Related Books you have Bought or Borrowed recently

[Susan C]

I'll try to add mine to the bookshelves today!

Thanks Jen.

PS I first thought threads then I realized there was no easy way to avoid repeats and if this is suppossed to be a reference library who needs repeats.

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

No problem :)

[Susan C]

Jen,

I added a spanish-rolalty to the threads.

I also added nonfiction so we could point out that it is nonfiction.

I'm really excited because I think it will be great as a resource. I would like to see the members put in what they've read, own, or have heard is worth reading.

Thanks for being supportive!

[Susan C]

I added a ton today, but now I'm tired. I'll finish allof my fiction tomorrow. I think I did all the nonfiction today. Yawn!!!!

[Kate.]

Susan C wrote: "I added a ton today, but now I'm tired. I'll finish allof my fiction tomorrow. I think I did all the nonfiction today. Yawn!!!!"

Susan C wrote: "I added a ton today, but now I'm tired. I'll finish allof my fiction tomorrow. I think I did all the nonfiction today. Yawn!!!!"

I just saw your book shelves. Great job. I have added a few we have talked about. Im an very excited. Its so organised. Non Fiction shelf is great too :)

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

I added Pacific Islander Royalty, which only has one book so far, but the shelves look great!! Great job, Jennifer, and great idea Susan!!

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Looks great everyone! I love being organized and it's so great that everyone's adding books to the shelf. It really is a great idea Susan!

By the way... holy! Are we giving special treatment to English royalty? LOL It's eclipsing everything else!

[Susan C]

I added a reference shelf.So anyone adding refernce books please include this new shelf.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

I added a Hawaiian book. LOL, it's all that pent up Tudor lovers stuff!!

[Susan C]

I just received Cleopatra by Grant, The Virgin Queen by Hibbert and two huge McColough books:The Grass Crown and The First Man in Rome. I love big books!

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

I can't wait to read the Man in Rome series!

[Susan C]

Alibris has the first four for under $4 each. Coupon code kite.

[Kate.]

This weeked i found a great secondhand store and i got a bargain on
Eleanor of Aquitaine A Life
Mary, Called Magdalene
And online i have ordered
The Sunne in Splendour
The Devil's Queen A Novel of Catherine de Medici

I just cant help myself !!

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Good finds Kate!!

[Susan C]

Great picks Kate!!!!!

[Wen]

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.

[Susan C]

Today I received The British Monarchy for Dummies (quick ref. guide), The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson, Duchess by Foreman, Leap of Faith by Queen Noor, Cleopatra:Last Queen of Egypt by Tyldesley.

Exciting!!!!

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

I used the first part of my birthday money and put in an order at Amazon today for The Queen's Mistake and The White Queen (pre-order of Trade Paperback version). My library doesn't have the first, and the line is way to long on the second.

Susan - let me know how you like The Murder of King Tut. It looks interesting, so I may have to check it out.

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Susan - Very exciting! I'm also interested in the King Tut book so looking forward to hearing what you think.

Lyn - when is TWQ out in pb?

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Jennifer - Amazon has the expected arrival date as April 8, 2010.

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

OK Thanks. I'll probably wait until then to get it as well unless I get it for Christmas.

[Susan C]

I read the jacket on Patterson's Tut book and it's hard to tell if it's going to be nonfiction or historical fiction. When I get time next month I'll read it and let you both know.

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Yay!!! I found a new secondhand bookstore and called them to see if they had The Sunne in Splendour. Most of my bookstores around here have never heard of SKP but we got talking and he's holding three others for me. Can't wait to go and pick them up!

Helen of Troy Margaret George
The Queen's Lady Barbara Kyle
The Champion Elizabeth Chadwick

[Susan C]

Great find, enjoy!

[Susan C]

If you are in the US there's a buying bookclub called BOMC2. You pay a fee of 9.95 a month regardless of whether you pick a book, but if you do that's all you're charged. Any book from them is 9.95 and they are hardbacks, that's where I got Gregory's book. They carry most new bestsellers. I also bought New York by Rutherfurd, and Dan Brown's new book. You keep a running list and each month they send you your top pick. No shipping and handling but no returns.

