2018

[nocowardsoul]

What books did you read this year?

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[duskpeterson]

The links below are to my reviews.

Elizabeth Marie Pope: The Perilous Gard (16th-century England).

Rosemary Sutcliff: The Lantern Bearers (5th-century Britain).

Plus a novel that has lots of references to historical eras.

Philip Turner: The Grange at High Force (1960s England, with echoes of earlier eras).

And one more, from 2017. This is historical fantasy, with a Mesopotamian setting in roughly the Renaissance era. The next novel in the series is coming out in March.

Megan Whalen Turner: Thick as Thieves.

Not reviewed by me, but I was greatly impressed by it, an alternate history series set in an imaginary 18th-century European setting.

Lloyd Alexander: Westmark.

[nocowardsoul]

Isn't Westmark great? A complicated portrayal of war, a fantastic cast of characters (Mickle!), and a subtle sense of humor.

I just finished rereading the MWT series. I'm a giant sucker for royal court settings and Attolia/Eddis is one of the best.

I've read Sutcliff but not that one.

[duskpeterson]

The only reason Westmark didn't get a review is that I have a rule of reading books twice before I put them on my favorites list.

[nocowardsoul]

I've read it at least four times.

[duskpeterson]

:)

[nocowardsoul]

I reviewed all Louisa May Alcott's novel-length fiction and some non-fictionat my journal.

The Prince and the Pauper and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge, about a girl in Victorian England who finds a tree and gives you truth in exchange for lies. I loved angry clever Faith and the way her father disapproves of her interest in natural science.

The Enola Holmes mysteries by Nancy Springer, about Sherlock's younger sister.