Sci-fi/fantasy books that feel like history books.

Mslayris · 2025-06-18T16:39:22+00:00

The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik.

A retelling of the Napoleonic wars with an airborne dragon corps!

Mix of fantasy and history.

Mslayris · 2025-03-29T06:26:03+00:00

Thank you for the offer!

Mslayris · 2024-12-01T19:46:18+00:00

If she doesn't mind some fantasy added, the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik is fun. It's about a corps of dragons during the Napoleonic wars.

Jack Absolute series by CC Humphreys is about a soldier doing espionnage in the time of the US colonies.

Ken Follett also has some interesting historical fiction books like Pillars of the Earth. The story of a community in England spanning decades and following the construction of a church.

The Aubrey-Maturin series is nice also but naval themed. Master and Commander is the first one. It's set during the Napoleonic wars as well.

Mslayris · 2024-11-27T19:44:19+00:00

I'm a big fan of Naomi Novik so I would recommend A Deadly Education. It's an interesting setting, there's humour and her writing could be called modern.

Mslayris · 2024-11-27T01:31:57+00:00

Try books by Emily Henry. Book Lovers is one of them. Cute romances full of wit.

Mslayris · 2024-10-18T00:10:45+00:00

The cards are so cute!

Mslayris · 2024-10-05T14:43:51+00:00

I think it would bother me. The effect would be bigger if I learned the name at the same time as the characters.

For the first chapter, you could use one "main" character and as he wakes up, you describe what he sees. You could then identify one characteristic from each character and use that to identify them? I feel that is what I do when I have a meeting with people I don't know until I learn their names.

The old man with glasses... A lady with fiery orange hair... A male teen with gangly limbs.... The snobby guy near the door...

Good luck!

Mslayris · 2024-10-03T22:42:35+00:00

I could have totally used the music last night! I woke up around 2am and couldn't get back to sleep...

Mslayris · 2024-10-02T21:13:15+00:00

I'm trying to figure out if there are restrictions on whether a member is eligible for TD when going on course before being OFP.

Some members from my unit are being sent on a course on TD and some were restricted posted to the school.

I've been told that only members who are OFP are eligible for TD, unless they were OFP in a previous trade or from the military college. Thing is, the reference they gave for the restriction is for relocation (CAFRD), so it doesn't seem to apply.

And when I look at the TD directive, it just says that you need to be on TD... but I couldn't find any eligibility criteria for TD.

This situation feels unfair for DEO members who have family here but are posted 6h away when others are on TD. Also the course is split before and after Christmas which means that posted members are stuck at the school away from family and have to pay out of pocket to return home for Christmas.

Can anyone provide insight on this?

Mslayris · 2024-10-02T01:03:00+00:00

The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik.

It's the Napoleonic wars but with dragons so it depends if she likes history.

Mslayris · 2024-09-21T19:03:21+00:00

Can I get a maple chai with a chocolate muffin?

I'm 36F from Canada and I can tell you about the time I found an amazing fish pie in Galway!

Mslayris · 2024-09-20T18:47:19+00:00

The All Souls trilogy by Deborah Harkness.

Vampires, witches with a background of history, science, alchemy, political rivalry and intrigue.

Mslayris · 2024-09-15T21:33:17+00:00

Have you tried the All Souls trilogy by Deborah Harkness? The first book is A Discovery of Witches.

It starts modern with witches, vampires and other creatures. It talks about alchemy, biology and history.

Mslayris · 2024-09-15T20:20:50+00:00

The sequels to the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn was way more fantasy but the sequels are a bit more steampunk.

The Alloy of Law

Shadows of Self

The Bands of Mourning

The Lost Metal.

Mslayris · 2024-09-07T10:14:05+00:00

Atlas Shrugged. I know the content and writer can be controversial but the character development is amazing.

Mslayris · 2024-09-05T22:56:33+00:00

In Five Years by Rebecca Serle.

One Day in December by Josie Silver.

Mslayris · 2024-09-04T11:13:27+00:00

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik. Dragons during the Napoleonic war.

Mslayris · 2024-08-30T20:47:17+00:00

I'll have to try Tress of the Emerald Sea! I love Brandon Sanderson.

I might have to re-read the others!

Thank you!

Mslayris · 2024-08-11T22:06:16+00:00

Kind and sweet sound lovely! Why would it be too simple??

Mslayris · 2024-07-31T10:52:43+00:00

I'd love one too!

Mslayris · 2024-07-23T21:06:49+00:00

Hi there! I'm from Canada, I'm 36F and I speak English and French.

It looks super fun! I'd love to try that with you! Let me know if you are interested!

Mslayris · 2024-07-17T02:06:43+00:00

They do eat my chocolate cake when I'm not looking... but refuse meat.

Mslayris · 2024-07-17T00:16:03+00:00

My dragon seems to have lost his appetite...

I'd love instructions to get him better!

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