Need a good historical romance. Other genres too. discussion
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Discussion of HR and other books. And recs.
Vivienne wrote: "Ours went forward on Sunday, 26 September. ðŸ§message 505:
HBW2020,
Those are my favourites too, especially The Black Sheep and The Unknown Ajax. Last night I started Mimi Matthews *Christmas by ..."
I believe you mean A Holiday by Gaslight that takes place during the Christmas season. I hardily approve of the other books you named.
I am reading The Brat by Lyndsey Sands. This is set in Medieval times.I have some books put to one side for Christmas 🎄 reads. Which I will start in December.
Carol wrote: "Vivienne wrote: "Ours went forward on Sunday, 26 September. ðŸ§message 505:
HBW2020,
Those are my favourites too, especially The Black Sheep and The Unknown Ajax. Last night I started Mimi Matthe..."
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Carol,
You are correct. For some reason I have it fixed in my mind as Christmas by Gaslight.
BTW, I think you mean *heartily* not *hardily* ;)
Shaz, That sounds interesting. I'll check it out later today - it is now 12.17am on 9 Nov. my time.
Vivienne wrote: "Carol wrote: "Vivienne wrote: "Ours went forward on Sunday, 26 September. ðŸ§message 505:
HBW2020,
Those are my favourites too, especially The Black Sheep and The Unknown Ajax. Last night I start..."
Yes, heartily. And that's why I rarely write reviews. I have found this group a fairly safe place to land.
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Just kidding. I try to watch my spelling and tenses here, b/c so many
posters are more clever than I am. But I also know that people are open-minded & I've shown I'm imperfect. My SIL spells by hubs' name as Denis. I don't have the heart to correct her after all these yrs.
I am not the best at spelling. Lots of English spelling is different than American. So I hope this covers up some of my spelling mistakes. LOL
I sometime check my spelling as the word doesn't look right. Then find I have spelt it right.
HR-ML wrote: "If'n wear lookin' at gramur or spellin,' ladys, counte me in!Just kidding. I try to watch my spelling and tenses here, b/c so many
posters are more clever than I am. But I also know that people ..."
Is your SIL French? I understand Denis is the French version of Dennis.
Carol wrote: "Vivienne wrote: "Carol wrote: "Vivienne wrote: "Ours went forward on Sunday, 26 September. ðŸ§message 505:
HBW2020,
Those are my favourites too, especially The Black Sheep and The Unknown Ajax. L..."
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Carol,
I'm sorry. It’s a bad habit of mine that I am trying to stop, not very successfully as you can see.
I am confused with all the different discussions available and I recently posted a query on one of the threads dealing with the names of HRs. I can't be more specific as I can't remember which thread I chose.
Vivienne wrote: "Carol wrote: "Vivienne wrote: "Carol wrote: "Vivienne wrote: "Ours went forward on Sunday, 26 September. ðŸ§message 505:
HBW2020,
Those are my favourites too, especially The Black Sheep and The U..."
You are heartily forgiven. Since I can't spell for ----, I just type in what the word sounds like and eventually my computer tells me I have an actual word. Oh well, I was close.
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SIL is not French. I'm sure as a retired professor it is hard not to correct our spelling errors etc. in your head.
I find real acceptance here. We can talk about anything, share
the ups/ downs of life & still be validated. On another GR thread,
a moderator alleged another poster & me "highjacked
the thread" by going off on a tangent. I didn't understand her
rigid stance. A moderator should not bully posters, IMO.
I think that correcting in your head is something we all do automatically. There have been tests by psychologists that show that errors or missing letters are sometimes not even noticed because we often fill in the blanks in our heads. I have a GR friend from Italy who writes reviews in English. That's a feat in itself. I don't think the day will ever come that I could write a review in Italian. Yet somebody who probably only speaks and writes in English left a comment at one of her reviews, criticizing a minor error she made. He should have done that in his head.
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My late Mom did crossword puzzles in ink. I could not. She had French heritage & sometimes used French words in the midst of her Alzheimer's. Luckily I knew a few phrases & could translate. Before her mind started to slip, she was upset I liked UK
culture & history (latter had good/ bad aspects like all countries).
Carol-
I am at KU max of 10- may consider your rec for future. Thanks.
HR-ML wrote: "OLT---My late Mom did crossword puzzles in ink. I could not. She had French heritage & sometimes used French words in the midst of her Alzheimer's. Luckily I knew a few phrases & could translate. ..."
That's too bad about Skylight. Keep your eyes open for a discount.
I do crosswords in ink. There are certain words that are used again and again and you just get to know them. Interesting that you mentioned French because my HS French has come in handy for doing crosswords. I was a terrible French student. One can certainly not spell French words the way they sound. Hard enough in English.
I don't do them frequently but I do use ink for crosswords as I may not have a pencil around - but that only means that I am heavily writing over all my wrong guesses. I like crosswords.
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Oops: Sudoku. I wasn't even close.
I'm reading an interesting book of historical fiction, set during the Revolutionary War. The Turncoat's Widow
I finished The Turncoat's Widow. I don't know enough about the history of the Revolutionary War to know how accurate this is, but I was impressed. A whole lot dirtier and with more intrigue than what I was taught in school. There is a romance but the emphasis was on the danger and conspiracy. I think I'll have to re-read it in order to fully appreciate all the details.
During the Revolutionary War, the British kept prisoners on ships - they called them prison hulks. I knew they did that in Great Britain, didn't realize they did it in 'the colonies'. They dumped the dead bodies into the water periodically, and bones and skulls were piled up at the shoreline. This was around New York. Yikes.
The Turncoat's Widow
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...