[Tisha]

Jennifer wrote: "Yay!!! I found a new secondhand bookstore and called them to see if they had The Sunne in Splendour. Most of my bookstores around here have never heard of SKP but we got talking and he's holding th..."

Nice pick ups!

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Wow Jennifer - great haul and great find.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Hey all - I just found out the bookcloseouts.com is having a huge 1/2 off sale this weekend, that lasts until 12/1. I just went to their website and ordered

Here be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Mistress of the Sun A Novel by Sandra Gulland
The Winter King A Novel of Arthur by Bernard Cornwell
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Falls the Shadow by Sharon Kay Penman
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
Lion of Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn

Most were 2.99, a few were even cheaper!! The only thing is that they only have limited numbers and certain titles, but it is worth a look!!

And then my sister lent me:

Taliesin
Merlin
Pendragon
Arthur
all by Stephen R. Lawhead

Looks like I have lots of reading to do. Thanks goodness for birthday money.

[Lennie]

While out of town over the weekend, I stopped in a used paperback bookstore and bought

Farewell in Splendor The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age by Jerrold M. Packard
Ladies in Waiting From the Tudors to the Present Day by Anne Somerset

And then in B&N at the bargain table, I bought

The Kings and Queens of England and Scotland by Plantagenet Somerset Fry

*Having lots of fun expanding my home library with royalty books :)

[Kate.]

Lyn wrote: "Hey all - I just found out the bookcloseouts.com is having a huge 1/2 off sale this weekend, that lasts until 12/1. I just went to their website and ordered

Here be Dragons by [au..."

Awesome buys Lyn. So cheap too. Im so jealous.

[Kate.]

Lennie wrote: "While out of town over the weekend, I stopped in a used paperback bookstore and bought

Farewell in Splendor The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age by Jerrold M. Packard
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Its addictive isnt it Lennie !!!

Today i bought online [book:The First Man in Rome..Its Cleo's fault :)

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Kate - I looked for that one in bookcloseouts, but they didn't have it, darn.

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

I found a couple last night and put them on hold at my favorite secondhand bookstore:

Labyrinth Kate Moss
The Sixth Wife Suzannah Dunn
New Worlds, Lost Worlds The Rule of the Tudors, 1485-1603 Susan Brigden
Cupid and the King Five Royal Paramours Princess Michael of Kent
An Echo in the Bone Diana Gabaldon (I own a signed copy of this but need a 'reading' copy!)

I've been telling people who ask that if they're looking for gift ideas for me for Christmas, that's the spot to go. Mom asked me why she would do that and then have me know what I'm getting. Makes much more sense to me that way.... how could anyone possibly get me a book that I would not only want to read but not already own? If I want a book, I'm usually not very good at leaving it sitting on someone else's shelf!

[Susan C]

I absolutely love book gift cards. No one can buy a book for you unless you have a list for them.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

I agree. We all have amazon wish lists in my family, which helps even if you end up buying form someplace other than Amazon. Most people just gave me either money or book gift cards for my recent birthday, and I had a great time picking out books.

[Wen]

Jennifer wrote: "I found a couple last night and put them on hold at my favorite secondhand bookstore:

Labyrinth Kate Moss
The Sixth Wife Suzannah Dunn
[book:New Worlds, Lost World..."


Looks like you have a great second hand bookstore. I have one near me too. They know me in there I visit so often.
I have read the 6th wifeone by Dunn. I read 2 otehrs of hers as well. They for me were just ok. For some reason hers leave me wanting more. Kinda I guess would be for me just not 'enough meat'. If that makes sense. This of the 3 I read was the better of them though.

Recently I got some more books....big surprise.

