Blog - Jillianne Hamilton | Delightful Historicals

Review: Glamour Girls

Jun 20, 2021 | Book Reviews

I'm a sucker for a novel about a lady pilot who flies airplanes during wartime. (I've also reviewed The Flight Girls by Noelle Salazar and Kate Quinn's The Huntress.) And Glamour Girls by Marty Wingate is another great example of this very specific historical fiction subgenre. Set in England...

How to Read on a Budget During an Apocalypse

Mar 19, 2020 | Reading

Did I say apocalypse? I meant pandemic. I hope everyone is staying safe and washing their hands constantly and not touching their face and...

Review: A Murderous Relation

Mar 18, 2020 | Book Reviews

There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. The fifth instalment of the Veronica Speedwell Mysteries series was...

Jillianne Hamilton: Minimalist?

Feb 8, 2020 | Diary

I recently had my very own aha! moment. HRM Oprah would be so proud. Since sometime last year, I began dipping into minimalism. I would say I'm a...

Happy 5th Birthday, Molly Miranda!

Feb 6, 2020 | Diary

Five years ago today, I published my first novel, Molly Miranda: Thief for Hire. It had been a busy year beforehand, getting the book ready, doing...

20 Things Book Lovers Can Do in 2020

Jan 12, 2020 | Reading

Since it's January, a lot of people are trying to start the new year and the new decade off right by setting goals in order to enrich their lives...

Review: Daisy Jones & the Six

Dec 29, 2019 | Book Reviews

There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. I inhaled this audiobook over the course of the No Man's Land that...

Review: The Witches Are Coming

Dec 27, 2019 | Book Reviews

There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. Contains some minor spoilers. I adored Lindy West's book of essays,...

Jill’s Top 19 Things of 2019

Dec 22, 2019 | Diary, Reading

As per tradition, I’ve compiled a list of awesome things from over the course of the year. Check out posts from prior years:...

10 Best Blog Posts of 2019

Dec 17, 2019 | Diary

It's actually kind of tricky to decide what blog posts should be considered for a "best of" list, so I split this list into two categories: my...

The 5 Best Books I Read in 2019

Dec 10, 2019 | Book Reviews, Reading

December is usually the time people reflect on the last year: the ups, the downs, and, most importantly, the very good books we've read. Here are my...

Review: Well Met

Dec 6, 2019 | Book Reviews

There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. As soon as I found out Jen DeLuca's novel, Well Met, was based at a...