Showing posts with label ABC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ABC. Show all posts

Monday, February 28, 2011

Challenge Wrap-up: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time to take a look at our -Z- entries for The Alphabet in Historical Fiction:

1. Heather (Z is for Zuana)

2. Cat (Z is for Zettel)

3. Sarah (Z is for Zana)

4. Teddy (Z is for Zora)

5. Carrie (Z is for Zimler)
 
 
We finally arrived at the end of this challenge which started 1 December 2009.

You can read all the wonderful entries we had these past 15 months:
- A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z -

 
Thank you to everyone who participated!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new (and last!) letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter Y:
1. Teddy (Y is for Yellow Wall Paper)

2. Sarah (Y is for Yellowstone)

3. Carrie C. (Y is for Young)

4. Cat (Y is for Yeldham)

5. Heather (Y is for Ysabel)

And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce our last letter!
Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.

You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.
Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.

You'll have until February 27th to complete your mission, and it is the letter Z (the challenge wrap-up will be published on February 28th) :

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter X:


1. Cat ( X is for EXeter)


2. Teddy (X is for Xingu)

3. Sarah (X is for Xenia)

4. Carrie C. (X is for Louis XI)

5. Heather (X is for Xavier)


And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!
Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.
You have several possibilities:
- the first letter of the title

- the first letter of the author's first name or surname

- the first letter of a character's first name or surname

- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place


You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.

You'll have until January 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on January 15th and it's the letter Y:


Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter W:

1. Heather (Epoch Tales) - W is for Winter

2. Cat (Tell Me a Story ) - W is for Wedding

3. Sarah (Reading the Past) - W is for Wishnia

4. Carrie C. (Opalescent Essence) - W is for Winter

5. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - W is for Winston Churchill

6. Teddy (So Many Precious Books..)- W is for Wayne Johnston

And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!

Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.

You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.
Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.

You'll have until December 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on December 15th and it's the letter X:




Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter V:

1. Cat (Tell me a Story) - V is for Venice

2. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - V is for Various Flavors of Coffee

3. Sarah (Reading the Past) - V is for Victoria Hislop

4. Carrie C.(Opalescent Essence) - V is for Vreeland

5. Heather (Epoch Tales) - V is for Voyageurs

6. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - V is for Vincent Van Gogh 


And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!

Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.

You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.
Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.

You'll have until November 30th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on December 1st and it is the letter W:



Monday, November 1, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter U:

1. Sarah (Reading the Past) - U is for Uruguay
2. Carrie C.(Opalescent Essence) - Land of Marvels, by Barry Unsworth
3. Cat (U is for Unholy Fire) - Unholy Fire by Robert Mzarek
4. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - U is for Under a Blood Red Sky
5. Teddy (So Many Precious Books)- U is for The Colony of Unrequited Dreams

And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!

Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.
You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.

You'll have until November 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on November 15th and it is the letter V:


Friday, October 15, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter T:

1. Carrie C. (Opalescent Essence) - The Turquoise Ring by Grace Tiffany
2. Sarah Johnson (Reading the Past) - A Bloodline of Kings by Thomas Sendell
3. Cat (Tell me a story) - Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna
4.Teddy (T is for The)-The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!

Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.
You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.

You'll have until October 30th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on November 1st and it is the letter U:




Friday, October 1, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter S:


1. Teddy (So Many Precious Books, So Little Time) - S is for Mount Shiranui Shrine
2. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - S is for Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley
3. Robin (The Lady Gwyn's Kingdom) - S is for The Sunne in Splendour
4. Carrie C. (Opalescent Essence) - S is for Shan (and Sa)
5. Cat (Tell Me a Story) - S is for Sophy
6. Heather (Epoch Tales) - S if for Fred Stenson
7. Sarah (Reading the Past) - S is for Sedley

And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!

Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.
You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.


You'll have until October 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on October 15th and it is the letter T:


Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter R:


1. Ana T (Aneca's World) - R is for Ring
2. Heather (Epoch Tales) - R is for Riel
3. Teddy (So Many Precious Books, So Little Time) - R is for Roger Bigod
4. Sarah (Reading the Past) - Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay
5. Carrie C. (Opalescent Essence ) - Gardener to the King by Frederic Richaud
6. Cat (Tell Me a Story) - R is for Remarkable
7. Alex (Le Canapé) - Le Roi de Fer by Maurice Druon


And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!

Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.
You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.


You'll have until September 30th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on October 1st and it is the letter S:

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter Q:

1. Teddy (So Many Precious Books)- The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin
2. Ana (Aneca's World) - Q is for Queen
3. Wisteria (Bookworm's Dinner) - The Young Bess, The Girl Who Would Be Queen by Margaret Irwin
4. Sarah (Reading the Past) - Q is for Quito
5. Cat (Tell me a Story) - Q is for Queenmaker
6. Marg (Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - Q is for Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
7. Marshallslion - Q is for Queen Philippa
8. Carrie (Opalescent Essence) - Q is for Quashee

And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!


Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.


You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.


You'll have until September 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on September 15th and it is the letter R:

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter P:

1. Rowenna (Hyaline Prosaic) - P is for The Postmistress
2. Marshallslion - P is for Sir Robert Peel
3. Ana (Aneca's World) - P is for Perry
4. Sarah (Reading the Past) - P is for Performers
5. Cat (Tell me a Story) - P is for Peony
6. Carrie (Opalescent Essence) - P is for Poppies
7. Marg (Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - P is for Pendragon's Banner trilogy 
8. Teddy (So Many Precious Books)- P is for Paul Michel 
9. Wisteria (Bookworm's Dinner) -  P is for Pride and Prejudice retelling

And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!


Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.


You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.


You'll have until August 31th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on September 1st and it is the letter Q:


Sunday, August 1, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter O:

1. Cat (Tell me a Story) - O is for O'Connor
2.  Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - The Oak Apple
3. Carrie (Opalescent Essence) - O is for Olmstead
4. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - O is for Ontario
5. Sarah (Reading the Past) - O is for Outer Banks
6. Ana (Aneca's World) - The Oak Apple
7. Rowenna (Hyaline Prosaic) - O is for Patrick O'Brian
8. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - O is for Osborne

And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!


Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.


You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.


You'll have until August 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on August 15th and it is the letter P:

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter N:

1. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - N is for Newfoundland
2. Cat (Tell me a Story) - New York by Edward Rutherford
3.  Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - N is for New York
4. Sarah (Reading the Past) - N is for Némirovski
5. Ana (Aneca's World) - N is for Napoleon
6. Carrie (Opalescent Essence) - N is for Norman
7. Rowenna (Hyaline Prosaic) - N is for Némirovski
8. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - N is for New York City


And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!


Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.


You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.


You'll have until July 31th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on August 1st and it is the letter O:

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter M:

1. Sarah (Reading the Past) - M. is for Morgan
2. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - Emma series by Kaoro Mori
3. Cat (Tell me a Story) - Roses by Leila Meacham
4. Steph at Laughing Stars - Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell
5. Carrie (Opalescent Essence) - A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel
6.  Ms Lucy (Enchanted by Josephine - M is for Mistress of The Sun
7.  Heather (Epoch Tales) - M is for Masters of Rome
8. Rowenna (Hyaline Prosaic) - Martha Peake by Patrick McGrath
9. Robin @ Lady Gwynn's Kingdom - M is for Mary Howard
10. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - M is for Maggie Fox
11. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - M is for McNees

And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!

Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.

You have several possibilities:
- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.

You'll have until July 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on July 15th and it is the letter N:

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter L:

1. Ana T (Aneca's World)  - L is for London
2. Sarah (Reading the Past) - L is for Lavinia
3. Robin @ Lady Gwynn's Kingdom - London by Edward Rutherford
4. Steph at Laughing Stars - L is for Lucy Patch
5. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - L is for Lisa See
6. Cat (Tell me a Story) - L is for Lepida Pollia
7. Carrie (Opalescent Essence) - L is for Line
8. Rowenna (Hyaline Prosaic) - L is for Lee
9. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - L is for Lady
10. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - L is for Legree

And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!

Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.

You have several possibilities:
- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.

