The Book Chat: Favorite historical novels.

In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jessica at Sweet Green Tangerine has chosen history as this week's Book Chat topic. She asked us to share our favorite historical books, fiction or non-fiction. Today, I'm going to share one of each.

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First, isn't this the perfect literary quote for this week's topic? I feel like historical fiction gives people in the past a chance to tell their story again, or from a different point of view, especially because I feel like a lot of characters in historical fiction novels meet premature or untimely deaths.

I was originally planning to only write about the new Catherine the Great biography that I read last month, but then I finished The Book Thief yesterday and couldn't resist adding it in here. I'm not very good at book reviews — I'm never quite sure what to include or how to properly convey my feelings about the book — so I'm just going to link to the brief reviews I've already written for Goodreads. They're only 2-3 paragraphs each, but I didn't want to make this post super long, so pop over and take a look!

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First up: Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, Robert K. Massie

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And now for my historical fiction pick: The Book Thief, Markus Zusak

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Also, did anyone else read the Dear America or Royal Diaries books when they were young? Those were the best!! I would definitely read one even today.

Happy almost-weekend! I'm probably en route to visit my college friends as you read this, so I couldn't be more excited for the weekend ahead of me. :)