Amanda Jain

Amanda Jain @wensday95 · 5d

Re-upping this evergreen nonfiction #mswl thread.

• Nonfiction

Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jul 12

#mswl

Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jul 1

@bookendslit's Nantucket office (aka Mom's house) is now open for the season! Send me all your summery books I can read on the beach. #mswl

Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 24

If anyone is looking for a f/f enemies to lovers romance idea here is a gift, and you better query me when you're done. #mswl

• Romance
• LGBT

Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 20

Ok, who's writing a book for me about Rose Cleveland?? #mswl

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Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 18

So, yes!, I'm still open to WWII stories. But I really want to see a fresh perspective, so go out there and find the story that hasn't been told yet. #mswl

• War

Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 18

Or Sandra Bolzenius's GLORY IN THEIR SPIRIT, which tells the stories of four African American women who fought against the Army's segregation policies. #MSWL

goodreads.com/book/show/3645…

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Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 18

And I'm open to nonfiction about WWII as well, especially books about the now forgotten women who played such a huge part in the War. #mswl

goodreads.com/book/show/4059…

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Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 18

I think there are still a ton of stories we can tell with regard to the War's Pacific front. Sara Ackerman's books set in Hawaii during the War are great examples. #mswl

goodreads.com/book/show/3521…

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Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 18

Rosella Postorino's AT THE WOLF'S TABLE, which tells the story of the women who were forced to act as Hitler's food tasters. #MSWL

goodreads.com/book/show/3986…

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Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 18

So, what do I mean by a fresh perspective? Here are some examples. #mswl

Julie Orringer's THE FLIGHT PORTFOLIO, based on the true story of Varian Fry's attempt to save Jewish artists fleeing the Holocaust:

goodreads.com/book/show/4155…

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Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 18

BUT, my #amquerying friends, you must show me a perspective on the War that's fresh and new and like nothing I've seen before to get me interested. If I feel like I can go to my local bookstore and easily pick up 10 books with a premise similar to yours, I'm going to pass. #mswl

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Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 18

So, let's talk about books set during WWII. Are there still a ton of them hitting the bookshelves every month? Yes. Am I a bit burned out on them? Also, yes. Am I completely closed to WWII queries? Of course not! #mswl

• War

Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 14

Re-upping my #mswl for a book set in the 1930s. Such an important decade, but one that often gets lost with so much focus on books set in the '20s and during WWII.

Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 13

I've had super grabby hands at the library lately, so here's a bonus visual #mswl for June!

Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 11

This history of the Royal Society of London looks fascinating. #mswl

goodreads.com/book/show/4228…

Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 11

I love books about history and books about place, and especially books on the history of places. #mswl

goodreads.com/book/show/4228…

Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 11

Always, always, always historical mysteries with strong female protagonists. #mswl

goodreads.com/book/show/3651…

• Mystery
• Historical

Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 11

The Gilded Age? A run-down mansion? Secrets? Sign me up! #mswl

goodreads.com/book/show/4326…

Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 11

History, myth, and place? Yes, please! #mswl

goodreads.com/book/show/3493…

• Myth