. And as it turns out I utterly love Jeff Woodman’s narration. He’s … Continue reading →

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The Werewolf of Bamberg – Oliver Pötzsch – Grover Gardner

Posted on August 27, 2016 by stewartry

The good thing about listening to MP3 CD’s is that a nearly-600-page book fit on two discs, so I don’t have to worry about having to change discs mid-commute. (I’m not an idiot, so I’m not going to do it … Continue reading →

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The Eight – Katherine Neville

Posted on August 13, 2016 by stewartry

I read The Eight a long time ago, and loved it. It’s happened before with Open Road books on Netgalley – I like to request books I know and give a bit of a boost to their reissue. It’s also … Continue reading →

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Sawbones – Melissa Lenhardt

Posted on April 22, 2016 by stewartry

If you look over there to the book description, you will probably see “Outlander meets post-Civil War unrest”. Now, a few years back I did a whole bunch of research into what a whole bunch of people said about writing … Continue reading →

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Late Harvest – Fiona Buckley

Posted on April 21, 2016 by stewartry

Fiona Buckley is another author who has been on my list for some time; I read some of her Elizabethan mysteries, and partly had her on the List so I could keep track of them. I didn’t quite leap at … Continue reading →

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At the Edge of the Orchard – Tracy Chevalier

Posted on April 20, 2016 by stewartry

I keep a List of the writers I want to keep an eye on. It originated before Goodreads and LibraryThing made it so easy to watch for new books and keep track of what I’d read and hadn’t and what … Continue reading →

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Out of the Black Land – Kerry Greenwood

Posted on April 18, 2016 by stewartry

I was very surprised to see this book from Kerry Greenwood. I only discovered her a couple of years ago, but that was with a contemporary cozy mystery set in her native Australia; I then moved on to the first … Continue reading →

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A Daring Sacrifice – Jody Hedlund

Posted on March 30, 2016 by stewartry

Reasons I quit this book: 1) First person narrator refers to her horse as her “steed” and her “mount” – in the same sentence. And giving it full rein means letting it “plod at a leisurely pace”. 2) First person … Continue reading →

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A Seditious Affair – K.J. Charles

Posted on March 15, 2016 by stewartry

This is not for everyone, not by a long mark. It wasn’t for me, either, really, but I have to say K.J. Charles’s writing was what made me keep on with it, even though it took a while. I am … Continue reading →

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