2022 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge Wrap Up

 

And just like that, we are at the end of the 2022 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge.

Whilst there is still another couple of weeks to add your December links (the linky post for December is here), now there is an opportunity for you to add your wrap up post links if you have done one. You don't have to, although it is alway interesting to see what people have read throughout the challenge.

I expect that I might read at least one more historical fiction book, but in the meantime, I thought I would share my reads for the year. Please bear in mind that I am a terrible book blogger and don't review anything near all the books I have read. Here, though, are the historical fiction books I read this year, including links where there is a review. I will try to do better next year!

My list

The Girl from Paris by Ella Carey (review)

Still Life by Sarah Winman

The Postcard from Italy by Angela Petch (review)

The Codebreakers by Alli Sinclair

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

The Sweetheart Locket by Jen Gilroy (review)

The Lost Sister of Fifth Avenue by Ella Carey (review)

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

The Things We Can't Say by Kelly Rimmer

The Language of Food by Annabel Abbs (review)

The Last Summer by Karen Swan

Lilac Skies by Shivana Bansal (review)

Far Across the Ocean by Suzie Hull (review)

Share your wrap up post below:

I will be back in late January with the statistics for the 2022 challenge.

Also, the sign up post for the 2023 edition of the challenge is up. I look forward to having you join us again next year.

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge - March

We had another great month in the challenge with around 60 reviews shared in February. Thank you to everyone who shared! I can't wait to see what you all share in March.

I will also be sharing the stats for February in the next couple of weeks. If you didn't catch them, here is a link to the stats for January.

If you haven't already signed up, it's not too late! The sign up post is here.

Just to recap what participants need to know. At the beginning of each month I will put up a post which will have a Mr Linky embedded into it for you to add your link.

Please remember...

• add the link(s) of your review(s) including your name and book title to the Mister Linky we’ll be adding to our monthly post (please, do not add your blog link, but the correct address that will guide us directly to your review). A direct link to your Goodreads review is also acceptable
• any kind of historical fiction is accepted (fantasy, young adult, graphic novels...)
• if you have time, have a look some of the other links that are present. You never know when you will discover new blogs or books!

I have created a group on Facebook which you can find here and don't forget to use the #histficreadingchallenge hashtag on the socials.

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge Participants

1. The Magnolia Palace (Laura@Reading Books Again) 2. The Dynamite Room by Jason Hewitt (Tina) 3. Fast Girls (Laura@Reading Books Again) 4. Love in a Time of War (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 5. The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews (Tracey @ Carpe Librum) 6. Hotel Portofino (Laura@Reading Books Again) 7. These Days (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 8. The Clockwork Girl (Helen @ She Reads Novels) 9. Island Queen (Laura@Reading Books Again) 10. Sell Us The Rope (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 11. The Reindeer Hunters (Helen @ She Reads Novels) 12. The golden key (Alexis Drake) 13. The sapphire library (Alexis Drake) 14. Nickimags @Secret Library Book Blog (Trouble With Lichen) 15. A Royal Murder (Yvonne @ A Darn Good Read) 16. Crow Court (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 17. Carrie's War (Constance at Staircase Wit) 18. React (Alexis Drake) 19. Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone (Helen @ She Reads Novels) 20. A Night of Flames (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 21. Janette @Witchyreading 22. Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out 23. Bev@My Reader's Block (The Laws of Murder) 24. Laura's Reviews (Harlem Shuffle by Colten Whitehead) 25. Joy's Book Blog (Daughter of the Forest) 26. The Sunken Road (Helen @ She Reads Novels)

27. The Marsh House (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 28. The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stephenson (What Me Read) 29. Bev@My Reader's Block (Home by Nightfall) 30. The Opus Dictum (Laura @ Reading Books Again) 31. Margaret @ BooksPlease (The Red Monarch) 32. Bev@My Reader's Block (The Devil in Music) 33. Turncoat's Widow (Mark @ CC) 34. Twist and Shout Murder (Mark @ CC) 35. Murder in Morningside Heights (Mark @ CC) 36. Wild Irish Rose (Mark @ CC) 37. The Huntress (Joy's Book Blog) 38. The Siren of Sussex (Reading World) 39. The Postcard from Italy - Marg@The Intrepid Reader 40. Booth (Helen@She Reads Novels) 41. How to Be a Wallflower (Reading World) 42. Cindy @ Speedy Reader 43. CurlyGeek @ The Book Stop 44. Laura's Reviews (The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont) 45. Becky (The Last Kingdom) 46. anita @seriesbooklover(the york king) 47. City of Incurable Women (Davida @ Chocolate Lady's Book Reviews) 48. The Woman with the Map (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 49. One for sorrow (Alexis Drake) 50. Il castello di Otranto (Alexis Drake) 51. French Braid (Davida @ Chocolate Lady's Book Reviews) 52. The Paris Library (Joy's Book Blog)

