Just found You….and so appreciated your take on this genre….I agree Kristin Hannah deserves recognition…just completed “ The Women”…..which blew me away of how little I knew about the nurses of the Viet Nam Era….its moving…. It’s relevant….the reading arc kept me on focus…and finally embarrassed as a 73 Year Old Happy Ager and how lacking I was in knowing more about my own history….

@LiteraryLife

Ай бұрын

So glad you found me, welcome!! I am so appeciative of literature that keeps me connected to our past, present, and future.

I support the Kristin Hannah video idea!

@sherryzimmerman9220

Ай бұрын

“ The Women” moved me to tears and to realize how little I knew about the Viet Nam War of my country….

@LiteraryLife

Ай бұрын

Great! I am prepping it and reading more K. Hannah this week (as somehow I have not read all of her books.....)

I just stumbled on this video and I watched it because Historical Fiction is my favorite genre. I’d love to see a video about the Kristin Hannah books, and more videos devoted to HistFic. I will work on a list this week of my favorite Historical Fiction titles. I loved your video!!

@LiteraryLife

Ай бұрын

So glad to hear this, thank you!! Would definitely love some recs. I am prepping for a Kristin Hannah video and just got a book by her I have not yet read (Firefly Lane) so excited to delve more into her writing :)

Thank you for these recommendations. You have such a nice variety. The Indigo Girl definitely got my attention. I lived in South Carolina for a while. I have really become a historical fiction in the last few years. Two of my absolute favorites are The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah and The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon.

@LiteraryLife

29 күн бұрын

Love The Nightingale!!! Adding other to my list, thank you!!

@lucybarrington4634

26 күн бұрын

I read The Nightingale years ago and it still haunts me.

I just discovered your channel. Totally enjoyed your reviews and I wrote down several of your book recommendations. I did read ‘all the light we cannot see’ and it was a beautiful story. I subscribed to your videos and will be watching for more of them. Your enthusiastic presentations are appreciated.

@LiteraryLife

Ай бұрын

Thank you, and so glad you found me! Welcome to Literary Life :)

OMG! So many great recommendations! Historical fiction is my favorite genre to read. The only book out of this list that I have read is All the Light We Cannot See and it was excellent! Now it’s off to my library to check out the others! A few recommendations from me would be The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams and The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Hamel. Thank you for all your book review and recommendation videos!

@Shirley61581

Ай бұрын

The Book of Lost Names was soooo good!❤ 📖

@LiteraryLife

Ай бұрын

Thank you!!! Adding those to my TBR :)

Thank you for this wonderful channel. I just purchased "Carter Beats the Devil" and "Fifty Words for Rain" based on your recommendation. Looking forward to a good read. My experience in historical fiction has been mostly Gore Vidal so I am looking forward to broaden my horizons.

@LiteraryLife

29 күн бұрын

So glad!! (And now I am looking up Gore Vidal….)

Just found your channel! I don’t think I’ll get anything on my to do list done today because your videos are awesome! Thank you!

@LiteraryLife

Ай бұрын

So glad you found the channel and thank you!!!

All the Light We Cannot See is a favorite. I lived in South Carolina and was intrigued by the history of the indigo industry, so thoroughly enjoyed The Indigo Girl. I'm vey glad I discovered your channel, I've added several of your recommendations to my the list! Thank you.

@lindaclark710

Ай бұрын

Should say the (to be read) list

@LiteraryLife

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! So glad you found me! We lived in the western end of SC for a few years (near Aiken)...random factoid, lol.

Thanks for the recs! I haven’t heard of a bunch of these. My favorite historical fiction I’ve read so far is The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, such a beautiful and important story, I didn’t want it to end. One I never see talked about is The Unknown Beloved by Amy Harmon, it’s based around Eliot Ness and lesser known people in Chicago at that time. She has another book about the Oregon Trail called Where the Lost Wonder that I’m interested in.

@LiteraryLife

Ай бұрын

I looooved The Vanishing Half!!! OOOOOhh, adding those to my TBR, thank you!

I highly recommend the Bronze Horseman trilogy by Paullina Simons, I don't hear this one mentioned much on book tube - read these 3 so long ago and still think about them. Just finding your channel - and really enjoying it! THANK YOU!!

@LiteraryLife

Ай бұрын

Noted, thank you!!!!

All the Light ... is the most beautiful book I've read in a while. Highly recommended.

