I confess that I use “the Google” when reading. Mostly it occurs when I read historical novels, but it can strike at any time if there is something I just have to know or see. In the past few months I have looked up recipes for food that was mentioned in a book, dresses by a a famous dress designer, buildings/landmarks that books are set in and around, and characters that lived in real life. Sometimes I can stray down rabbit trails, but I eventually return to the book until another Google-fancy hits me. This week I am featuring the last 10 books that caused me to Google. I hope one piques your interest.
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These Books Made Me Google!
By Her Own Design by Piper Hugely (Jackie Kennedy’s wedding gown)
Hope Beyond The Waves by Heidi Chiavaroli (treatment of leprosy)
The Juliet Code by Pepper Basham (sites in Venice, Italy)
A Lady’s Guide to Marvels And Misadventure by Angela Bell (food specialities of Amsterdam and Prague)
Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb (Grasse, France)
Queen of Exiles by Vanessa Riley (Marie-Louise Christophe)
The Rhythm of Fractured Grace by Amanda Wen (people who survived scalping)
A Shadow in Moscow by Katherine Reay (American’s who spied for the USSR)
The Warsaw Sisters by Amanda Barratt (pictures from the Warsaw Ghetto in WWII)
Whiskers, Wreaths, And Murder by Kathy Manos Penn (sites in the Cotswolds, UK)
It’s so much fun to look up food from books!
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday.
I loved seeing what each book made you Google since I have not read them.
I can’t think of any particular books that made me Google recently, so I went a different route. Have a great week!
Great list, Beckie. All things I would have been curious about as well.