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4d •
What was your favourite read in April?
Mine was The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker. Great characters and a really entertaining, complex plot — with fascinating folklore elements — that came together wonderfully at the end. Yours?
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Mine was a little book by Sylvia Plath called Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom, written when she was just twenty years old, just published in 2019 by HarperCollins. Rejected by Mademoiselle magazine in 1952. It takes your breath away. Such shining talent as a young woman, already exploring identity and independence. Her mother’s brief, distracted kiss goodbye as she leaves her daughter alone on the train is an unforgettable moment.
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9d •
Which cover design for this HF book do you like best?
As far as I can make out, the first one (mostly white, whale at the top) is the Canadian edition. The one in the middle with the curtain is the American edition (even though it's what I have from my Canadian library). And the third (blue and yellow) is the UK and Australian version. I'd love to know the reasons behind the decisions of publishers' marketing and art departments for their different cover designs. In this case, I prefer the first one (the Canadian edition).
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Mar 24 •
This might be controversial....
But how do you guys feel about Kristin Hannah and her historical fiction-type books? Or are they more 'historical period' books? 📚 I have only recently started reading some of her books, and they are always well-researched and detailed in their coverage of the topics she writes about. Thoughts? 🤷♂️
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Not sure what low to high means exactly...but I have read eight Philippa Gregory books, and I would read more if I had the time! How did She find the time to write them all? Her characters are memorable and the historical facts that you discover are accurate and astounding. She has the pedigree to support her fictional writing, including a CBE, 2021 and a Fellow the Royal Historical Society. I had the pleasure of hearing her speak in Calgary and she is spellbinding. She signed my copy of Tidelands! I believe her work would fit in the highest category of HF.
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Oh I see now. Gee, it's hard to say with Philippa. She mixes both perfectly, I think, but she definitely makes you feel the characters caught in the trap of the politics of the day. My goodness in Boleyn Traitor, I was almost ill reading about how terrible Henry the XVIII was to everyone. What his poor young wife suffered and how she died so unjustly. Philippa brought this more to life than any other book I've read about the six wives.
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19d •
"Yesteryear" - tradwife influencer finds herself in 19th century
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/
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This was super interesting to me Zena! As I write about settler times and strong women, I have to smile at those who think those were “the good old days.” We loved watching Little House on the Prairie, as kids. My mother hated that show. “I lived it: it was nothing like that.” Even when I can fruit in the summer, on my beautiful stove, I think of my grandmother and how hard she worked. I do it for joy; she didn’t for the survival of her family. I wouldn’t like to go back in time, my own or anyone else’s.
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@Zena Ryder sorry I meant to say the post. I didn’t know about this book and it intrigues me for the time travel aspect. I was so inspired by the movie Somewhere in Time, way back in the 80’s that I chose Mackinac Island as one of my settings. I loved that the real author became enamoured by a photograph of an actress in the Grand Hotel. I’ve listened to my grandmother’s and mother’s stories about the past and I feel lucky to have grown up in the modern era. As a woman, I had education and choices they never dreamed about.
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18d •
UPDATED: Group Read of Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
The premise of Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke grabbed me: A tradwife social media influencer who wakes up one morning in the actual 1855! Enough of us are interested that we can make this work. I’ve bought a copy, but I’ll wait to read it until more of you have your hands on it. We’ll aim to discuss around the end of May. (Either by zoom or by text in here, we’ll see.) Apparently, if you have a paid Spotify account, it's available as an audiobook! It’s also on Audible. Article about the book: https://www.motherjones.com/media/2026/04/trad-wife-caro-claire-burke-yesteryear-hannah-neeleman-anne-hathaway/
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@lise-mayne-2354
Hi there. I’m a retired educator who writes historical fiction and poetry. My work centres on the need for belonging and the search for home.
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Joined Mar 21, 2026
Alberta