Books, books, and more books!

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In book news, I finished Nefertiti this morning. I have to applaud the book, folks, it was really good and the research that went into it was very apparent! The author has asked that either I repost my review closer to the release or I save the review until then. I think I am going to type it up in the next couple days, but I will post it just before the book is released so people do not forget about it. I know that a lot of people are out there that like historical fiction, and I strongly recommend this one! Apparently there is going to be a sequel, too, so I am very excited to see what happens in that one! I have been pretty unimpressed with my forays into historical fiction lately and have been mostly sticking with fantasy, this book was very much the better of the historical fiction I have read in the last couple years. Do not forget about it, I will be back in July to remind everyone, but still, very worthwhile read!

Then, yesterday, I got books in the mail. Four to be exact. Two I bought for myself, and two were gifts. I got:

Beatrix Potter by Linda Lear I first heard about this book on A Fair Substitute for Heaven and I was very interested to give it a read because for how amazing a children's writer Beatrix Potter was, she really does not have very many books out about her. This is one of the books that was a gift because I was going to wait for it in paperback. I am very happy that I get the chance to read it!

Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett This book is historical fiction. She is being compared with Sharon Kay Penman, and since I liked what I have read from Penman, I thought I would give it a try! This came with the Beatrix Potter book.

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie I have been hearing good things about this book. The sequel came out this month, but I have to read this one first.

Newton's Cannon: Book One of the Age of Unreason J. Gregory Keyes This is an author that I had wanted to read and I heard pretty good things about this, so I figured this was a good place to start.