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[happy]

Finished The Straw Men - pretty good, I gave it 4 stars

currently reading

The War of 1812

need to brush up on the other war that is having a 100 yr (in this case 200) aniversary this year :)

[Jane]

started The Rise of Zenobia. Finished recently the latest Agent of Rome The Black Stone which was Roman POV on this era. Now this one looks a t this era from the other side.

[Lisa]

Jane wrote: "Now reading The Last Light of the Sun"

I had to add this one to my tbr list. I loved Tigana and The Lions of Al-Rassan.

[Jane]

Jut added Tigana to my tbr; Lions of al-Rassan was already on it.

[Gretchen]

I guess I'm just in a historical mystery kind of place right now. I finished the ancient group read for the month. Now I'm starting Karen Harper's Elizabethan mystery series with The Poyson Garden. It should be an interesting process. I was tempted to throw the book back in the library drop box after about 30 pages.

[Victor]

Just finished . The plot seemed a little...familiar, but I liked it better then the last few. My spoiler filled review =>
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Gonna start by BC too.

[Dawn]

I've started The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett
and Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie

[Kimber]

Dawn wrote: "I've started The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett
and [book:Death Comes As the End|121645..."

The Rincewind books aren't my fave but I do love The Last Continent and it's wonderful interpretation of Australia (i.e. very stereotypical). Love me some Pratchett!

[happy]

I just started Winston Groom's latest

The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight

I really like his writing style. He is a successful novelist and this bleeds over to his non-fiction. He writes very readable general audience history.

[Linda]

Stormbird by Conn Iggulden.

[Bobby]

[Shomeret]

Not fiction, but definitely medieval Pious and Rebellious: Jewish Women in Medieval Europe which was shelved by Maggie Anton, an author who is on my friends list here on GR.

[Dawn]

Started River God

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Trying to get into The Siege - still not sure about it.

[Alicja]

Starting Roman Blood, will be joining you all in the discussion soon.

[happy]

Brian wrote: "I just started . It has a definite Sherlock Holmes feel to it. I'm liking it so far."

FWIW, I've liked the series, just finished #s 6,7,and 8

[happy]

Linda wrote: "Stormbird by Conn Iggulden."

It just came in for me - about 3 books down the stack

Hopefully I can get to it before the library wants it back :)

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

happy wrote: "Linda wrote: "Stormbird by Conn Iggulden."

It just came in for me - about 3 books down the stack"

I couldn't get into it at all. I have another War of the Roses one at home to read Roseblood

[happy]

There definately has been a difference of opinion on this one. Do you normally like Iguldon?

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

happy wrote: "There definately has been a difference of opinion on this one. Do you normally like Iguldon?"

Yes. I really enjoyed his series on Genghis Khan.

[happy]

Thnx - Now I am curious on how I'll like it :)

[Jane]

happy wrote: "There definately has been a difference of opinion on this one. Do you normally like Iguldon?"

Happy, I read vol. 1 of his Roman series and didn't like it at all. It has put me off him entirely.

[happy]

I agree, the first few of his roman series weren't the best out there.

[Mark]

Call To Crusade

[Amanda]

The Splintered Kingdom by James Aitcheson. So far it reminds me of the first book a bit because of the slow start.

[Jean]

Kimber wrote: "Dawn wrote: "I've started The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett
and [book:Death Comes As t..."

Me too. Have been buying the latest as it comes out, for years now, and I can't tell you how sad I am that he's losing his battle to keep writing :(

[Darcy]

I'm reading The Alienist, which I'm really enjoying, so taking it slow and savouring it. Also reading Instruments of Darkness, the jury is still out on this one, but an interesting beginning and the audiobook du jour is Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, it's meh... pretty much what I expected.

[Pamela]

Having just finished the July reads, I'm now reading The Care and Management of Lies as that was a giveaway win.

Also just started Absolution by Murder
as I saw it on Dawn's top ten in Historical Mystery and loving it so far.

[Kimber]

Jean wrote: "Kimber wrote: "Dawn wrote: "I've started The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett
and [book:D..."

Me too. :( I've been getting autographed copies of his books for Christmas the last few years. I will definitely miss him. Maybe we need a Pratchett thread under a 'Historical Fantasy' subject.....

[Allison]

Darcy wrote: "I'm reading The Alienist, which I'm really enjoying, so taking it slow and savouring it. Also reading Instruments of Darkness, the jury is still out on this one, but an ..."

arrhhhh, I've been looking forward to Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald :(

[Jean]

Looked interesting to me too:( Have you read 'Save me the Waltz' by Zelda Fitzgerald? I read it alongside 'Tender is the Night' by Scott Fitzgerald and it's really interesting getting the less-famous wife's version on the same 'material'. I found Zelda's commitment to ballet (and I mean actually dancing)in Paris amazing, yet she often gets dismissed as frivolous/neurotic...

