SantaThingSantaThing Entry #26
LibraryThing member KateBaxter
Book tastes
I am a huge fan of well crafted/well researched historical fiction. Historical mysteries, regular mysteries, espionage, and suspenseful reads are also favored in our home.
Here is where you can find more about my reading taste and also my wishlist, should be you be at a loss in the choosing:
https://www.librarything.com/catalog/KateBaxter
Don't get this!
Dry history books or self help guides are not among my favorites.
Other notes
Some info about leisure activities beyond reading... I am an 18th re-enactor attached to a Scottish Regiment of the French & Indian War (N. American theater of Seven Years' War) and I enjoy playing seven musical instruments. I'm of Scottish and German descent and have been working on family genealogy for about 5 years. Both sides have been in America since the colonial period. One ancestor participated in the handing over of New Amsterdam (now New York City) from the Dutch to the British back in 1664. A Scottish ancestor caught in the uprising of 1715, was shipped to Baltimore and sold on the dock to a Virginia Plantation owner (not indentured). If you think I need to be introduced to a book outside my usual fare, have at it!
Secret Santa
KateBaxter's Secret Santa was LibraryPerilous!
Purchasing Details
Store: Powell's (http://www.powells.com)
Gift Amount: $50 (USD)
Comments/suggestions
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(Dic 10, 2023, 10:27pm)
Other titles I considered: the Flavia de Luce historical mysteries, Amor Towles' A Gentleman in Moscow, Robyn Cadwallader's The Anchoress, and Samantha Harvey's The Western Wind. I struck out with most of my initial thoughts, due to availability or price point issues, but I recommend them. (Nov 30, 2023, 5:11pm)
(Nov 29, 2023, 10:17am)