Northern Heroes group read Jan 1 - Apr 1 2018

[S.W.]

I know! And there's so many pics of small, striped house cats pulling sleigh-duty too, and not even the Norwegian breed which are about twice the size of normal house cats. I tend to picture tiger-sized wildcats, which is a fair trade between house cats and "bears" the article speaks of.

[S.W.]

5 stars for my 3rd read, and thx for the late join, Christy:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[S.W.]

Spring read thread and invites starting late Feb, to be launched April 1st. Skoal!

EDIT: I had more authors in cue than I thought, so I sent 12 invites today. Signed-up so far:


1. Kai Mjaanes Ragnarök
2. S.W. Wilcox A Poem for Britain
3. Patricia Finney A Shadow of Gulls
4. Justin Orton To Raise a King
5. Eileen Enwright Hodgetts Excalibur Rising: Book One
6. Samantha Burnell A Queen's Spy
7. M.L. Mackworth-Praed Logres
8. Carol McGrath The Handfasted Wife
9. author x
10. author y

Message copy:
Spring is coming! Would you possibly like to do a group read this spring (my 3rd, and very successful)? 3 authors would read and review you, and you'd read/review 3 different authors (avoids swaps) in the same broad genre of Northern Heroes before gunpowder from Arthur & Beowulf to Robin Hood & Hamlet. You'll get a full month per book. Let me know soon? Thanks!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[M.L.]

Sounds great! I’m in!

[Mercedes]

What happens when they stop to lick themselves?

[S.W.]

Mercedes wrote: "What happens when they stop to lick themselves?"

Haha! And as Snowbell said in Stuart Little "And that could take hours -- if you do it right...." (Not sure how Shyamalan got a G film rating with that line.)

[Mercedes]

chortle

[J.M.]

Reviews posted for Brian Lang's Knight's Journal - loved it!

[S.W.]

Thanks J.M.. GR link here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brian]

Thanks, J.M.!!!

[J.M.]

Brian wrote: "Thanks, J.M.!!!"

No, thank you - that was a fun read :)

[Brian]

J.M. wrote: "Brian wrote: "Thanks, J.M.!!!"

No, thank you - that was a fun read :)"

The rest of the series is also available! ;-) Happy to share copies if you want to read and review them! Shoot me a message if so.

[Christy]

kaffka, the holy grail, and a woman who reads: the quests of sir kay's reviews are up!

Goodreads
Amazon

[Brian]

Just finished The Aesir Kids, my 3rd and final read of this thread.

5 extremely glowing stars. Absolutely adored it.

Goodreads here --> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon here -->
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2EQRZ7...

I also tweeted about it!

[S.W.]

Brian wrote: "Just finished The Aesir Kids, my 3rd and final read of this thread. 5 extremely glowing stars. Absolutely adored it.

Thanks Brian, I really liked it too!

[Mercedes]

Just finished "The Knight's Journal 1". It was delightful! Here is my 5-star review. Great job, Brian!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

https://www.amazon.com/review/R1YDRJK...

[Brian]

Thank you, Mercedes! So happy you liked it!

[Rusty]

My reviews of The Song of the Sirin have been posted. Solid book.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

https://www.amazon.com/review/R3JUY1G...

[S.W.]

Susan's review of "Islands in the Mist." Wow, nothing beats a thorough and glowing review from an English professor! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[J.M.]

S.W. wrote: "Susan's review of "Islands in the Mist." Wow, nothing beats a thorough and glowing review from an English professor! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Amen to that! I'm so flattered!

[Christy]

Nicholas Kotar, I've messaged you several times, but never got a copy of your book - I'm running out of month to read it :)

[S.W.]

Christy wrote: "Nicholas Kotar, I've messaged you several times, but never got a copy of your book - I'm running out of month to read it :)"

He contacted me early on about how best to give notes, but I haven't heard a peep since. If you don't hear from him by April 1st, just consider him a no-show. :=(

[S.W.]

Err, which snakes exactly did St. Patrick banish? https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog... ...Ah, I see!

[Brian]

For those of you who read and enjoyed the first entry in the Knight's Journal as part of this reading group, entries II and III are on sale now for Kindle ($1.99 each).

The Knight's Journal II
Knight's Journal III

Huge thanks go out to Sam Burnell for all the help she's giving me in improving descriptions, playing with keywords and categories. The business side of this isn't my forte, but I really appreciate the positive feedback and reviews I've received here for the first entry!

[Rusty]

My reviews of Susan Signe Morrison's Grendel's Mother are posted.

https://www.amazon.com/review/RQ8W2PA...

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[S.W.]

Susan's review of "A Poem for Britain":

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

And I think that closes out this round....

[Brian]

For those of you who enjoyed (or are just interested in) my King Arthur Origins series, the 4th and final collection in the series is on sale for $1.99 right now for Kindle.

Knight's Journal IV

[Christy]

I just got Nicholas' book! :)

[S.W.]

Thanks Christy. I'll leave it up to you whether to read/review it, since as far as I know he didn't review any of his three assigned books.

[J.M.]

S.W. wrote: "Thanks Christy. I'll leave it up to you whether to read/review it, since as far as I know he didn't review any of his three assigned books."

I sent him a copy of mine, and he verified that he received it, but that was the last I heard.

[S.W.]

I apologize for that J.M. If this happened earlier in the read, I would have looked for a replacement. This subject matter though isn't as common as one would think, and I used all my on-deck authors for the current read, with zero leftovers.

[Rusty]

I have J.M.'s novel and am not part of the next round, so I'll review it sometime in the next month or two. Been looking forward to reading it anyway.

[S.W.]

Well that's mighty decent of ya, "Sir" Rusty!

[Christy]

I had a 'bi' in one of them - so I'll go ahead. Maybe it will encourage him to do his :)

[J.M.]

Rusty wrote: "I have J.M.'s novel and am not part of the next round, so I'll review it sometime in the next month or two. Been looking forward to reading it anyway."

Thank you so much, Rusty--I appreciate it! I enjoyed yours. I hope you enjoy mine as well.

[Christy]

My review of Nicholas Kotar's The Song of the Sirin

link: Goodreads review
link: Amazon review

[Brian]

For those who enjoyed Knight's Journal I - the first volume of the King Arthur Origins Series, I have placed volumes 3 and 4 on sale for just $1.99 each.

Knight's Journal III
Knight's Journal IV

As always, I appreciate the Goodreads Arthuriana reading group and hope you all continue to enjoy the series!

Thanks,
Brian

[S.W.]

My new double-novella will be just 99cents starting noon Friday both in the USA and UK. A Poem for Britain, A Contest for England I'd appreciate any buys to help the book launch at #1!

https://www.amazon.com/Poem-Britain-C...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Poem-Britain...