Thanks for sharing your favorites. Like you, I've seen GOTW recommended all over the place, so I'm super intrigued. I loved Annabel Monaghan's Summer Romance and I just started Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood.
I've gotten to read a lot this summer, which is unusual, and my three favorites have been:
Code Name Edelweiss by Stephanie Landsem - a fantastic historical fiction set in 1930s Hollywood, loosely based on a true story.
When We Had Wings by McMorris, Lawhon, & Meissner - set in WWII in the Philippines, about 3 nurses who were some of the first prisoners of war in WWII - really excellent!
This book led me to Susan Meissner, and I just finished her Only the Beautiful - where we find that the eugenics programs were alive and well in America - not just Nazi Germany. Really excellent!
As you can tell, I love historical fiction.... :-)
I opened this just to see if GOTW made your list and was surprised to see a shout out! Thank you!! I am impressed you did the audio. It's challenging with all the characters and timelines in that format.
It was oddly easy to follow for me. Usually with literary anything I can’t do audio but I loved hearing all of the different points of view. I did have to go back and relisten to critical moments. Xoxo Did you love Long Island or The Cliffs.
Thanks for sharing your favorites. Like you, I've seen GOTW recommended all over the place, so I'm super intrigued. I loved Annabel Monaghan's Summer Romance and I just started Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood.
Ooh. Let me know what you think after you read it. It's soooo good. I'm also curious what you thought about Lisa's book! Annabel is a gem. :)
I've gotten to read a lot this summer, which is unusual, and my three favorites have been:
Code Name Edelweiss by Stephanie Landsem - a fantastic historical fiction set in 1930s Hollywood, loosely based on a true story.
When We Had Wings by McMorris, Lawhon, & Meissner - set in WWII in the Philippines, about 3 nurses who were some of the first prisoners of war in WWII - really excellent!
This book led me to Susan Meissner, and I just finished her Only the Beautiful - where we find that the eugenics programs were alive and well in America - not just Nazi Germany. Really excellent!
As you can tell, I love historical fiction.... :-)
That's great. I love historical fiction, too, obviously. I haven't heard of these. I'll hav to check them out!
You're the third person in a row I've seen on Substack raving about The God of the Woods, so now I'm going out to buy a copy this weekend!
I'm DYING to know what you think!
I loved Every Summer After by Carley Fortune. It was such a poignant coming of age story and the characters have stayed with me.
That's so great. I haven't read any of her books yet. Was it your favorite of hers?
My first one. She set the bar high!
I opened this just to see if GOTW made your list and was surprised to see a shout out! Thank you!! I am impressed you did the audio. It's challenging with all the characters and timelines in that format.
It was oddly easy to follow for me. Usually with literary anything I can’t do audio but I loved hearing all of the different points of view. I did have to go back and relisten to critical moments. Xoxo Did you love Long Island or The Cliffs.