Hello, fellow time travellers! Welcome to the 2019 Historical Fiction Challange!  Let the fun times begin! This challenge begins on January 1, 2019, and ends midnight December 31, 2019. There will be a separate thread for lists.

There are 3 levels of travellers to choose from.  Which one are you?

The Marty McFly - Read 6 books

The Claire Fraser - Read 12 books

The Doctor - Read 18 books

There are 3 time machines to choose from.  Pick one, pick all, jump from one to another - this is a "choose your own adventure"!

THE TARDIS

1) It's Bigger On The Inside - Read a book that is at least 1000 pages

2) Let Me Introduce Myself... - Read the first book of a series

3) Actually, Let Me Re-Introduce Myself... - Read 2 books by the same author

4) All Of Space and Time - Read a book featuring an astronomer or dealing with astronomy

5) The Big Blue Box - Read a book with a blue cover

6) Space Continuum - Read a book set in two countries

7) Will You Be My Companion? - Read a historical mystery where a dynamic duo solve the mystery

8) I Am The Doctor - Read a book written in first person narrative

THE DELOREAN

1) Great Scott! - Read a book featuring a scientist or scientific discovery

2) Welcome To Hill Valley - Read a book set in 1950s America

3) The Flux Capacitor - Read a book set in 2 time periods

4) Who You Callin' Yellow? - Read a book set in the Old West

5) Enter Your Target Date - Read a book featuring an historical person or event that occured on your birthday,anniversary, etc. The year, obviously, is not important.  If you Wikipedia your month and day, a list of events will pop up.

6) Hey, Biff! - Read a book featuring a bully

7) You're My Density - Read a book featuring a "nerd" 

8) Don't Alter The Future! - Read a book featuring a prophecy

THE STANDING STONES

1) Hello, Jamie - Read a book featuring your favorite hunk

2) Sailing The Seas - Read a book featuring a sea voyage

3) The Redcoats Are Coming! - Read a book set during the American Revolution

4) Return To Lallybroch - Read a book set in the UK

5) Go Find The Stones - Read a book featuring a standing stone structure (ex, Stonehenge, pyramids...etc)

6) One Nation - Read a book featuring a tribe or clan

7) Jamie And Claire Forever - Read a book featuring a famous historical couple (ex- Antony and Cleopatra, Henry II and Eleanor od Aquataine..)

8) Outlander - Read a book made into a movie or TV show

TIME TURNER BONUS

Read 6 books on your TBR pile that you acquired before 2018.

Love this Carolyn!

Lovely categories thanks for putting it together.

A really great challenge. Thanks for doing it, Carolyn.

THE TARDIS

1) It's Bigger On The Inside - Read a book that is at least 1000 pages

2) Let Me Introduce Myself... - Read the first book of a series Tried and True (Wild at Heart, Bk 1) :: Mary Connealy

3) Actually, Let Me Re-Introduce Myself... - Read 2 books by the same author Now and Forever (Wild at Heart, Bk 2) :: Mary Connealy

4) All Of Space and Time - Read a book featuring an astronomer or dealing with astronomy 1634 : The Galileo Affair :: Andrew Dennis, Eric Flint

5) The Big Blue Box - Read a book with a blue cover Marilla of Green Gables: A Novel (Thorndike Press Large Print Historical Fiction) :: Sarah McCoy

6) Space Continuum - Read a book set in two countries  Love is Innocent :: Barbara Cartland  just a fun short read. 3 stars

7) Will You Be My Companion? - Read a historical mystery where a dynamic duo solve the mystery

8) I Am The Doctor - Read a book written in first person narrative

THE DELOREAN

1) Great Scott! - Read a book featuring a scientist or scientific discovery

2) Welcome To Hill Valley - Read a book set in 1950s America

3) The Flux Capacitor - Read a book set in 2 time periods

4) Who You Callin' Yellow? - Read a book set in the Old West

5) Enter Your Target Date - Read a book featuring an historical person or event that occured on your birthday,anniversary, etc. The year, obviously, is not important.  If you Wikipedia your month and day, a list of events will pop up.

