I love when HF books are made into movies, and always hope it attracts new readers to the genre. This one is a time-travel/HF/thriller that sounds intriguing. Have you read Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke? It was just published earlier this month. https://www.motherjones.com/media/2026/04/trad-wife-caro-claire-burke-yesteryear-hannah-neeleman-anne-hathaway/

Hello everyone! I am Alain Rolland, a scientist by training (Pharm.D., Ph.D.) and I wrote my first historical fiction during the pandemic. While I was sorting through papers, I stumbled upon a couple of pages that my dad had written decades ago about his journey through WWII. He wrote about a few locations, events, dates, and anecdotes that inspired me to write my historical fiction, SIX YEARS OF ABSENCE (published in French at Editions Spinelle, Paris; and self-published in English as eBook and paperback). If you like WWII stories, this one is one is from the perspective of a French soldier, Alexandre, who has to leave his wife and 3-month old baby to join his regiment and ends up in the first battles between France and Germany, then get captured in Dunkirk, and ends up in camps in Pomerania and in forced labor. You'll discover a plethora of characters with intertwined stories and perhaps learn a thing or two about WWII. I have presented my book at local libraries, schools, and universities as it is important that the sacrifices of those men and women serve as an example for future generations. Now, I love to read historical fiction books, and one of my favorites is Aztec from G. Jennings and also the Pillar of the Earth from Ken Follett. Let's also not forget the Name of the Rose by Umberto Ecco... I have now completed my second novel, The Sphinx Cipher, a contemporary thriller rooted in ancient Egypt mysteries. It starts 2,500 BC with a formidable secret being hidden by the High Priest of Ptah, followed by Napoleon's death on St. Helena and the discovery of a unique Egyptian artifact he had concealed during his Campaign of Egypt. Four thousand years later, an American archeology professor uncovers a hidden chamber in Egypt containing a strange Sphinx statue mounted on a carved stone pillar beside an entombed skeleton. Before its meaning can be deciphered, the artifact is stolen by a clandestine organization seeking to unlock a power capable of altering the fate of the modern world.

I'm STILL reading Caesar's Women by Colleen McCullough and listening to Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver. I'm slow with audio books, but I do hope to finish the McCullough this weekend. BookBub had a $2 deal on Helene Wecker's The Golem and the Jinni (recommended by @Marilee Aufdenkamp and @Julie Furxhi), so I bought it. I might read that next, or maybe The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George... I'll see how I feel. What about you?