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[Sandy]

I'm reading The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. My son-in-law kept urging me and I gave in. So glad too... it's fabulous!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Sandy,

I am not sure if you introduced yourself on the introduction thread but it helps folks get to know you first. Our assisting moderators also give out some helpful hints for those folks posting for the first time on this site. We have rules for citations: we cite the bookcover which you have done very well; then we also cite the author's photo when available and always the author's link which is the author's name in linkable text.

Try to go back and edit message 1158 for practice so that you can get it right. This is an exceptional book; glad that you are enjoying it.

by Ayn Rand

[Morgiana]

now I started


by Caleb Carr
let's see what will I know about the psychotheraphy and the detection in 19th century in New York.
The protagonist is Hungarian (good start!) and the start of the book is very thrilling, with Franklin Delano Roosevelt and some policemen.
Secondly I started books by Rebecca Gablé

& by Rebecca Gablé about the Middle Age in England.

[Alisa]

Morgiana, I loved by Caleb Carr. The suspense is terrific, great story line.

[Bryan]

Alisa wrote: "Morgiana, I loved by Caleb Carr. The suspense is terrific, great story line."

Me, too; great book!

[Morgiana]

Bryan wrote: "Alisa wrote: "Morgiana, I loved by Caleb Carr. The suspense is terrific, great story line."

Me, too; great book!"

Alissa, Bryan, yes, I already love this book - I'd never imagine it was all possible in the Victorian New York (ok, it seems to be little anachronistic to say that)
it was real hell for the poor kids. A really great book indeed.

[Zeljka]

Hi,

I am currently reading a bunch of various books, ranging from poetry, classics to modern crime fiction, but among them is the book concerning a little bit this book club:

by Marguerite Yourcenar.

It is not non-fiction of course, but it adds quite a bit to the picture we have of this roman emperor and to the picture of roman culture and politics in general.

['Aussie Rick']

I am just starting this book which should be (fingers crossed) an interesting read:


by Deborah Cadbury

[Jill H.]

AR....is that about the son of Louis XVI and Marie Antionette? I read a book that was an historical fiction about that subject and it raised interesting questions even though it was fiction. I will be curious about this one.


by Louis Bayard

by Deborah Cadbury

[Karolina]

Justin Cronin.

I have only read a bit of this book. It seems a very ambitious enterprise. Seems good so far. I will read the reviews now

['Aussie Rick']

Jill wrote: "AR....is that about the son of Louis XVI and Marie Antionette? I read a book that was an historical fiction about that subject and it raised interesting questions even though it was fiction. I wil..."

Hi Jill, it is and it is also about the use of DNA testing to prove or disprove that the dauphin died during the French Revolution. I've only finished the first chapter so I don't know where the story is going to take me :)

[Krystal]

Aussie it looks real good its going into my overgrown pile of TBR. I have over 60 books I believe. but I might take some out.

Currently reading: by Kim Edwards

[Tom]

starting this one, from my TBR piles


by Michael Norman

off to a good start :)

[Thom]

I am currently reading Dawn on a Distant Shore, the second book of the Sara Donati series. It is rated as a historical novel but has few if any direct references to actual historical events. I would classify it as a love story in a historical setting.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hi there Thom: remember citations have three parts - bookcover which you added very well; author's photo when available and always the author's link:

by Sara Donati

['Aussie Rick']

Looks like everyone is getting into some great books, good reading to you all!

[Jill H.]

In message 1155, I reported that I was starting this book:
by D. J. Taylor
I just can't seem to get into it; so I am putting it down for now and return to it later. Instead I am now reading and enjoying (so far);

by Geoffrey O'Brien(no photo)

This was recommended on one of our threads.....true story of a society family where the son kills the father (or at least that is what it appears in the first two chapters)......I'm not sure where it is going but is interesting to this point.

[Morgiana]

Currently I am reading

by David Wishart

Philip Marlowe set in the ancient Rome - this is our hero Marcus Corvinus, who is investigating now the mysterious death of Germanicus, heir to Tiberius and Rome's favourite.
This is a very interesting crime novel with a living backround of Rome and Antioch in the 1st century A.D.

['Aussie Rick']

Sounds like a very interesting book Morgiana!

[Morgiana]

Rick, yes this was a really interesting reading - I was really surprised what Wishart thinks WHY Germanicus was murdered. (and have to say everything was valid, what the author was written).
It is a really good book with a very professional historcal background, I read this book just in 2 days and was really sorry when I finished it.
Now I am looking for the next Corvinus' book.

['Aussie Rick']

I have started reading; "Disaster at Moscow: Von Bock's Campaigns, 1941-42". It's been a pretty good account so far of this German general and his role as commander of Army Group Centre during Operation Barbarossa. Although the author made one clanger when he referred to Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen as the Red Baron's son when in fact he was his cousin.

by Alfred W. Turney

[Mimi V]

i just started the first world war by john keegan

John Keegan


i see that you did a group read of this last year, so i'll be checking that thread out as i go.

['Aussie Rick']

Good book there Naomi! I am sure you will enjoy it and you can post in the group read thread or the WW1 thread if you like as well, hope to hear from you soon.

[Autumn]

I am almost finished with by George R.R. Martin. I wasn't sure what I thought about it at first, but about 100 pages later got hooked! It's for those that like medieval times.

This week I plan to start

by Robert Olmstead. I hear this book is a pretty gruesome tale about The Civil War because the narrative is from the viewpoint of a very young boy.... but it might be an important book to read.

[Mimi V]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "Good book there Naomi! I am sure you will enjoy it and you can post in the group read thread or the WW1 thread if you like as well, hope to hear from you soon."

thanks! i'm looking forward to reading the posts and commenting.

[Steve D]

I am currently reading by Mark Twain

and

by Joseph J. Ellis

[Jill H.]

by Charles Spencer(no photo)

Just started this book by Charles, Earl Spencer. His book: was terrific, so I know this one will be equally as well done. (I think you have read this, A.Rick)

['Aussie Rick']

Read them both Jill and I am sure you will enjoy it as well :)

['Aussie Rick']

I am still reading; "Paris the Secret History" but I am having breaks in-between sections of the book to read something different. I have just picked up and started; "Most Unfavourable Ground".

by Andrew Hussey

by Niall Cherry

[Jill H.]

I saw byAndrew Hussey in one of my many book catalogues and wondered if it would be worthwhile. Somehow, the description didn't grab me. You will let me know how it is, won't you?

['Aussie Rick']

I will, its a different take on Paris as a city and it has received some mixed reader reviews but I must confess to enjoying it so far.

[Morgiana]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "I will, its a different take on Paris as a city and it has received some mixed reader reviews but I must confess to enjoying it so far."

AR, could you update me about this book so far?;)

[Morgiana]

Naomi wrote: "i've read quite a few books now on Tudor history and i'm currently reading this:

by David Starkey [authorimage:David Starkey..."

Naomi, how did you like this book?

[Tom]

Decided on "The Franco-Prussian War" for my next book


by Michael Eliot Howard

[Hubert]

by Alain de Botton

[Hubert]

Also - by Paul Cartledge

['Aussie Rick']

Tom wrote: "Decided on "The Franco-Prussian War" for my next book


by Michael Eliot Howard"

Good book there Tom, hope you enjoy it!

[Alisa]

I am currently reading and moderating The History Book Club discussion of this book:

by Mark Twain

Hope to see you on the discussion threads!

['Aussie Rick']

I've started the second volume in a four volume set covering Louisiana during the Civil War by Donald Frazier, this volume is; "Thunder Across the Swamp".

by Donald S. Frazier

[Kathy]

Finishing up King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild. Really interesting book about the exploration/explotation of the Congo in the late 1800s/early 1900. The only downside of the book was at time the descriptions of the atrocities were a bit gruesome.

[Alisa]

Kathy F wrote: "Finishing up King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild. Really intere..."

Sounds like an interesting book!
Don't forget to add the author link in addition to the photo and bookcover.
by Adam Hochschild

Thanks for sharing.

[Geevee]

I'm a third of the way through and enjoying

Man of valour: The life of Field-Marshal the Viscount Gort, VC,GCB,DSO,MVO,MC by John Rupert Colville (No book cover or author photo)

Gort was highly decorated in World War One being awarded the Victoria Cross, Three Distinguished Service Orders, a Military Cross and eight times mentioned in dispatches. He is probably best known though for commanding the British Expeditionary Force in the France and Flanders campaign in 1940.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Geevee that looks like an interesting read.

[Morgiana]

Now I am currently reading:

by Colleen McCullough

and

by Robert Graves

['Aussie Rick']

I've just picked and started reading; "The Battle of the Tanks" by Lloyd Clark.


by Lloyd Clark

[Mary]

I am readingThe Great Sea: A Human History of the MediterraneanDavid Abulafia.
This is almost a huge textbook of information, extremely detailed, well written... a complete overview. I have just finished the Peloponnesian war, so a long way to go. The one drawback, I am continually searching for maps, a feel I need a historical atlas.

[Jill H.]

Mary......don't forget to cite the book cover, the author's photo if available and a link to the author. The book you mentioned should look like this:

by David Abulafia(no photo)

Sounds like an interesting book.

[Alisa]

Mary wrote: "I am readingThe Great Sea: A Human History of the MediterraneanDavid Abulafia.
This is almost a huge textbook of information, extremely detailed, well written... a ..."

Mary, sounds like an intriguing book. Don't forget to select the book cover and author photo in your citation.


by David Abulafia

I'm with you on the need for maps. Sometimes a visual is a huge help.

[Krystal]

by Michelle Moran the names are a little confusing I'm only half-way done the first chapter since yesterday.

[Jackie]

I just started this one

I just finished this one