6) Hey, Biff! - Read a book featuring a bully Fire and Ice (Wild at Heart, Bk 3) :: Mary Connealy

7) You're My Density - Read a book featuring a "nerd"

8) Don't Alter The Future! - Read a book featuring a prophecy

THE STANDING STONES

1) Hello, Jamie - Read a book featuring your favorite hunk

2) Sailing The Seas - Read a book featuring a sea voyage

3) The Redcoats Are Coming! - Read a book set during the American Revolution

4) Return To Lallybroch - Read a book set in the UK 1635: A Parcel of Rogues (Ring of Fire) :: Eric Flint, Andrew Dennis

5) Go Find The Stones - Read a book featuring a standing stone structure (ex, Stonehenge, pyramids...etc)

6) One Nation - Read a book featuring a tribe or clan

7) Jamie And Claire Forever - Read a book featuring a famous historical couple (ex- Antony and Cleopatra, Henry II and Eleanor od Aquataine..)

8) Outlander - Read a book made into a movie or TV show

TIME TURNER BONUS

Read 6 books on your TBR pile that you acquired before 2018.

Since I'm bored at work, and I've given up on completeing this years challenge, I was filling in books for the 2019 challenge.  Does anyone have any recommendations for the 1950s America slot? 

Here is one that would fit Carolyn  The Hellfire Club by Jake Tapper

Thanks, Alice! I'll check it out!

Here is a list of some books for the scientist/scientific discovery category

http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/989811/historical-fiction-roundup-scientific-discoveries/

Here is a list of some books for the astronomy/astronomer category

http://www.bookish.com/articles/john-pipkins-favorite-historical-novels-featuring-stargazers-and-astronomy/

Well, I've started out this year's challenge with The Standing Stones, #1 Hello, Jamie- Read a book featuring your favorite hunk.  My choice for this category is War of the Wolf by Bernard Cornwell, featuring one of my all time favorite action heroes, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.  This is the 11th novel in the author's Saxon Chronicles and is one of the best of the bunch IMHO.  Uhtred is getting old, but he is still surrounded by family and some long time trusted companions.  I gave it a 5 stars rating.

Cheryl, I'm a bit behind on my beloved Uhtred series.  At some point my interest started to wane a bit.  I'm not sure why. However, I do have the two or three most recent books on Audible, so I will get to them at some point.

I've probably missed oodles of discussion here in the years I've been flaking in and out only occasionally, but what does everyone think of the Netflix series?  I like it!  Particularly the most recent season.  I often see deviations from the books (as I recall them - i.e. I don't recall Aethelwold being that bad), and the actor cast as Uhtred had to grow on me (becuase I always picture Viggo Mortenson as Uhtred), but it's entertaining.  It makes me want to go back and read the books from the start.  But I won't.  I have too many other things to read.  LOL!

Shelley I like the Netflix series although I am only a couple of episodes into season 2. My son tells me how their swords and shields are all wrong. I tell him he doesn't have to watch it if he doesn't like it.

I like the actor that plays Uhtred very much too, although when I first started reading the books I also always pictured Viggo as Uhtred!  I think the Netflix series does a very excellent job of portraying the grittiness of the time and the light that Alfred brought to Wessex even though he was a very imperfect man.  My husband and I just finished up the last episode of the new season and I sure hope there are more to come.  The books have been rather uneven in quality but the most recent one, War of the Wolf was just about perfect in my opinion.

The Standing Stones #3- The Redcoats are Coming!

For this category I selected The Traitor's Wife by Allison Pataki.  This was a fictionalized account of the wife of Benedict Arnold, Margaret (Peggy) Shippen as seen through the eyes of her maid, Clara.  If even some of the happenings that took place in this book are factually true, what an ambitious, deceitful piece of work Peggy was!  We all remember learning in our American history class about how General Benedict Arnold betrayed the United States to the British and attempted to hand over West Point and murder George Washington.  It seems however, that the real mover and shaker in this plot was Peggy Arnold.  I really didn't like her at all, but the book was very interesting.

Cheryl,

Have you watched the TV Series Turn?  It deals with teh American Revolution, but also Peggy and Arnold.  I recommend it.

Carolyn

I watched the first episode of Turn it didn't do a lot for me, but maybe I should try again

Started Tombland by CJ Sansom for The Big Blue Box category. I love the Shardlake series.

CR

Started Rise to Rebellion by Jeff Shaara for the category The Redcoats Are Coming!