My Six in six #2021

Jo of the Book Jotter organizes this meme since 2012. Now what’s it about?

The idea being that as the end of June approaches and we are then halfway through the year, let us share the books we have read in those first 6 months. In fact let’s share 6 books in 6 categories, or if time is of the essence then simply share just 6 books. Whatever combination works for you as long as it involves 6 books. Of course the same book can obviously feature in more than one category.

Maybe I’ll still write a halfway wrap-up post of my reading goals, but I decided to join in with Six in six to show you the books I’ve already during the first six months of the year. I have chosen some of the given categories but I’ve also created my own to aim at as much diversity as possible. As I’ve ‘only’ read 24 book so far, some books will feature more than once.

Ok, here we go

Six classics

Nice on track with my classics club!

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• The man in the iron mask by Alexandre Dumas
• The tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
• The color purple by Alice Walker
• Howards End by E.M. Forster
• Lady Chatterley’s lover by D.H. Lawrence
• Far from the madding crowd by Thomas Hardy

Six books that are part of a series

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• Warriors of the storm by Bernard Cornwell (Book nine of The Saxon series)
• The fire court by Andrew Taylor (Book two of The Marwood and Lovett series)
• Rags of Time by Michael Ward (Book one of the Thomas Tallant mysteries)
• Demelza by Winston Graham (Book two of the Poldark series)
• Protector by Conn Iggulden (Book two of the Athenian series)
• Winter pilgrims by Toby Clemens (Book one of the Kingmaker series)

Six historical women I’ve read about

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• The crimson ribbon by Katherine Clemens (Elizabeth Poole)
• The queen’s dressmaker by Meghan Masterson (Marie Antoinette)
• Cecily by Annie Garthwaite (Cecily Neville)
• Catherine Of Aragon, the true queen by Alison Weir (Catherine of Aragon)
• First of the Tudors by Joanna Hickson (Margaret Beaufort)
• Amenable women by Mavis Cheek (Anne of Cleves)

Six books that are not set in England

This proved more difficult than I thought 😅

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• Flowers of darkness by Tatiana De Rosnay (Paris, France)
• Protector by Conn Iggulden (Greece)
• The mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (Norway)
• The color purple by Alice Walker (America and Africa)
• The burning chambers by Kate Mosse (southern France)
• The queen’s dressmaker by Meghan Masterson (Paris, France)

Six books that feature an English king

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• The vanishing witch by Karen Maitland (Richard II)
• The king’s evil by Andrew Taylor (Charles II)
• The crimson ribbon by Katherine Clemens (Charles I)
• First of the Tudors by Joanna Hickson (Henry VI)
• Catherine Of Aragon, the true queen by Alison Weir (Henry VII and Henry VIII)
• Winter pilgrims by Toby Clemens (Henry VI and Edward IV)

Six books set in the 17th century

My top period so far this year!

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• Rags of Time by Michael Ward
• The crimson ribbon by Catherine Clemens
• The fire court by Andrew Taylor
• The strange adventures of H by Sarah Burton
• The mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
• The man in the iron mask by Alexandre Dumas

I managed to include every single one of them at least once, hooray!

Have you read any of them? Please do share your ‘Six in six’.

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