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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

The Historical Fiction Challenge-March Reviews

In February, we collectively read 64 books! That makes our total for 2011 so far, 148 book!

There is still time to join the challenge, go to Historical Fiction Reading Challenge to sign up and then come back to leave your links each month.  There is a new post for your links each month.


Please leave your links for your March reviews in Mr. Linky, below or, if you don't have a blog, in the comments below.

*Note: if you missed posting your links last month, please always post "late" links in the current month's Mr. Linky.  For example, if you forgot to post a link in February, please post it on this Mr. Linky in this post.

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40 comments:

  1. A Year in BooksMarch 1, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    I read a book at the end of February but forgot to post it!

    http://ayearinbooksm.blogspot.com/2011/02/glassblower-of-murano.html

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  2. Amber at The Musings of ALMYBNENRMarch 1, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    YAY! That is awesome! I should have some good ones for March! :)

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  3. MisfitMarch 1, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    For some reason I missed the February posting. Have some catching up to do.

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  4. ValerieMarch 2, 2011 at 12:20 AM

    I'm catching up on my reviews today :)

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  5. Teddy RoseMarch 2, 2011 at 6:07 AM

    A Year In Books,

    Please add it to the Mr. Linky in this post for March. Thanks.

    aLmYbNeNr, great! I'm reading an excellent one right now too.

    Misfit and Valerie, I always seem to fall behind myself.

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  6. Lori BentonMarch 2, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    I'll be skipping two months out of the year, since I signed up for ten reviews. March is my first skip. I've been so immersed in historical research I didn't finish another historical novel since Feb! My loss, but sometimes work intrudes.

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  7. Kim (Reflections of a Book Addict)March 2, 2011 at 10:25 PM

    Posted up my first review for March - The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory

    http://lifeand100books.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/11-a-review-of-the-red-queen-by-philippa-gregory/

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  8. Joanne @ Slice of LifeMarch 3, 2011 at 1:20 AM

    Thoroughly enjoyed this excellent portrayal of Katherine Sedley (mistress to King James II) in The Countess and the King by Susan Holloway Scott. :)

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  9. J.T. WebsterMarch 4, 2011 at 3:10 AM

    Just posted my 2nd review for the year - Time and Chance by Sharon Penman. A thoroughly absorbing read!

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  10. MeredithMarch 10, 2011 at 2:13 PM

    An oldie, but a goodie - added my review of Sense and Sensibility.

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  11. Susan (Reading World)March 10, 2011 at 10:17 PM

    I'm enjoying checking out the reviews!

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  12. RebeccaMarch 11, 2011 at 2:02 PM

    Just posted my review for A Red Herring without Mustard by Alan Bradley. It is a historical fiction mystery (quite possibly my "favoritest" genre). Reading The Vespertine by Saundra Mitchell now.

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  13. TeddyreeMarch 11, 2011 at 11:23 PM

    I'm on a roll, 3 historical fiction novels in March and reviews posted ... all 4.5 and 5 stars YaY!

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  14. RebeccaMarch 13, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    I loved The Vespertine by Saundra Mitchell. This is my fourth book for the challenge and I am trying for 20.

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  15. JakeMarch 14, 2011 at 1:15 PM

    Finally got going on this. Scarlet, the first book on this challenge (though the second in a series).

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  16. KateMarch 14, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    I just posted a link to my review of Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris. I am also giving away a copy on the blog. Please feel free to enter the contest.

    http://literary-explorations.blogspot.com

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  17. A Year in BooksMarch 15, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    Read and reviewed Italo Calvino's 'Invisible Cities'!

    http://ayearinbooksm.blogspot.com/2011/03/invisible-cities.html

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  18. LeilaMarch 16, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    Just wrote about Mary Hooper's Fallen Grace, which was enjjoyable, but nothing super-exciting.

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  19. UnknownMarch 18, 2011 at 1:13 AM

    I have reviewed The Running Vixen and Men of Iron this month. I have a couple that I forgot to post last month, but oh well. Here is my post that I update with new titles: http://liedermadchen.blogspot.com/2011/02/historical-fiction-reading-challenge.html
    This is a great challenge!

