Post by hollydfromtn on Dec 2, 2015 21:45:24 GMT -5
Now that DH is working 3-11:30, I am getting a ton of alone time after S goes to bed. I generally love historical fiction and some YA stuff like the Divergent Series. I've also really fallen in love with Jodi Picoult in the past year or two. Give me your book recs, I'm looking at you aggiebug.
So I adore Susanna Kearsley The Winter Sea and Mariana I think are my favorites (shadowy horses and the firebird are semi sequels to winter sea). They are all historical fiction with a touch of fantasy (slight time travel but it's not weird) and romance.
Related to her I another author I like is Kate Morton: The Forgotten Garden would be my suggested starting place.
Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran is absolutely fantastic. I read this almost 4 years ago and still regularly recommend it.
All The Light we Cannot see and The Nightingale are more recent HF about WWII that are wonderful.
Ya.
I am really over ya dystopian so I am likely not helpful there but Red Rising by Pierce Brown comes highly recommended I know.
Other YA Elanore and Park or Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Hopeless by Colleen Hoover Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
That is a lot to look over but are my recommendations based off what you said. Are you on Goodreads? You should be and you should be my friend.
Post by hollydfromtn on Dec 2, 2015 22:07:22 GMT -5
aggiebug I knew you would have some good ones for me. I go through phases where I won't read a book for a year and then all of a sudden I binge through 5-6 in a couple of months. I need to make a run to the library tomorrow and pick something up.
Enjoy! I gave several suggestions new and old just in case you were going to the library. Hopefully that is enough for you to pick up a couple of good reads.
Recommendations that aren't necessarily in your wheelhouse:
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
I really like the first handful of Sookie Stackhouse books (the Southern Vampire Mystery series is I think the actual name) by Charlaine Harris. First one is Dead Until Dark. The series kinda goes downhill IMO but they're fun.
I think you've probably already heard of these, but just in case: If you're into historical fiction you might like the series by Kathleen & Michael Gear: "People of the..." www.amazon.com/People-Earth-First-North-Americans/dp/0812507428 I remember reading them when I was younger and really liked them! I can imagine as an adult I'd actually understand the historical elements instead of just the story
I don't really like to read but I pass this along any time I see book recommendation requests. My sister is friends with the author of The Black Creek Series (1st one is Black Creek Burning) by R.T. Wolfe. Not sure if they are any good but I'd like to support her by mentioning it.
I'm deep into the Outlander series. I'm on 5 of 8 I think? They are historical fiction, plus a bit of time traveling. They are super long and detailed, so quite a commitment if you're looking for one.
Oooh, I forgot about these! I read the first one a couple of years ago but then life happened and I never made it to the second. I may have to start the series over. I remember really liking it.
I'm deep into the Outlander series. I'm on 5 of 8 I think? They are historical fiction, plus a bit of time traveling. They are super long and detailed, so quite a commitment if you're looking for one.
Oooh, I forgot about these! I read the first one a couple of years ago but then life happened and I never made it to the second. I may have to start the series over. I remember really liking it.
I had a really hard time getting into the second one. Once I did it was good, but it has a slow start. The first I devoured in like 3 days.
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