New Historical Fiction (BookBub) Lots of variety in era and subject matter to choose from. Will you be checking any of these out? Or do they all sound 'meh' to you?

Happy Fourth of July to our members in the US! Hopefully, you’ll be able to squeeze some reading in around the festivities. What are you reading? I’m reading our group read, On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton. It’s 1950s historical fiction about a trio of Black singing sisters.

I finished only 3 in June, when I usually manage 4-6, so I have fewer to choose from and none of them was really anything to write home about, unfortunately. Hopefully July will be better. What about you?

I'm reading Mirrors & Smoke by our member @Adrienne Stevenson for fiction. It's about a herbalist and midwife in Niagara, Upper Canada, before and during the War of 1812. For non-fiction, I'm re-reading The Pinks by Chris Enss. It's about the first women detectives in the Pinkerton Detective Agency in the 19th century. Do you read outside when the weather's nice? I always like the *idea* of it, but rarely do it these days, even though I used to love reading in parks when I was a student.

I’m reading American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson. In other plans, I’m having coffee with the local writers I recently did a 30 day writing sprint with. AND my daughter comes home from Paris 🎉 (My son comes home from the UK on Friday. It’ll be so good to have them both home again!🥰) Photo is my daughter wearing Winnie the Pooh ears at Paris Disneyland.