I got these from little over a week ago to a couple days ago....
The Queens Handmaiden by Jennifer Ashley. Have already read it. Was a very fast read and I really liked it. More of a light historical read but seems to not stray from actual events. One thing I loved was that the main gal is Elizabeths Seamstress and she is always describing the clothing and fabric in detail.

The Heavens Before by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow. Just finished this one too. It is a 1st of a trilogy called The Genesis Trilogy. This one focuses on the Great Flood. Told from the view of the girl that becomes Shems wife / Noahs daughter in law. Interesting views on how life was at that time.

He Who Lifts The Skies also by Barnett-Gramckow. This is the 2nd in the series and says is about the Tower of Babel time period.
Signora da Vinci by Robin Maxwell
The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
Dreamers and Brothers both by Angela Hunt They are the first 2 in a series that starts around the time of Joseph after he ends up in Egypt.
Sisters of Henry VIII by Maria Perry
Honor in the Dust by Gilbert Morris around the time of Henry VIII but focuses on the religious reform with Tyndale.

[Elysium]

I bought today:
She Wolves The Notorious Queens of Medieval England by Elizabeth Norton
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Elysium - Outlander is one of my faves. Hope you like it. I've never read the other book, but it sounds really interesting!! I think I have it on my TBR. If not, I know I have looked at it before.

[Susan C]

I just bought the Queen Victoria series by Plaidy. I also recently bought The Queen's Mistake,(Haeger) The Time of Singing(Chadwick) and Her Mother's Daughter (Lee).

Arrows new covers of Plaidy's books are absolutely beautiful. I'm finding myself replacing the books I own with old covers with the new covers. They look wonderful on my shelves.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

I haven't posted here in a while, as far as the books I've gotten, but I finally spent all of my birthday money, and here are the Royalty related books I got:

Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
The Queen's Mistake In the Court of Henry VIII by Diane Haeger
The Sunne In Splendour A Novel of Richard III
Here Be Dragons AND
Falls the Shadow by Sharon Kay Penman
Mistress of the Sun A Novel by Sandra Gulland
The Winter King A Novel of Arthur by Bernard Cornwell
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Lion of Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn

Plus I pre-ordered in Trade Paperback

The White Queen by Philippa Gregory

And I got The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir from bookswap.com

Plus I got about 5 other non Royalty related books. It was soooo much fun spending this money, and the half price sale at bookcloseouts.com came right at the correct time!

[Susan C]

Awesome!!!! I need to see what all Gulland wrote. I have her Napoleon series.

I love Cleo but I need to start reading some of the great HF and HNF books on my shelfs. The downside to reading a humungous book.

[Susan C]

I just bought from Amazon and Alibris:

Caesar's Women
Caesar
October Horse
Antony & Cleopatra
Love and War (1st part of Richard III series by Gulland

If I don't stop I will not have money for xmas presents! UGH........................

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

I know what you mean Susan!!

[Susan C]

Thanks for the camaraderie Lyn!

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Got Twilight of Splendor The Court of Queen Victoria During Her Diamond Jubilee Year out of the library last week.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Sounds interesting. Let us know what you think of it.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

So far it's interesting but not quite as good as I was hoping.

[Susan C]

I wondered about that book. Good to know that it's just OK. Thanks Susanna!

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

It's been getting better, but I think I will be giving it 3 stars. Certainly not a waste of my time, but not a must-read either.

[[deleted user]]

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to share my recently two new books. I'm fascinated about ancient history and was interested about the Holy Wars and The Crusades.

Given the current events with Europe and the United States involved in two wars in Middle East, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Its ironic and have often wondered as a soldier how this current war is in anyway related to the crusades. Therefore, I wanted to educate and learn more of the Arabs and Muslims of past wars history.

So I bought two books. I'm sure there are others but I selected these two to read.

This book is excellent easy simple to read.


This book offers the perspective view of the Arabs/Muslims view of the crusades.Excellent!

Please...I look forward to talking to everyone on the Crusades Group for comments and Questions!

Merry Christmas to All!

Reggie