HR-ML, I was fascinated by your review of the Peter Lawford biography. I remember him as being good looking and the just kind of quiet. But wow, what a story. So funny that this time is what Skylight Room is about. Sinatra even turns up as one of the minor characters.
HBW2020, I also enjoyed Donna Thorland's series, Renegades of the Revolution. First in the series is, I think, The Turncoat
I also read The Turncoat but didn't read the rest of the series. I think I either couldn't get the books at the time or I thought they were too expensive. But, I remember enjoying The Turncoat.
I have a new cell phone (courtesy of my husband 'cause I would never have upgraded), and I have been playing a word game on it. It's a lot of fun, but I have noticed that sometimes I create a word that is French or Italian. I did take French in high school and Italian in college and also German in college. I never create a German word though.
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Re message #530. Peter was complex. His late son Christopher also had substance abuse issues. (Also read memoir on Chris).
Roberta2----
I admire folks who can learn languages.
As far as learning languages, I'll just stuck with math. Much easier for me. No silent consonants or other funny stuff.
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I have more interest in math and science now than in school days. In high school we never had covos in Spanish, in college we did. The prof. told the class in Spanish that I was an idiot. I arranged a meeting w/ him, to prove I was trying. 2 yrs later he flirted
w/ me in an eatery. (He was accompanied by Spanish majors, 2 my friends) The man did not recognize me- he had hundreds of students. LOL! Now who was the idiot (old enough to be my dad)?
I've become more interested in sociology and psychology as I get older. And I can barely remember what integrals and derivatives are and certainly can't still calculate them.I was thinking about teaching math and was going to sit in on a math class at my old high school as an assignment. When I got to the school I stopped by the vice principal's office, I met him AND then he said, "You always had beautiful eyes." Somehow, I kept my mouth from dropping open. There always was and will always be dirty old men.
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Let's hear it for dirty old men. Not. I had an econ prof try to get me to switch my major. But he was respectful.
OLT wrote: "HBW2020, I also enjoyed Donna Thorland's series, Renegades of the Revolution. First in the series is, I think, The Turncoat"I have it but haven't read it. Just sent it to my kindle.
I just finished The Lord and The Bluestocking. It could have been written about my second husband. Childhood to marriage, it was right on. My husband was a brilliant physicist and a loving, considerate person, but always kept a little of his crazy observations and funny reactions to everyday things. So much of this story rang true to me.
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I thought it a sweet romance book.
Carol wrote: "I just finished The Lord and The Bluestocking. It could have been written about my second husband. Childhood to marriage, it was right on. My husband was a brilliant physicist and a..."That looks good. I put it on my KU list.
OLT, Thank you for recommending Traitor's Knot.I read it in one sitting yesterday. Just what I needed to stop the incessant thinking and brooding I do.
Loved the villain. I despised him heartily. He reminded me of so many holier than thou people today who throw their religion in our faces and are completely evil.
Roberta2 wrote: "OLT, Thank you for recommending Traitor's Knot.I read it in one sitting yesterday. Just what I needed to stop the incessant thinking and brooding I do.
Loved the villain. I desp..."
How could I not download it for .99.
Carol,I think you will enjoy it. It's a fast read, and the heroine is admirable.
Rebel's Knot was only .99 also when I ordered it. The Severed Knot is more expensive, for some reason, at $4.99.
It appears that Jane Austen as stress relief and comfort read has increased during this pandemic. One really interesting bit in this article relates the prescribing of Austen to WWI soldiers.https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/2...
Oh, thank you for this article. It expresses how I feel about Austen so well. I haven't reread anything by her in years. Perhaps now is a good time to do so, since I am frustrated, anxious and depressed about current events and the future as well.
Roberta2 wrote: "Oh, thank you for this article. It expresses how I feel about Austen so well. I haven't reread anything by her in years. Perhaps now is a good time to do so, since I am frustrated, anxious and depr..."I do a reread of Pride and Prejudice every five years or so. The others not so much. Maybe I should do a reread of Sense and Sensibility or Emma, even though I have never been as drawn to any other of Austen's characters as I am to Darcy and Elizabeth.
OLT, P&P is my favorite, but I think Emma is a good reread. I read it too young, I think. I read it a few years ago and appreciated it much more.
Hey, we left out Heyer's books that were made into movies or serials. My favorite is P&P.
You may have seen it already but Ammie has Jane Austen collection on special The Complete Works of Jane Austen for US$0.69 today.
I'm one of those readers who can read and re-read Jane Eyre but can't make it past the third page of Pride and Prejudice.I do love the movies, though. Did I just lose my historical romance card?
HappyBookWorm,I could only read Jane Eyre once. We all have our favorites. Do I lose my historical romance card because I hated Wuthering Heights?
I never read the classics. Been made to many times for Films and TV . So I must be another who may loose the historical romance card 😂😂
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I enjoyed the fortune-telling scene in Jane Eyre & the one where
Jane realizes she has cousins. One movie version left out the latter! Jane was physically and emotionally battered for much of her life & she craved human connections. But her male cous was a bit of a prig.
I've never been a fan of any of the Bronte sisters' books but I do remember, as a tween, loving Lorna Doone by R. Blackmore. A rollicking good adventure with a love story to boot. Better than the cookie of the same name.
Has anyone read Elizabeth Gaskell? I confess I have not, but have loved the BBC adaptations of her books, especially North and South (probably because of Richard Armitage).
Need a good historical romance. Other genres too.
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HBW2020,
Those are my favourites too, especially The Black Sheep and The Unknown Ajax. Last night I started Mimi Matthews *Christmas by ..."
I'd like to re-read that one too.