Laura's comments

Laura's comments from the European Royalty group.

Note: Laura is no longer a member of this group.

I'm still slowly churning through this book. It's interesting but goes into such detail that I get slightly lost in parts. A much better read in my opinion is A Treasury of Royal Scandals by Michael Farquhar, which keeps the stories simple and juicy (just the way I like it). Farquhar also has a few other books out about American scandals as well. I have these books but have not read them yet.

I am also a huge Guitar hero fan. I got it for the Playstation 2 when it first game out so I have GH1, GH2, GH3, 80's edition and Aerosmith. Also, my in-laws got Rock Band this past fall so now we jam out on those! It's so much fun and addicting.

I have been halfway through Sex with the Queen for a while now. It's my "here and there" book that I pick up when I'm bored. It's okay.

Name: Laura
Where you're from: Lived in Many places
Where you live now: Battle Creek, MI
Birthday: Nov. 30, 1984
Family: Husband, our wonderful dog and many wonderful immediate and extended family members
Job: Communications assistant
Hobbies: reading, hiking, camping, playing games, etc.
Favorite:
Book: No way to choose...too many!
Movie: Mary Poppins and 101 Dalmations (it's to hard to pick my favorite 'grown up' movie so I opted for my 2 favorite kid movies).
Song: Changes all the time. Currently "Catch my Disease" by Ben Lee
Food: Mexican and Mac n Cheese (homemade)
Smell: Campfire
Sport: College football
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How you became interested in historical fiction (or non!): The Other Boleyn Girl set me off and I've been hooked ever since

Haha sooo true! But then they wouldn't be able to market it as sexy and appealing. The media turns everything back to 'looks', it's so obnoxious. I agree with keeping true to history. I feel bad for people who believe that's how things really were in the past and get their history backwards!

I bought the first season of The Tudors on DVD back in the summer and have yet to finish it. I didn't connect with the characters at all and that made me lose interest in the show.

I also didn't care for "The Other Boleyn Girl", it was poorly done.

Sticking to books seems to be the way to go!

I finished The Other Queen a few weeks ago. It was alright but didn't hold my interest as much as some of her other books.