53. The Great Passion (Reading World) 54. The Homecoming (Margaret @ BooksPlease) 55. China Room (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 56. anita @seriesbooklover( The Offing) 57. Mrs England (Helen@She Reads Novels) 58. A Sunlit Weapon (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 59. Becky (Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice) 60. Laura's Reviews (The Heirloom Garden by Viola Shipman) 61. Ireland (Reading World) 62. Denise Newton 63. E a mio nipote Albert lascio l'isola... (Alexis Drake) 64. Danger on the Atlantic (Mark @ CC) 65. Peach Blossom Spring (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 66. Postcards from a Stranger by Imogen Clark (Tina @ Turn the Page) 67. Laura's Reviews (Counterfeit Love by Crystal Caudill) 68. The Language of Food by Annabel Abbs (Tracey @ Carpe Librum) 69. Rules for Engaging the Earl by Janna MacGregor (The Reading Devil) 70. Giorno dei morti (Alexis Drake) 71. Traitor in the Ice (Helen@She Reads Novels) 72. Bev@My Reader's Block (The Inheritance) 73. Margaret @ BooksPlease (The Drowned City) 74. Becky (Yours Cheerfully) 75. Avid Series Reader: Mortmain Hall 76. The Language of Food (Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out

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Sunday Salon: Historical Fiction Reading Challenge - January stats

This year as part of the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge I am intending to provide some stats after each month and then at the end of the year I will do an overall wrap up for the year. That's the plan anyway. And today I am sharing a few stats about January, so I am sticking to the plan!!

During January, there were 71 reviews shared by 25 participants. Some of you, or more precisely 6 of you, have already shared more than 5 reviews which is amazing! Well done and keep it up!

In terms of the books, there were 66 individual titles reviewed, written by 64 different authors. There were several books that were reviewed multiple times. They were:

The Girl from Paris by Ella Carey - reviewed by both Yvonne at A Darned Good Read and myself

The Man in the Bunkery by Rory Clements - This is the sixth book in the Tom Wilde series and was reviewed at Secret Library Book Blog and also by Cathy at What Cathy Read Next.

The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher - This was reviewed by Davida at The Chocolate Lady's Book Blog and by Susan at Reading World. Paris and books! This definitely sounds like my kind of book.

The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray - This was reviewed by Constance at Staircase Wit and at Laura's Review.

The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews -  reviewed by Yvonne at A Darned Good Read and at Laura's Reviews

There were 2 other authors who had more than one book reviewed in January. The first was perennial favourite Georgette Heyer whose books The Toll Gate and The Nonesuch were reviewed at Whatmeread and by Susan at Reading World respectively. Anita at Series Book Lover reviewed The Burning Chamber and The City of Tears both by Kate Mosse. 

It's not too late to join the challenge this year. You can find all the sign up details here and if you have a link to add to the challenge the February Linky can be found here.

Let me know if there is another statistic  that you would be interested in seeing each month.

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge - January

Welcome to the 2022 edition of the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge. I am very excited to be hosting the challenge again this year,  and very pleased to have so many people have already signed up to participate.

I am looking forward to reading your reviews throughout the year! I am sure there is going to be a lot of great historical fiction discovered and shared with fellow HF lovers this year!

If you haven't already signed up, it's not too late! The sign up post is here.

One thing that I am planning on doing a little differently this year is that my intention is to provide various statistics as we go through the year, probably in the middle of the following month. In mid January I will put the statistics for the whole of the 2021 challenge.

Just to recap what participants need to know. At the beginning of each month I will put up a post which will have a Mr Linky embedded into it for you to add your link.

Please remember...

• add the link(s) of your review(s) including your name and book title to the Mister Linky we’ll be adding to our monthly post (please, do not add your blog link, but the correct address that will guide us directly to your review). A direct link to your Goodreads review is also acceptable
• any kind of historical fiction is accepted (fantasy, young adult, graphic novels...)
• if you have time, have a look some of the other links that are present. You never know when you will discover new blogs or books!

I have created a group on Facebook which you can find here and don't forget to use the #histficreadingchallenge hashtag on the socials.

Let the reading begin!!

