"Izzy" Moira McAlister. 3.5 stars. Follows the extraordinary life of an early Australian colonist who was present for some momentous historic events & more than the usual share of drama. All the more amazing for being based on real people. Pedestrian prose with awkward dialogue, but captivating.

Reading time 6 days, 59 pages/day

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"The Song of Achilles" Madeline Miller. 4 stars. A tragedy of narcissistic proportions. Nicely written & well paced. Feels real without losing its mythic aura.

Reading time 3 days, 123 pages/day

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@theleavingyear I gravitate toward a lot of #scifi #fantasy and #historicfiction. I just got my books out of storage after too many years, and badly missed my #poetry books.

Fridays #BookWeekScotland trio of amazing reads 📚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Young Mungo: hardly needs me to say anything! Absolutely heartbreaking & beautiful. Up there for my book of the year

Beloved Poison: 1st in the Jem Flockhart series and every book is a 5⭐️ read

Happiness: A brilliant , funny read! One I would never have picked up if it wasn’t for the fabulous Scottish Book Club 😘

#books #Boosktodon #scottishfiction #historicfiction #Queer #Scotland #bookblogger #bookrecommendation

Today's #historicfiction research involved mastoid surgeries as performed in the 1780s that could result in the severing of a facial nerve. Whew. That was something.

#histodon I'm a museum geek and historic fiction author focused on the American Revolution era. I just finished a manuscript on the Whiskey Rebellion and I'm working on a 1780 book set in Elfreth's Alley.

Would love a #histfic #historicfiction tag ... if anyone knows of such a thing. (New here. Forgive my newness.)