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3d •
What are you reading this weekend?
Of course, it doesn't have to be historical fiction, although mine happens to be HF: The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn. I'm loving it so far (about halfway through).
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It's not HF, but I'm re-listening to Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries - System Collapse (SF), to be ready for the release of Platform Decay on May 5. This is the only book series I've re-read, actually, and I've listened to the entire series in Kevin R Free's narration as well as the new All-Cast versions twice now. This is the third time for System Collapse. I don't know why I like this series so much, but I do.
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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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I tried putting this on hold in Audible but I have a 14 week wait. So unless it opens up earlier, I think I'll have to miss this one. (I listened to the Audible preview and it didn't grab me.)
6d •
hometown history?
Let's get personal 😅 Are there any historical novels about where you live? Or where you're from? Anything that's had helped you see your home differently? I live near Washington, DC so there are quite a few books at least partially set here. One I've loved recently - and which changed my view of my home state of Maryland - is Booth by Karen Joy Fowler. It's a beautiful, weird, immersive look at the family of John Wilkes Booth and their childhood in ante bellum Maryland.
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@Clarissa Harwood I'm from Saskatchewan too -- Treaty 4 Territory in Regina. What's your hometown? I used to teach research for journalists at U of R, poking around the Prairie History Room at Regina Public Library or the provincial archives for the old history books. Most prairie towns have one.
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@Clarissa Harwood That's an interesting thing about Saskatchewan: your town wouldn't need its own library. We're especially lucky here that all our Saskatchewan libraries are part of one province-wide library system, so everyone has easier access to all those resources, no inter-library loans required. On top of that, Regina's Prairie History Room and the Provincial Archives between them have collected town books, documents, newspapers and paper-based information about most of the small towns across the province. Libraries are such an important service.
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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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@Zena Ryder I've had books published in the US and Canada, but not the same book re-published in another country. Not yet.
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@Zena Ryder Me too!
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8d •
What’s the opening of your current read?
Mine is: Christabel picks up the stick. It fits well in her hand. She is in the garden, waiting with the rest of the household for her father to return with her new mother. (The Whalebone Theatre by Julia Quinn) I like how it builds expectation and also gives the reader hints about Christabel’s character, social class, and her relationships.
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“In September 2022, a curious suspect spectacle played out in the streets of London. Over the course of six days, 250,000 people gathered in an extraordinary, 10-mile-long queue.” From Eleanor: A 200-mile Walk in Search of England's Lost Queen by Alice Loxton. It’s nonfiction with a historical base, documenting Loxton’s hike along the same route as the 200-mile funeral procession that Edward I arranged for his first wife, Eleanor of Castile, in 1290.
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@marie-powell-6590
Marie Powell is a Canadian author of the award-winning medieval fantasy, Last of the Gifted, as well as 40+ children's books, short fiction & poetry.
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Joined Apr 20, 2026
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