Even well-loved, super-popular, award-winning books have their serious haters! 😂 This is historical fiction. All guesses are encouraged (no googling, though!). This is meant to be fun. Don't be dismayed if you disagree with the review. Any spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors are copied directly from the review. I’ll post the correct answer tomorrow (15th July 2026). ⭐ I agree with (the few) people who've written negative reviews before me. I made it to the dinosaurs thinking I was reading some sort of prologue. No joke. I flipped back to the table of contents, then flipped forward to the next section and the next and the next. Endless interminable descriptions of the development of the area over eons of time. Since some 35,000 reviews exist here on Goodreads with a total nearly 5 star cumulative rating, I guess this book must get fabulous at some point, but I'm so not into it. And I love history. Not finishing. No way. ⭐ What do you think? What's the book? (In this case, if you can think of only the title, but not the author, that's ok!)

I think it counts! Either way I know there are a lot of history fans in this group who might get a kick out of this Tom HollandS match up.

I'm reading our group read, On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, and very much enjoying it! It's about a trio of Black women singers in the 1950s. You?

Do you prefer stories centred on major historical events with significant historical figures as major characters? Or do you lean more towards stories about more 'ordinary' people who lived in the past? What's a favourite book that falls into the category you prefer?

Our group read this month is On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton. I’m starting it today. Anybody else started it yet? Our zoom discussion is 17th July.