The When Are You Reading? Challenge is back for 2025, hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. It involves reading a book set in each of twelve time periods. Determining what year a book belongs in is the decision of the participant. On the whole, the rule is to choose a year where the largest part of the action occurs or the most important event.
I’ve managed to complete the challenge for the past two years which, given the amount of historical fiction I read, is to be expected. Not that it’s always easy to match all the various time periods!
Links from the title will take you to my review.
Pre-1200: Agricola: Warrior by Simon Turney
1200-1499: Sister Rosa’s Rebellion by Carolyn Hughes
1500-1699: Traitor’s Legacy by S. J. Parris
1700-1799: Viper in the Nest by Georgina Clarke
1800-1899: My Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende
1900-1919: Small Acts of Resistance by Anita Frank
1920-1939: The Endeavour of Elsie Mackay by Flora Johnston
1940-1959: The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
1960-1979: The Cafe With No Name by Robert Seethaler
1980-1999: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (review coming soon)
2000-Present: That Which May Destroy You by Abda Khan
The Future: The Coming Fire by Greg Mosse
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