Been reading a lot of British fiction books by and (largely) about women where

1. the POV is 1st person limited (but changes POV characters throughout)
2. [CW: upsetting topics] Doesn't shy away from scandals, including vivid sexual assault scenes or extreme parentification of young POV children
3. It often follows characters over the course of years, maybe decades. There are some "close up" scenes where they focus on the dialouge of a moment, but there's relatively little detailed description. like they're recapping historic events, almost. like "Martha wasn't sure about that, but Annie agreed. Anyway, they were running out of luck, and they did by the end of that week, when Mr. Nel did ... "
4. Takes place in historical times, often right after WWII, but perhaps in the 1970s ish

Examples: The Miller's Daughter by Elizabeth Gills, Orphan Sisters by Lola Jaye, Lovely Lane Series by Nadine Dorries

Does anyone have any book recs to read for when someone is struggling with their mental health? Specifically books that you can relate to and give you a feeling of hope, comfort and inspiration rather than self help instructional books? What kind of books do you pick up when you are struggling etc?

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Hello friends!

I am completing a bingo card challenge for a local bookstore, and there are two prompts left that I would love some recommendations for 🥰 They are:

Historical romance NOT set in the UK or US

Disabled Main Character, Written by a Disabled Author (my preference here would be fantasy or mystery but I’m open to anything you think is really good!**

Thanks so much!

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Hi I decided do to the A-Z reading challenge this year! But I'm struggling to find good books for certain letters. I'm still unsure or looking for books starting with letters G, J, K, M, N, P, U, V, W, X and Z I know it's a lot For some of these I have possible reads like The Golden compass, Katabis, Midnight library, Nightingale, Poppy war, Wings of starlight... But im not 100% set on them. The biggest challenge seems to be finding good J, U, V, X and Z books. I've been thinking of making X the wildcard but then I'd still need to find the rest.

Any good book recs? I mostly read fantasy & romantasy and historical fiction set in prehistoric times or during WW2 Thanks in advance!!

I feel like I fell in love with this platform this year because why am I on here every single day?? I haven’t let up once 😭 I swear my phone hate to see me coming at this point

And the way I keep hitting the 5-post limit when I’m reading a book??? I’ll be mid-spiral and suddenly it’s like “no more posts for today” and I’m screaming LET ME INNNN I HAVE MORE TO SAYYY 🤧

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Alright so I turn 30 on the 28th of this month 🫢 and I’m curious if anyone has recs in fantasy or dystopians where the woman is like at least over 25, but in her 30s would be great. Or older! Heck I’d love to read a fantasy series with a 40 year old woman are you kidding?

I have read one, Swordheart, I really liked that she was much older than the typical FMC is. And current I’m reading the plated prisoner series and I know Auren is 25 which is nice. And I’d like to know if there’s more. It doesn’t bother me necessarily that most FMC’s I read in these genres are younger (18-22) because I still see myself as younger than I am 💅🏼 or I just kind of picture/envision my younger self or even sometimes my current aged self anyway.

Thanks!

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