[Allison]

I haven't Jean. I haven't even read Tender Is the Night. After reading The Great Gatsby (and HATING it), it was no more F.S.F for me! I just find these bios on authors significant others so fascinating :)

[Steven]

Stephen King's
It's the first book of his I've ever read although I've enjoyed his films.

[Darcy]

Allie wrote: "Darcy wrote: "I'm reading The Alienist, which I'm really enjoying, so taking it slow and savouring it. Also reading Instruments of Darkness, the jury is still out on thi..."

I reckon people interested in her and maybe her spouse will likely enjoy it more than I. I'm certainly not the measure for this sort of novel.

I can say: It seems well written (at least it came off that way with the audiobook). The period interests me only in terms of the movements occurring at the time. While that is reflected in the novel, the story itself meant little to me since I don't really care that much about the literary 'elite' of the age.

[Dawn]

Pamela wrote: "Also just started Absolution by Murder Absolution by Murder (Sister Fidelma, #1) by Peter Tremayne
as I saw it on Dawn's top ten in Historical Mystery and loving it so far...."

One of my favorite, I love Sister Fidelma!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Dawn wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Also just started Absolution by Murder Absolution by Murder (Sister Fidelma, #1) by Peter Tremayne
as I saw it on Dawn's top ten in Historical Mystery and loving it so far...."

One ..."
So did I... until Peter Tremayne decided to domesticate them. :p

[Dawn]

I have not got that far yet! :)

[Jean]

Allie wrote: "I haven't Jean. I haven't even read Tender Is the Night. After reading The Great Gatsby (and HATING it), it was no more F.S.F for me! I just find these bios on authors sign..."

I was teaching his work to 18 year olds so I was looking for a way in for them...The Great Gatsby really means Robert Redford in a pink suit :)

[Allison]

Jean wrote: "Allie wrote: "I haven't Jean. I haven't even read Tender Is the Night. After reading The Great Gatsby (and HATING it), it was no more F.S.F for me! I just find these bios o..."

I've never seen any of the adaptations of it either so unfortunately I have no idea what you're talking about :/ but good luck to those poor, unsuspecting 18 years olds lol.

[Kimber]

Jean wrote: "Allie wrote: "I haven't Jean. I haven't even read Tender Is the Night. After reading The Great Gatsby (and HATING it), it was no more F.S.F for me! I just find these bios o..."

The 18 year olds would probably relate more to the Leo DiCaprio version :D

[Victor]

Steven wrote: "Stephen King's
It's the first book of his I've ever read although I've enjoyed his films."

It's a really good book if you want to start writing yourself.

[Scott]

Neither are historical fiction, but I'm about to finish Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Blood Song by Anthony Ryan. Not sure what I'm going to read next.

I guess I'm also reading Art in Renaissance Italy: 1350-1500, although I'm taking my time going through that because there is so much interesting information to digest.

[Dawn]

I'm reading Ramses: The Son of Light, or rather listening to it.
I am liking it quite a bit. I am not usually a big fan of translated works but this one is interesting.

[Paul]

[Kimber]

*Smiles and holds up a copy of Written in My Own Heart's Blood to show what I'm reading. Watches Terri shriek and walk in a straight line out of the room*

Get better soon!

[Shomeret]

Currently reading Enchantress: A Novel of Rav Hisda's Daughter which takes place during the time of the Talmudists in Persia. It's a Net Galley. It won't be released until September.

[Dawn]

Finished Command a King's Ship by Alexander Kent &
An Experiment In Treason by Bruce Alexander

Am starting Lustrum by Robert Harris

[Gretchen]

I finished Queen's Ransom and was slightly disappointed as I have become kind of fond of Ursula Blanchard. Instead of moving on with that series I'm going to go back to Matthew Shardlake and start Sovereign. I still have The Autobiography of Henry VIII with Notes by His Fool, Will Somers which I'm reading for a different group read but it's a slow process. Not only because the book is 900+ pages but because I am kind of annoyed with Henry. Just Margaret George's Henry VIII. I still love me some Tudors (obviously).

[C.P.]

Allie wrote: "arrhhhh, I've been looking forward to Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald :( ."

If you're interested in Zelda, I recommend Guests on Earth. I loved it.

[C.P.]

Doing my best to finish The Silkworm. I love mysteries, but not these two, however acclaimed the author.