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge Participants

1. anita@seriesbooklover 2. Laura@Reading Books Again 3. SJohnson 4. The Girl from Paris (Marg @ The Intrepid Reader) 5. Becky (Road of Bones by James R Benn) 6. Penelope @ The Reading Devil 7. Royal Heir (Laura@Reading Books Again) 8. The Vivaldi Cipher (Laura @ Reading Books Again) 9. The Burning Chamber (Anita@seriesbooklover 10. Bev@My Reader's Block (Black Sun) 11. The Personal Librarian: Constance at Staircase Wit 12. Sally906 13. Verranno giorni migliori (Alexis Drake) 14. The last photograph of John Buckley (Alexis Drake) 15. The Paris Bookseller (Davida @ Chocolate Lady's Book Reviews) 16. The Paris Bookseller (Susan@Reading World) 17. The Toll Gate by Georgette Heyer (Whatmeread) 18. The Key in the Lock (Helen @ She Reads Novels) 19. Her Secret War (Constance at Staircase Wit) 20. The Winthrop Woman (Laura@Reading Books Again) 21. Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out 22. All Among the Barley (Davida @ Chocolate Lady's Book Reviews) 23. Universe of Two (Susan@Reading World) 24. Bev@My Reader's Block (Death Comes to Pemberley) 25. The Master (Susan@Reading World) 26. Beautiful Little Fools (Bree @1girl2manybooks) 27. Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan (Tina) 28. Laura's Reviews (The Personal Librarian) 29. The City Of Tears anita @seriesbooklover 30. Becky (Hawaii by James Michener) 31. Violeta (Susan@ Reading World) 32. Avid Series Reader: March Violets 33. Laura's Reviews (The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer) 34. The promise by Damon Galgut (Cinzia) 35. Nickimags @Secret Library Book Blog (the Man in the Bunker) 36. Becky (The Chilbury Ladies' Choir) 37. The Nonesuch (Susan@ Reading World) 38. The Cornish Captive (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 39. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (Tracey @ Carpe Librum) 40. The Queen's Lady (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 41. Resistance (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 42. The Prophets (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 43. The devil and the dark water (Alexis Drake) 44. What the dead leave behind (Alexis Drake) 45. Come una lady sfugge ai cannibali (Alexis Drake) 46. The Gilded Girl (Constance at Staircase Wit) 47. Laura's Reviews (Waverly by Sir Walter Scott) 48. Storytellers (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 49. A Terrible Kindness (Helen @ She Reads Novels) 50. The Man in the Bunker (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 51. Bev@My Reader's Block (An Old Betrayal) 52. CurlyGeek@The Book Stop (The Island of Sea Women) 53. Avid Series Reader: Murder at the Breakers 54. Avid Series Reader: Princess Elizabeth's Spy 55. Avid Series Reader: Irish Lace 56. A Valiant Deceit V @Rosepoint Publishing 57. Where There's a Will- V@Rosepoint Publishing 58. Roaring Liberty - V @Rosepoint Publishing 59. The Texas Job - V @Rosepoint Publishing 60. Red Burning Sky-V @Rosepoint Publishing 61. The Berlin Exchange V-@Rosepoint Publishing 62. Laura's Reviews (The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews) 63. Shellie@ booklover7492 64. The Manningtree Witches (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 65. Bev@My Reader's Block (Cut to the Quick) 66. Reading World (Argo) 67. Yvonne @ A Darn Good Read (The Girl From Paris by Ella Carey) 68. Yvonne @ A Darn Good Read (The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews)) 69. Reading World (The Saints of Swallow Hill) 70. Bev@My Reader's Block (Murder at the Spring Ball) 71. Avid Series Reader: Fatal as a Fallen Woman 72. Avid Series Reader: Service for Two 73. Bev@My Reader's Block (The Egyptologist)

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Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2022 sign up post

 

Welcome to the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge for 2022! I am super excited to be hosting this challenge again this year. You are welcome to join if you are have participated before or if it is your first time!


Reading Challenge details

Each month, a new post dedicated to the HF Challenge will be created where you can add the links for the books you have read. To participate, you only have to follow the rules:

Everyone can participate! If you don't have a blog you can post a link to your review if it's posted on Goodreads, Facebook, or Amazon, or you can add your book title and thoughts in the comment section if you wish.

Add the link(s) of your review(s) including your name and book title to the Mister Linky we’ll be adding to our monthly post (please use the direct URL that will guide us directly to your review)
Any sub-genre of historical fiction is accepted (Historical Romance, Historical Mystery, Historical Fantasy, Young Adult, History/Non-Fiction, etc.)

During the following 12 months you can choose one of the different reading levels:

20th Century Reader - 2 books
Victorian Reader - 5 books
Renaissance Reader - 10 books
Medieval - 15 books
Ancient History - 25 books
Prehistoric - 50+ books

To join the challenge you only need to make a post about it, add your link in Mr. Linky below or just leave a link to your blog if you are not yet ready to post about it yet. If you don't have a blog you can just leave a comment for this post saying that you are joining, and link to your Facebook, Goodreads or other social media page where you will be sharing your reviews.

Don't forget to use the challenge hashtag #histficreadingchallenge, join in on the Facebook page, and grab your challenge badge here:

If you have any questions or suggestions let me know!

Are you excited about joining the challenge? What level of the challenge are you aiming for?