October was a good month for historical fiction with 30 reviews on 21 books.
Coming in with repeat reviews, we have:
The Fossil Hunter by Tea Cooper – 5 reviews
Devotion by Hannah Kent – 3 reviews
Osprey Reef by Annie Seaton – 2 reviews
The Last of the Apple Blossom by Mary-Lou Stephens – 2 reviews
Echoes of War by Tania Blanchard – 1 review and 1 interview
I’d like to give a shout out to Mrs B’s Book Reviews for her contributions throughout October. In addition to the interview above, she added the following historical fiction reviews and interviews into our database:
Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells
The Buchanan Girls by Emily Madden
Daughter of the Hunter Valley by Paula J. Beavan
The Unworthy Duke by Charlotte Anne
A further shout out to Ktbookbingo who consistently links historical fiction reviews month by month:
The Widow of Ballarat by Darry Fraser
Thanks to the following reviewers for their reviews on a couple of older titles, which is always nice to see:
L. Kahler with The Things She Owned by Katherine Tamiko Arguile
Jemimah – Oddfeather blog with Wearing Paper Dresses by Anne Brinsden
Next month will be my last historical fiction round up. From 2022, the website will no longer host a challenge for works by contemporary authors, but will instead focus on 19th- and 20th-century authors who may not have achieved prominence in their lifetimes, or whose works have been forgotten and/or overlooked. The reading and reviewing activity initiated by the challenge will continue in our Facebook groups, Love Reading Books by Aussie Women and Australian Women Writers News and Events. If you aren’t a member of these groups, please do head over and join.
Until next month…
Good luck with the changes in 2022 Theresa and thankyou for the support I’ve received on Love Reading Books by Aussie Women.
Thank you for participating in the group – and I hope you continue to do so! I enjoy seeing your additions.
I’ll definitely miss participating in this reading challenge in 2022 and beyond, but will continue supporting Aussie authors and celebrating Australian titles by women regardless of publishing date 🙂
You can still participate via the Facebook group! Just in a different format.
Thanks Theresa for all your hard work over the last few years. You’ve been nothing but helpful, responsive and supporting, and I’ve appreciated it. I’m glad the contemporary aspect of the challenge will continue in a different guise, and look forward to focusing on those wonderful older writers we have who still do need a bit of a push into the limelight.
I have gained so much from my involvement in the challenge, it’s been amazing. I look forward to seeing what the new focus brings.
That’s great Theresa … and yes, it will be interesting.