The History Book Club discussion

Chris, this is your thread for 2017. I have included the link to the required format thread and an example. If you had a 2016 thread - it is archived - but you can still add books to it for the last few days of December.

Please follow the standard required format below - I hope you enjoy your reading in 2017. Here is also a link for assistance with the required guidelines:

Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Our Required Format:

JANUARY

1. by Winston S. Churchill
Finish date: January 2017
Genre: (whatever genre the book happens to be)
Rating: A
Review: You can add text from a review you have written but no links to any review elsewhere even goodreads. And that is about it. Just make sure to number consecutively and just add the months.

IMPORTANT - THE REVIEW SHOULD BE SHORT AND SWEET - THERE ARE NO LINKS OF ANY KIND IN THE BODY OF THE REVIEW ALLOWED. NONE. DO NOT REFER TO ANY OTHER BOOK IN YOUR BRIEF REVIEW. THE ONLY BOOK CITED IN YOUR REVIEW IS THE ONE YOU ARE REVIEWING - NO OTHERS. ALL LINKS TO OTHER THREADS OR REVIEWS ARE DELETED IMMEDIATELY - THERE WILL BE NO WARNING. WE CONSIDER THIS SELF PROMOTION AND IT IS NOT ALLOWED AND IS IN VIOLATION OF OUR RULES AND GUIDELINES.

JANUARY

1. by John Boyne
Finish date: 1/27/17
Genre: Historical Fiction/ Russia
Rating: B+
Review: I wasn't expecting another Anastasia story when I picked this one up, or I wouldn't have. It was a nice surprise, in that it was well written and a different take on the usual story.

2. by Rhys Bowen
Finish date: 1/17/17
Genre: Historical Mystery
Rating: B+
Review: First in the Molly Murphy mystery series about an Irish girl who escapes Ireland and lands in New York. She becomes embroiled in a murder mystery at Ellis Island. Good detail about turn of the Century immigration to NYC. Fun read!

3. by Rhys Bowen
Finish date: 1/17/17
Genre: Historical Mystery
Rating: B+
Review: Molly Murphy continues her budding career in solving murder mysteries in NYC - meets a new group of friends in the Village. Good descriptions of Tammany Hall and NYC gangs.

4. by Rhys Bowen
Finish date: 1/18/17
Genre: Historical Mystery
Rating: B
Review: Molly Murphy solves murder in garment district sweat shops.

Good Chris

Added the series to my long tbr list...thanks!

February

5. by Deanna Raybourn
Finish date: 02/04/17
Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance
Rating: A
Review: Edwardian era Kenya setting with all the bad behavior the colony could engender. An American heiress sent to Kenya to avoid scandal in London and Paris finds happiness with Canadian lion hunter of some repute. A fun read with good descriptions of Africa.

6. by Van Muyden, César de Saussure
Finish date 2/13/17
Genre: Historical Nonfiction (Travelogue)
Rating: A
Review: Translated letters of Swiss gentleman who travels to England in 1725. Very descriptive of the early Georgian court manners, dress and activities. Good descriptions of London and its environs. The letters were written in 1720's but not translated until early 20th Century, which made the book very readable.

Hello Chris - I am going to have Mary who is one of our admins in training help you out with some small format corrections that need to be made. Thank you in advance for your cooperation in working with her.

Hi Chris! Here's a quick bit of help for your citations. You have just a couple of items that need fixing.

In message 8, note that "February" should be bold and all caps: FEBRUARY.

In message 9, you'll need to add a colon (:) after Finish date.

Like this: Finish date:

And that's it! Thanks for helping me in my training.

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

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