I found this on one of the blogs I follow, Books are the New Black who found it at One Book More. It was originally created by Reviews from the Stacks, and the idea is to spell the month using the first letter of book titles
October: Favourite genre
I like to read all sorts of books but I think, historical novels belong to my favourites. So, here are my October books.
OCTOBER
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Krall, Hanna "Chasing the King of Hearts" (Polish: Król kier znów na wylocie) - 2006
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Achebe, Chinua "Things Fall Apart" (The African Trilogy #1) - 1958
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Follett, Ken "The Evening and the Morning" - 2020
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Ibrahimi, Anilda "Red Like a Bride" (Italian: Rosso come una sposa) - 2008
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Happy Reading!
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You always have such an interesting variety of books on your lists. It's fun to see them. :D
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lark. That's what I'm trying. Glad you think I succeeded.
DeleteI remember absolutely loving Things Fall Apart in high school. We read it for one of my CIS classes and it was so, so good.
ReplyDeleteIt was and still is a great book, Sarah. I'm glad you could read and enjoy it.
DeleteI remember it being one fo the few books from that class I actually did enjoy. The teacher and I did not get along so well, so I kind of had that lense over everything we did in class.
DeleteSome teachers can ruin your love for something forever, that's so sad, Sarah. But others teach you to love something you might not have even looked at.
DeleteYeah, it was such a bummer because Lit classes were the ones I excelled in. We butted heads a lot.
DeleteIt's a shame with many subjects but I think language is the most important because you need the ability to read well for every subject.
DeleteI love historical fiction too, and I loved both Things Fall Apart and Barnaby Rudge. I've read a few of Follett's books but not The Evening and the Morning and also several of Victoria Hislop's but not One August Night - I'm adding them to my wishlist.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds great, Margaret. The worst bit of these lists is that we always find so many other books to put on our never ending Wishlist. LOL
DeleteThe Evening and the Morning is part of the Kingsbridge Series. And I have just finished the latest: The Armour of Light. He just writes fantastic stories. As does Victoria Hislop. Enjoy them. And thanks for visiting.
Great list! I used to read a lot of historical novels. But my tastes have changed a lot along the years.
ReplyDeleteHere is my post, with science-fiction: https://wordsandpeace.com/2024/10/07/spell-the-month-in-books-october-2024/
Thanks for your list, Emma. Your list is also totally interesting.
DeleteWe few, we happy few, that have actually read Barnaby Rudge! I enjoyed it a lot, but I think the title does it no service.
ReplyDeleteI'm also a fan of Follett's historical novels, but I still have yet to read The Evening and the Morning.
Love that quote, Jane. And yes, we are only few, I think many haven't read Barnaby Rudge, even if they have read a Dickens or two. You always see that in quiz shows when there are questions, only a couple of his novels are known.
DeleteThe Evening and the Morning is an absolute must for the whole Kingsbridge series. The beginning of it all. Fantastic. And, of course, the new follow-up, The Armour of Light. Every book is just as great as the others.
I'll join the Barnaby Rudge clique too, I've actually read it three times. Twice at university, when *smacks forehead* I chose Dickens for my seminar topic and needed to read them all twice that year, but the first and best time was when I was in my teens and my grandmother sent her set of Dickens to us, all the way from England in a big box literally covered in stamps. It must have cost her a fortune!
ReplyDeleteHa, now we are four, Lisa. Welcome! It is a great novel, and Dickens is fantastic. I just got "Nicholoas Nickleby" for our classics spin. I still have a few books of Dickens to read, so I have a while to still enjoy his "new" books.
DeleteAnd what a gift from your grandmother. I'm sure she looks down on you and is proud of what you have become.