false 15 536 395 true 5641756 read 5 true 4855330 currently-reading 136 true 4855329 to-read 442 false 5617404 fiction 205 false 5617419 historical 168 false 5617420 vampire-werewolf-etc 58 false 5617414 christian-biblical 55 false 5617418 time-travel 38 false 5617413 tudor 22 false 5617397 classics 3 false 5617412 non-fiction <![CDATA[new comment from Wen]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/246569-happy-birthday-jennifer Wen made a comment in the A History of Royals group:

Jennifer wrote: "Aw, thanks sweets!

My birthday is actually tomorrow (Saturday) but my husband had a fabulous surprise party for me last Saturday and Mom & I had a birthday supper/get-together last night which ..."

Well Happy Tomorrow Birthday!! A Book AND the Opera.....sounds like great gifts to me.

]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Wen]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/227493-group-read-the-memoirs-of-cleopatra Wen made a comment in the A History of Royals group:

Colleen wrote: "Susan C wrote: "Lyn wrote: "I feel a lot better. You and I can read together Susan. "

Sounds good, we might have to have a discussion on the side by sending messages. So many of the others are..."

Oh Time Travelers Wife was Gooooood. Saw the movie first then my son was sweet and got me the book to read too. What a neat story.
]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Wen]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/228929-biblicial Wen made a comment in the A History of Royals group:

I recently finished reading Eve A Novel of the First Woman and really enjoyed it. The obvious is it is a retelling of the story of Eve and Adam. But it gives them more depth and make their mistakes/sin and what not have a more plausable context outside of just being mere fools.
The story is told from Eves point of view but also from her daughters. At first the book seemed a bit disjointed with the going back and forth but it does come together well once it gets going. The book covers Eves views on being expelled from Eden, the families dealing with 'other' people, Eves dealing with Lucifer and ultimately the fight between Cain and Abel and Abels death. I ended up really liking how it is told in the form of memories. ]]> <![CDATA[Wen added 'Eve: A Novel of the First Woman']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78531565 to: Eve: A Novel of the First Woman (Hardcover) by Elissa Elliott
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This book was very good. At first it seemed a little disjointed so did take a couple chapters for me to get the swing of the way it was written. It is written from Eves view as well as from the views of her daughters. At first it went back and forth a bit but the differing views caught up to each other as it progressed. Elliott took this old story and gave it a fresh look giving some aspects of the original story some plausable reasons as to why they occured as they did. Very well done. ]]> <![CDATA[Wen added 'A Daughter's Inheritance']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76400183 to: A Daughter's Inheritance (The Broadmoor Legacy #1) by Tracie Peterson
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This is the first of a trilogy. The book is well done. Took a couple chapters for me to get into but once I was into it really enjoyed the book. The characters are easy to like or dislike as they should be. The book does not really end though. Many books that are in a series have cliff hangers and such. This one just kind of stopped without resolving anything at all. So make sure you have the whole set if planning to read. ]]> <![CDATA[Wen is on page 245 of Eve: A Novel of the... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78531565 Wen is on page 245 of 432 of Eve: A Novel of the First Woman ]]> <![CDATA[Wen added 'Immortals: The Calling']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78531451 to: Immortals: The Calling (Immortals, #1) by Jennifer Ashley
]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Wen]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/231026-related-books-you-have-bought-or-borrowed-recently Wen made a comment in the A History of Royals group:

Lyn wrote: "Wen - Let me know how you like Eve A Novel of the First Woman. I have been wondering about it. "

I started this book. So far is pretty good. My copy is an ARC so not sure how different the final draft is. The book is a tiny but disjointed to me but interesting. The story is told as rememberances from Eve and also bits told by her daughters. So it goes back and forth a little. Eve is very old when recounting things so sometimes she is around the same time the girls are talking about and others she is remembering Eden and so on. I think overall will be really good.

]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Wen]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/222292-buddy-read-the-memoirs-of-cleopatra Wen made a comment in the Historical Fiction Buddy Reads group:

Jennifer wrote: "How's everyone coming along with this one? I'm still finding it very difficult to put it down!"


I had put it down to read on a few of the others I was reading...to give others a chance to catch up some. I am in the 3rd scroll so moving right along regardless.
]]> <![CDATA[Wen added 'The Wives of Henry VIII']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77870494 The Wives of Henry VIII (Paperback) by Antonia Fraser
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