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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books that were reviewed three times for the 2022 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge

 

 



Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week there is no set theme so I am going to focus on books that were reviewed three  times for the 2022 Historical Fiction reading challenge. 


On Sunday I shared the statistics for the 2022 challenge and highlighted five books that were the most reviewed during the year. You can see that post here.


There were, however, 16 books that were reviewed three times each and these are the books that I am going to focus on today. The question was how to get from 16 to 10. I didn't quite manage it, but here are 10 11 books that were reviewed three times for the 2022 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge which also begin with the word "The".







The Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews - This is the second book in the Belles of London series. The first book, The Sirens of Sussex was also reviewed 4 times.


The Brightest Star by Emma Harcourt - If you are looking for a change from WWII fiction, this book is set in Renaissance Italy.





The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont - I wonder if we will ever know what happened to Agatha Christie when she disappeared for 11 days back in 1926.


The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave - This book is set in 1518 and talks about the strange phenomenon of dancing women.




The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn - It's not really a surprise to see Kate Quinn at the top of the list of books reviewed.


The Fugitive Colours by Nancy Bilyeau - This is the second book in Genevieve Planche series, set in 1700s London. 






The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan - I am reading this one at the moment.


 The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews - Set in 1600's England during the Civil War




The Man in the Bunker by Rory Clements - This is the 6th book in the Tom Wilde series of historical thrillers set in WWII


The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell - Maggie O'Farrell turns her attention to medieval Italy 





The Night Ship by Jess Kidd - This is the bonus book for this list. In theory, I am reading this at the moment.


It's not too late to sign up for this year's challenge. All the details can be found here. Whether you already love historical fiction or if you want to begin to explore the genre, you are most welcome to join us!

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge: June 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 June.

During June there were 65 reviews shared by 23 participants. The odd thing is that these stats are exactly the same as last month! I had to double check to make sure that I hadn't accidentally used last month's statistics, but I hadn't.

This month, there were 3 of you who shared 5 or more reviews which is amazing! Well done and keep it up! 

In terms of the books, there were  64 individual titles reviewed, written by 63 different authors. 


If you look at that last statistic, that means that there was only one book that was reviewed more than once this month, which is interesting in comparison to last month when there were 6 books reviewed more than once. The only book which was reviewed more than once was:







Bree from All the Books I Can Read and Tracey from Carpe Librum both reviewed this book and both really enjoyed it!


The other author who was reviewed more than once, but for two different books was Jacqueline Winspear.


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 July Linky can be found here.

Given that we are already half way through the year, I thought I would highlight the two books that have been reviewed the most for the challenge, with 4 reviews each.




Jennifer Ryan and Mimi Webb are the authors that have been reviewed most with 5 reviews each, and so far we have had 435 links for the challenge as at the end of June! What an effort!

Bring on the second half of the year, and happy reading!

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