The Dictionary of Lost Names, Covenant of Water, Cutting for Stone, Outlander series, The Radium Girls, America's First Daughter. I haven't read "The Women" but I have heard so many reviews about how amazing it is. It's in my TBR pile. The Outlander series is so well written and entertaining plus you learn a lot about the time and place. I purposely will not finish the series because I don't want it to be over. The tv series is magical.

"Explosion in a Cathedral" or "The Kingdom of this World", both by Alejo Carpentier. 2 unforgettable masterpieces of history AND fiction.

New subscriber! 🙌🏼 I really want to read historical fiction, but so much of it is based on WW2. I feel that niche is saturated, but you shared soooo many other great picks. Thank you. I read the Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell. It is about a woman’s plight living in a Michigan mining community.

@LiteraryLife

29 күн бұрын

So glad you found me, and welcome!!! I am adding that book to my list…I am from MI!

@kamidsjournee

29 күн бұрын

@@LiteraryLife I’m from MI too!! Beautiful state.

Suggestion: Have a book holder to display the books being reviewed. When you hold it in your hand the book bobs around as an extension of your hand gestures making hard to get information from the cover, like the authors' name. Thanks for share you views on books that you enjoyed and recommend.

@LiteraryLife

28 күн бұрын

Great idea! (My hands never stay still)

Thank you for the recommendations! I've added a few of these and some I already own. I enjoyed The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Saving Savannah by Patti Callahan last year.

@LiteraryLife

Ай бұрын

Thank you!! Adding these to my list.

@starlasell5698

Ай бұрын

@@LiteraryLife Great! 🤗

Thanks Suzanne for doing this historical fiction tag I asked for! 🤗 All The Light We Cannot See is one my all time favorite books and I loved the Netflix series as well! 😪 I highly recommend A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by. Anthony Marra

@LiteraryLife

Ай бұрын

Absolutely! Such a great topic that I now realize I have way more interest in that I need to delve into, lol. ( and thanks for rec...added to my TBR!!)

Just discovered you 😃...I read 'All the Light We Cannot See' when it was released. Highly recommend also. I also enjoy Kristin Hannah novels.

One of my favorite all time books is Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati. She writes the epic style of historical fiction that’s makes you feel like you are there with the characters.

@LiteraryLife

8 күн бұрын

Oooh, that is intriguing! I am putting her on my radar, thank you!

Gone with the Wind

@carladaniels7910

21 күн бұрын

I read at age 14, didn't understand alot but read on my bed and loved hours of great read, then always loved large books to this day A tree grows in Brooklyn I read age 14, loved it!!

If you can find any books by John Jakes. I read his books year ago. Love and War and North and South were two titles I can recall.

@LiteraryLife

Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@marciahenthorn9050

21 күн бұрын

John Jakes Americana series got me through a very difficult time in my life.

May I offer a suggestion? I am at this moment re-reading The Island Of The Day Before by Umberto Eco and I love it even more the second time around. Set circa 1620, it's the story of a young Italian castaway from a shipwreck, tied to some flotsam who, half dead, lands on a deserted ship; fully provisioned, in perfect shape, but with no life boats, and anchored off of an island he can't reach. Eco was an encyclopedic historian with a great sense of humor so it's both fascinating and fun. Thanks.

@LiteraryLife

8 күн бұрын

I am so intrigued by this book....(and may just be adding it to a future literary journey ;)..........thank you!!

Just found your channel and subbed. I am a big fan of historical fiction but haven't read any of these. I recommend The Lilac Girls. Hard to read at times but very memorable x

@LiteraryLife

Ай бұрын

So glad you found me, and adding The Lilac Girls to my TBR, thank you!! ( Want to confirm is it the book by Ralph Henry Barbour?)

@jaynecatherineepinkett3454

Ай бұрын

Martha Hall Kelly x😊

All The Light We Cannot See is my choice for the Buzzwordathon Challenge for September (senses) - I am looking forward to it

Diana gabladon -outlander series

@LiteraryLife

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@kamidsjournee

Ай бұрын

Oh, great suggestion. I loved the series. Did you know book 10 is supposed to come out this year or next?

I am almost finished and really enjoying "The Vanishing Woman" by Doug Peterson. It's based on a true story. I had never heard of it and recently purchased it at my local library.

@LiteraryLife

29 күн бұрын

Thank you! Adding that to my list.

Kristen Hannah is my all time favorite but I loved Rose Code by Kate Quinn

@LiteraryLife

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Have you watched the Mini Series of All the Light We Cannot See? Fantastic

@LiteraryLife

Ай бұрын

I have not!! Will add it to my watchlist. Thank you!

Hands

@LiteraryLife

8 күн бұрын

They are always active :)