Read, To Be Read, or UNHAUL? II 80+ Historical Fiction Books II Bookshelf Reorganization
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- In today's video I take you through EVERY SINGLE ONE of my historical fiction books and decide whether keep them or unhaul them! Additionally, I want to organize my bookshelves into a section for books I've read and books I need to read!
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I've been feeling drawn back to historical fiction after taking a break for a few months, so this was interesting to watch!
Don’t give up on One Thousand White Womwn. It’s soooo good!!!
A bend in the stars is my favorite historical fiction this year-definitely keep!
Glad to hear it is a good one!
Don't unhaul the Ken Follet books!!! They are long but believe me, you won't want them to end. So worth it!!!
Another wonderful book by Amor Towles is Rules of Civility - highly recommend it!
I really need to pick up that book, I think I would love it!
So fun. Especially since I had read a few based on your recommendation.
I loved seeing your thought process on reorganizing your shelves. I also like to separate my books read vs unread.
Beneath A Scarlet Sky is also on my physical TBR and I really want to get to it in November.
You will have to let me know what you think!
Your historical fiction shelves are very similar to mine. It's my favorite genre to read. We definitely have the same taste in books which is why I always enjoy watching you! Can't wait to hear your thoughts on your TBR as you read them.
The Underground Railroad is one of the most impactful books I've ever read - I hope you reconsider! It's an interesting mix of history and magical realism that puts quite a spin on the period of time it portrays. Not going to lie though - it is definitely tough in places but oh so worth it in my opinion. Libertie is on my TBR for November - I don't know much about it other than the broad strokes so I'll see how it goes!
I decided to keep The Underground Railroad, you and a number of others have convinced me :)
One Thousand White Women was very good. I think you would enjoy. It was not a title or premise that I thought I would like either. The Mary Queen of Scots is the only Margaret George book that I have not been able to get into. Her other books are some of my favorites. I currently have the two Nero books and am looking forward to them. If you have not read her books, you are missing out.
Good to know, I was on the fence about One Thousand White Women!
Amor Towels new book Im excited about! All of these sound great thanks! I’ve read most of them you’re in for a treat!
Thank you!!
I love videos like this.... you'll be so happy when you've got your shelves how you want them to be.
Can't wait to see the next videos.
I say if you can get the "maybe books" at the library, then unhaul them and if you get in the mood for that author you can read it from there.
Pillars of the Earth!!!!! It's so good! But definitely not for everyone. I enjoyed the audio. (Skipping the assault)
Once Upon a River is great on audio if you want to reread from the library
That's a good idea about getting the maybe books from the library!
I don’t usually like Philippa Gregory but I did like the Tidelands. Sarah’s Key is one of the saddest books I have ever read, it’s really stayed with me. And Rebecca is fantastic, Rebecca is the dead wife, the protagonist isn’t named.
Haha, yes I did know that Rebecca was the dead wife - clearly I was getting delirious after so many books :)
So many wonderful books! The librarian in me wants to organize them for you. 😂 When The World Was Ours is fantastic!! Lots of tears for that one.
Haha, I would love for you to come over and reorganize my books - my problem is that my kids sometimes find it funny to mix them all up!!
This is a great idea. I’m starting fly away today so I hope I enjoy it 😊
How did you like Fly Away?
@@bookmama26 I actually loved it
Well. I added a few books to my TBR. Lol I have and read Sarah’s Key, it’s very good! That’s one of very few of those I’ve actually read.
Oh, I'm reading Library of Legends right now! I'm only a short way into it, but enjoying it so far.
So many amazing books, so many great authors... added a lot of books to my tbr after watching this🙂 my all time fav book is "The Giver of stars", so I feel confident I'll like many from your list
Such a good book!
Hi Angie,
Thank you for another great video! I really enjoyed the variety of books up for consideration (to keep or not to keep...that is the question). Flight of the Sparrow was fantastic and I look forward to your thoughts on it when you do read it. I would encourage you to give Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad a second chance of being read. It was a really interesting take on the UR (there is a functioning train that transports one of the main characters). I liked it so much that I then read another one of his books, The Nickel Boys. That one really blew me away...so, so very good and the twist at the end made my jaw drop.
Happy reading!
I think I might keep Underground Railroad, you and a number of others recommended I give it a chance :)
Beneath the Scarlet Sky is one that I've only heard amazing things about, I want to read that one soon!
Thanks for sharing this video, I love a cross between an unhaul and recommendation video!
I keep saying I want to pick it up but I keep avoiding it because it is so big ... and then I turn around and pick up an 800 page fantasy :)
Queen's Gambit was great..
I find your comments on Kristen Harmel book interesting. I started reading The Forest of Vanishing Stars in July, and set it aside about halfway through. I don't feel like going back to it, even though I think a lot of people reallly liked it. There is something in the characterization that I didn't like and some elements around choices and decisions made that didn't quite ring true. But the story line was interesting. So it's similar to what I hear you saying about the other book. I think I'm feeling more certain about unhauling it now.
So many people loved The Forest of Vanishing Stars, its good to know that it is similar to The Book of Lost Names!
I am currently reading A Secret History of Witches. I had great hopes for it but they fell flat. I felt exactly the same way as you do about Pachinko. 📚
Oh no!! Thank you for letting me know!
Read more of Erika Robuck and definitely need to read Ken Follett
I loved Dragonfly! Excellent, as someone else commented! Did you read it? What did you think?
I haven't read it yet, it's still on my list!
I love historical fiction... but Sarah's Key -- I wanted to throw that one up against the wall. I also had to DNF Fly Away (sequel to Firefly Lane). It was just awful, IMHO. I've read and loved a lot of the others your showed. 🙂 Loved Pillars of the Earth, but haven't read the sequel or prequel - yet. Dragonfly by Leila Meacham was EXCELLENT! The Queen's Secret is all about "the Queen Mother", Queen Elizabeth's mother (also named Elizabeth). It was very good, but then I'm a bit of an anglophile.
A number of other people didn't like Sarah's Key - I think I might just unhaul it!
I personally wouldn’t recommend The Flight of the Sparrow. The opening scenes are unnecessarily graphic and violent, and in general I don’t think we need more books exploring Indigenous Peoples from the perspective of white people. The Indigenous characters aren’t fully three dimensional or nuanced, their struggles aren’t fully explored or explained. The white main character spends a few weeks with a tribe and declares that she “became native” which is pretty offensive.
Thank you so much for letting me know that, I had no idea!
I liked the kommandants girl by Pam jenoff - not read the other two you have by her. She can be one of those author who has a good book and not. I can recommend a better one - the clematis tree and sequel by Ann widdicombe- if u can get those
Thanks for the recommendation!
Uh oh! I have a Pam Jenoff or 2 and I haven't read them yet :|
The sequel to Firefly Lane is TERRIBLE
Warning: Sarah's Key was not good. The present day timeline was terrible (but that's just me, I guess). I also decided that Pam Jenoff wasn't for me based on reading two of her books: Lost Girls of Paris and Orphan Train. I just didn't enjoy them enough to want to read more from her.
You are not the only one to warn me about Sarah's Key - I might just unhaul it!
I loved Sarah key