tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post6067275877499324628..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: Bestselling historical novels of 2010Sarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-33299553760810918202011-03-29T18:49:32.030-05:002011-03-29T18:49:32.030-05:00Very interesting! Of that list I have only read Th...Very interesting! Of that list I have only read The Help and The Postmistress!Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-15523482788467625162011-03-29T14:40:37.388-05:002011-03-29T14:40:37.388-05:00Glad to hear the Ken Follett novel is a good read....Glad to hear the Ken Follett novel is a good read. I've been waiting to pick it up.<br />And thanks for the list.Christine KCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-39807975321759883722011-03-24T10:10:46.896-05:002011-03-24T10:10:46.896-05:00Hmm. My writing is set in the thirties, and althou...Hmm. My writing is set in the thirties, and although I haven't read The Help, my best friend did, and liked it, and I think she said that was its time era? So it qualifies, right? That's 50 years.<br /><br />Amusing comment about MTV seemed ancient!Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-71499567525070174872011-03-22T16:06:33.888-05:002011-03-22T16:06:33.888-05:00Great question, and I almost answered it in the or...Great question, and I almost answered it in the original post. Normally I go by the 50-year rule, though consider most of the '60s to fall within the HF definition, as well as Vietnam - because it was a major historical event.<br /><br />When I watch reruns of MTV from the early '90s, it does seem like ancient history. I'd draw the line at including that as HF, though!Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-6824821970346174032011-03-22T11:29:58.698-05:002011-03-22T11:29:58.698-05:00Are we going by the before-50-years criterion for ...Are we going by the before-50-years criterion for historical novels? If so, THE HELP and MATTERHORN wouldn't qualify b/c they are set less than 50 years ago (although THE HELP might squeak by). But hey, the 90s are like totally ancient history.<br /><br />Sarah Other LibrarianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com