Roisins Reading | Roasting the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards Historical Fiction Nominations @RoisinsReading | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
Hello, here I am roasting the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards Historical Fiction Nominations. I meant just to react to the books Goodreads thinks are the best historical fiction novels of the year, but the list made me feel a little more sarky than I intended. Let me know what you think.
Books Mentioned
Go as a River by Shelley Read
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
North Woods by Daniel Mason
River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin
The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
Banyan Moon by Thao Thai
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende
Weyward by Emilia Hart
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls
0:00 - Intro
0:43 - First Impressions
8:08 - The Books
27:27 - Thoughts
Hello, here I am roasting the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards Historical Fiction Nominations. I meant just to react to the books Goodreads thinks are the best historical fiction novels of the year, but the list made me feel a little more sarky than I intended. Let me know what you think.
Books Mentioned
Go as a River by Shelley Read
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
North Woods by Daniel Mason
River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin
The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
Banyan Moon by Thao Thai
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende
Weyward by Emilia Hart
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls
0:00 - Intro
0:43 - First Impressions
8:08 - The Books
27:27 - Thoughts