Since we are hosting a spacial event during the month of June this time you'll have until June 29th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on June 30th and it is the letter M:




Saturday, May 15, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter K:


1. Sarah (Reading the Past) - Diana Norman - King of Last Days
2. Cat (Tell me a Story) - The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
3. Ana T (Aneca's World) - K is for Dido Kent
4. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - K is for King Charles II
5. Miss Moppet - The King's Mistress by Emma Campion
6. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - K is for Knights
7. Rowenna (Hyaline Prosaic) - K is for Kingdom of Summer
8. Steph at Laughing Stars - K is for Kabul
9. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - The Secret River by Kate Grenville
10. Carrie (Opalescent Essence) - The Known World by Edward Jones

And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!

Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.

You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.

You have until May 29th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on May 30th and it is the letter L:



Saturday, May 1, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter J :


1. Ana T (Aneca's World) - Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
2. Sarah (Reading the Past) - J is for Janice
3. Cat (Tell me a Story) - The House of a Thousand Lanterns by Victoria Holt
4. Naida (The Bookworm) - J is for Jane Boleyn
5. Rowenna (Hyaline Prosaic) - J is for Jordan Groves
6. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - J is for James, Syrie
7. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston
8. Lucy (Enchanted by Josephine) - Louis The Well Beloved by Jean Plaidy
9. Robin (The Lady Gwyn's Kingdom) - The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
10. Stephanie (Stark Raving Bibliophile ) - J is for Jennifer Donnelly
11. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - J is for Joan, John of Gaunt and Junior Kings
12. Alex (Le Canapé) - Joanna by Roberta Gellis
13. Heather (Epoch Tales - J is for Maureen Jennings

And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!

Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.

You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.

You have until May 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on May 15th and it is the letter K:




Thursday, April 15, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter I:


1. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
2. Cat (Tell me a Story) - The Italian Woman by Jean Plaidy
3. Ana T (Aneca's World) - I Serve by Rosanne E. Lortz
4. Sarah (Reading the Past) - I is for India
5. Stephanie (Stark Raving Bibliophile) - I is for Italy
6. Heather (Epoch Tales) - I is for Isobel Gunn
7. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - 1916 by Morgan Llywelyn
8. Carrie C. - Inez of My Soul by Isabell Allende
9. Rowenna - The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
10. Lucy (Enchanted by Josephine) - Indiscretions of The Queen by Jean Plaidy
11. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - Strongbow by Morgan Llywellyn

And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!

Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.

You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.

You have until April 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on May 1st and it is the letter J:



Thursday, April 1, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction



It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter H :

1. Ana T (Aneca's World) - The Conquered Heart by Denée Cody
2. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - Those Devilish Alistairs: Georgette Heyer
3. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper
4. Sarah (Reading the Past) - Forget Not Ariadne by Pamela Hill
5. Cat (Tell me a Story) - Faro's Daughter by Georgette Heyer
6. Carrie C. - Snow Mountain Passage by James D. Houston
7. Gretchen - Devil's Brood by Sharon Kay Penman
8. Heather - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
9. Lucy (Enchanted by Josephine) - My Enemy the Queen by Vitoria Holt
10. Robin (The Lady Gwyn's Kingdom) - The Hollow Crown by Helen Hollick
11. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - The Stolen Crown by Susan Higginbotham
12. Stephanie (Stark Raving Bibliophile - I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal

And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!

Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.

You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.

You have until April 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on April 15th and it is the letter I:

















Monday, March 15, 2010

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter G :

1. Stephanie (Stark Raving Bibliophile) - The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner
2. Sarah (Reading the Past) - Grange House by Sarah Blake
3. Enchanted Josephine - Beauvallet by Georgette Heyer
4. Ana T. (Aneca's World) - Silent on The Moor by Deanna Raybourn
5. Heather (Epoch Tales) - The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
6. Marg (Reading Adventures) - Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland
7. Carrie C. (Opalescent Essence)- The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
8. Cat (Tell me a Story) - Green Dolphin Country by Elizabeth Goudge
9. Rowenna (Hyaline Prosaic) - George Rogers Clark10. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - The Adventures of Miles and Isabel by Tom Gilling
11. Alex (Le Canapé) - Roselynde by Roberta Gellis
12. Teddy (So Many Precious Books)-Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
13. Miss Moppet (The Misadventures of Moppet) - Philippa Gregory

And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!

Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.

You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.

You have until March 31st to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on April 1st and it is the letter H: