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[Jane]

Carlos wrote: "I must said, sadly, that I prefer new music indeed. I mean, I love The Smiths (hardcore fan), Megadeth and Tom Petty but I feel at ease with Rihanna, Lorde and this song which is in my head all day..."

Oh goodness no. We all have different tastes. The only one I've heard of is Tom Petty. I have no idea who the other people are.

[Ace]

Margaret I knew we'd get sprung and for penance I did some reasearch... has anyone mentioned M.C. Scott?
https://www.goodreads.com/series/55207

I haven't read one yet but this series does look interesting.

[Vicki]

I love the Catherine LeVendeur series by Sharan Newman. Catherine is a young Catholic woman whose family converted from Judaism, and the first book in the series involves the famous Abelard and Heloise.

(several others)

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Ace ⚓ wrote: "Margaret I knew we'd get sprung and for penance I did some reasearch... has anyone mentioned M.C. Scott?
https://www.goodreads.com/series/55207

I haven't read one yet but this series does look int..."

I don't think they have, Ace, and the series does look interesting.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Simona wrote: "Hi Ace, I m 51 too! But you know what they say, there are people that die at 25 but don't notice until they're 80... Kudos to our silver haired members that daily put me to shame remembering perfec..."

That is such a true saying! I see this all the time. People who live their life like they died in their late 20's and are just going through the motions for the rest of it.

But now I'm getting us wildly off topic.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Ace ⚓ wrote: "Margaret I knew we'd get sprung and for penance I did some reasearch... has anyone mentioned M.C. Scott?
https://www.goodreads.com/series/55207

I haven't read one yet but this series does look int..."

Great series. Highly recommended!!!

[Ace]

I'll check it out myself I think. Thanks Terri.

[Msjodi777]

Harold wrote: "Winston Graham's Poldark series. Ross Poldark, struggling mine owner, liberal-minded member of the Cornwall gentry, battles against adversity, marries, has children, continuously fights his enemies..."

Had to look these up, because the Poldark name was so familiar.... yep, read several of these when I was in high school, in the early 60's... funny.... <><

[Msjodi777]

Carlos wrote: "I must said, sadly, that I prefer new music indeed. I mean, I love The Smiths (hardcore fan), Megadeth and Tom Petty but I feel at ease with Rihanna, Lorde and this song which is in my head all day..."

Ha! Carlos.... had an opportunity to see The Drifters this past weekend, and it was wonderful... amazingly enough I could remember all the words to all the songs they sang... and while they were not "The Original Drifters" they did a great job... a couple of them were my age and older, but at least one of them was the son (or more likely grandson) of one of the older members.... still put on a great show, and even better, spent time letting people take pictures and talking to those who hung out in the lobby after the show. They were just so very nice... and doesn't that make everything even more worth it?

@Ace & @Simona... I'm old enough that you two were born the year I started my senior year in high school... so yea... some of this Ancient History we read, was in the headlines when I was in school.... LOL <><

[Msjodi777]

Margaret wrote: "Okay guys, time to get this thread back on track. Maybe move the music discussion to: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... :)"

ooops, Sorry Margaret.... going back on track now... <><

[Carlos]

Msjodi777 wrote: "Carlos wrote: "I must said, sadly, that I prefer new music indeed. I mean, I love The Smiths (hardcore fan), Megadeth and Tom Petty but I feel at ease with Rihanna, Lorde and this song which is in ..."
Ancient times indeed with The Drifters. Sorry Margaret. Last line I write on the subject. I am currently on book 7 from Steven Saylor "Roma sub Rosa" and after this series (5 more books to go) I pretend to pursue The "Flavia Albia" series from Lindsay Davis. Is It any good?

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Carlos wrote: "Msjodi777 wrote: "Carlos wrote: "I must said, sadly, that I prefer new music indeed. I mean, I love The Smiths (hardcore fan), Megadeth and Tom Petty but I feel at ease with Rihanna, Lorde and this..."

I couldn't get into the Flavia Albia series. I didn't feel the books were as good as the parent Falco ones.

[Jane]

Carlos wrote: "Msjodi777 wrote: "Carlos wrote: "I must said, sadly, that I prefer new music indeed. I mean, I love The Smiths (hardcore fan), Megadeth and Tom Petty but I feel at ease with Rihanna, Lorde and this..."

My opinion: Flavia Alba was so-so.

[Carlos]

Well, I think I'll go instead to the "Warrior of Rome" series by Sidebottom instead. Thanks.

[happy]

I'm with Jane and Margaret on Flavia Alba - something just didn't gel for me.

[Jane]

Carlos wrote: "Well, I think I'll go instead to the "Warrior of Rome" series by Sidebottom instead. Thanks."

I MIGHT try that one now that I've read his Throne of the Caesars series so far. In #3 we are introduced to Ballista, who's important to that story--and supposedly, history. I still don't see why Sidebottom doesn't keep his "barbarian" name, Dernhelm, along with the Marcus Clodius, instead of Ballista.

[Carlos]

Are You aware of this series? Looks WOW to me! https://www.goodreads.com/series/1646...

[happy]

Another medieval mystery series that I like - in fact I read them almost back to back is Jeri Westerson's Crispin Guest series. Set in the reign of Richard II, John of Gaunt, Henry Bolingbroke and Richard himself show up as supporting characters

https://www.goodreads.com/series/4587...

[Bill]

I found Jack Whyte's Camulod series to be very good over the first handful of titles (found he lost a lot of steam later on), and it's a great dovetail between Rome and Arthurian Britain.

Start with

The characters develop nicely through the series, and Whyte presents what I've found to be the most plausible origin of the Arthurian canon.