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  20. DaraMarch 19, 2011 at 3:29 AM

    Reviewed Maid to Match by Deeanne Gist. Highly enjoyable read, especially if you're interested in reading about the servant class during the American Guilded Age.

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  21. agMarch 19, 2011 at 2:57 PM

    Historical books read since the challenge began:

    1/ The Blackstone Key by Rose. A. Melikan

    2/ The Rest Falls Away by Colleen Gleason

    3/ The Bleeding Dusk by Colleen Gleason

    4/ Sinful in Satin by Madeline Hunter

    Now, I need to catch up on posting the reviews!

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  22. JjMarch 23, 2011 at 12:14 AM

    Charlotte Collins by Jennifer Becton.
    Outstanding read. Hope there is a follow up.

    http://citivolussus.blogspot.com/2011/03/historical-fiction-reading-challenge.html

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  23. TheresaMarch 23, 2011 at 10:52 AM

    Just posted reviews for Sophia's Secret by Susanna Kearsley and Past Caring by Robert Goddard - both excellent and highly recommended.

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  24. A Year in BooksMarch 25, 2011 at 4:27 PM

    Apparently I linked to a book twice above, so my number stays the same. Now at three so far, having read and reviewed 'The Pindar Diamond'!

    http://ayearinbooksm.blogspot.com/2011/03/pindar-diamond.html

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  25. DaraMarch 29, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    Just posted for The Second Duchess by Elizabeth Loupas. Wonderful historical mystery!

    http://inthewritemind.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/hfc-2011-the-second-duchess-by-elizabeth-loupas/

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  26. Laura's ReviewsMarch 30, 2011 at 6:52 AM

    Elizabeth Chadwick is one of my favorite historical fiction authors. To Defy a King is another wonderful Chadwick novel!

    http://lauragerold.blogspot.com/2011/03/to-defy-king-by-elizabeth-chadwick.html

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  27. JakeMarch 30, 2011 at 1:48 PM

    Wrapped up Lawhead's King Raven trilogy...lots of fun.

    http://jakereviewsbooks.blogspot.com/2011/03/tuck-king-raven-book-three.html

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  28. Laura's ReviewsMarch 30, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    http://lauragerold.blogspot.com/2011/03/writing-about-marshals-by-elizabeth.html

    Anyone interested in a winning a copy of To Defy a King by Elizabeth Chadwick? Check out the great guest post above where Elizabeth Chadwick discusses why she writes about the Marshals and leave a comment for a chance to win.

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  29. ValerieApril 1, 2011 at 1:39 AM

    Just catching up on some March reviews :)

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  30. QNPoohBearApril 2, 2011 at 2:50 AM

    I read 9 books which brings me to a grand total of 23: just past severe bookaholism!

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  31. RebeccaApril 2, 2011 at 5:23 PM

    I am up to my fifth book, which was Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron by Stephanie Barron about which I have just posted.

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  32. KatyApril 11, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    I'm looking for the April review link-up and not finding it...

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  33. MacKenzieApril 11, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    Read two more in March but didn't get them posted until today. I didn't see the April link-up so I just put them here.

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  34. Susan (Reading World)April 11, 2011 at 11:40 PM

    Loved your Laurel Corona guest post. That's the book I reviewed, and she'll be guest blogging at Reading World too.

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  35. Teddy RoseApril 12, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    Sorry everyone, I forgot to post the April review link up. Thanks so much for the reminder! It is up now.

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  36. Melissa @ Confessions of an Avid ReaderApril 17, 2011 at 10:38 PM

    The April link still isn't showing up (at least for me). I have a couple of reviews for books I read in April I'd like to link to.

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  37. UnknownApril 27, 2011 at 3:56 PM

    I still am not able to click the link for April's reviews. :(

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  38. Amber at The Musings of ALMYBNENRApril 27, 2011 at 4:49 PM

    Me either.

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  39. MariaMay 9, 2011 at 1:39 AM

    Could not find the April link, so I posted my review of Ken Follett's Fall of Giants above. I enjoyed the book much more than his medieval novels.

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  40. Laurel Ann (Austenprose)May 15, 2011 at 5:11 AM

    I posted a link to my review of Twixt Two Equal Armies, by Gail McEwen & Tina Moncton. A Pride and Prejudice 'what if" the story is set in Scotland and Hertfordshire. Great historical read.

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