I finished reading Rainy Day Sisters by Kate Hewitt. This was a very readable book probably intended for the US market. It is published by Penguin. The setting of the story in an English village was interesting. The author is very observant of people and places.
The Abbess of Whitby: A novel of Hild of Northumbria by Jill Dalladay was a book I found locally. I decided to read it because I have been to Whitby and as a student I sometimes attended a church dedicated to St Hilda. Is she the same person? Yes.
This is historical fiction with some bloodthirsty scenes and the ideas of the time. Although it is set in a much earlier (although equally turbulent) time than The Heretic, which I reviewed last year, there is a similar thread of one set of beliefs being replaced by a better one. I enjoyed this book, which I finished reading on a train journey.
The Labyrinth Year by Mari Howard is the second book about the same characters. My review of Baby, Baby was far from being a spoiler. This second book is set almost two decades after the first. (Baby, Baby begins in 1988 and The Labyrinth Year in 1996.) The story unfolds from the viewpoint of the main characters as before. The characters and the situations seemed credible. I hope we won’t have to wait too long for the third book in the series. They are published by Hodge Publishing.
This post will be linking with emily p. freeman’s What I learned in March.
My posts for the Blogging from A to Z in April will (hopefully) be appearing daily apart from Sundays. Anyone else doing this?
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