Historical fiction

I have made up my mind about Bjarki as the main character in this series; I don’t like him. I liked Tor better now. She progressed; she fought like a warrior more than Bjarki did. Well, At least she got her parts done right. Her Saxon spirit, her will to fight the Franks, and her love of Garm.

The Last Berserker is a story set in 772. It follows a young man, Bjarki Bloodhand, and his adventures in a world where Charlemagne’s wages war with the Saxons.

My 2021 reading challenge isn’t completed. I failed to read a total of 30 books last year. Geez, it’s already last year, huh? I pretty much laid out why I didn’t complete the 2021 reading challenge, but I do have some highlights that I can mention.

The Huntman’s Tale is the third instalment in the Oxford Murder Mystery series by Ann Swinfen. Learning from the previous one, there weren’t bodies laying around Oxford or mysteries to be solved. It was only the case of Emma running away from Godstow Abbey to get away from her stepfather. But as I said, the ending didn’t seem very conclusive. I think it’s temporary, and therefore, anything else can happen, especially if Sir Anthony is destined to die sometimes in this book or the following ones.

The Novice’s Tale is the second instalment in the Oxford Murder Mystery series by Ann Swinfen. By the title, I pretty much guess that my suspicion about something from the first book will be confirmed. I refrain from reading other reviews prior to reading this one because I’m afraid my suspicion will be prematurely confirmed. Whatever that means, Dee. I have learned from the first book that the title cannot mean that the novice kills someone.

With it’s magnificent cover, The Bookseller’s Tale can be a story about anything. Is this about a murder of a bookseller? Or the bookseller is the murderer? Is/are the murder(s) related to something about books?

Wolf of Wessex begins when Odin, the dog, led Dunston to a corpse in the forest. Accompanying the corpse was a cart full of valuables. A bit later on, Dunston met a young girl, Aedwen, who claimed that her father had been murdered.

The Unquiet Bones is the first book in the series of Hugh de Singleton adventure in the late 1300s Bampton, England. I don’t remember how I found Melvin Starr books, but I did. Probably Goodreads’ algorithm suggested his book to my shelves when I was browsing around. The title and the cover intrigued me to find this book, and I was a little bit excited to realise that this is yet another historical crime fiction series right up my alley.

A Time for Swords is a tale of cultural discoveries, a self-revealing journey and friendships created after the raids of the Norsemen in Lindisfarne.

Pillars of the Earth is one of those books that I will treasure forever. I will not trade or re-sell it as a preloved book. I am going to hold on to it until the day I die. This is the masterpiece of my time, and it shall remain as such.

The Apothecary Rose has a beautiful new cover in this edition. It looks a bit Harlequin-y but not really. I read this book a while ago but hadn’t had the chance to write a review. This review is long overdue. I have read this book as a part of my…

The title of the book itself is enough for me to pick it up. While we’re still living in our own pandemic, I thought, why not, eh? I picked up PLAGUE LAND, hoping that this could cure me of the disease that was that last book.