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message 5101: by Bobby (new)

Bobby (bobbej) | 1375 comments Kimber wrote: "*Smiles and holds up a copy of Written in My Own Heart's BloodWritten in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8) by Diana Gabaldon to show what I'm reading. Watches Terri shriek and walk in a strai..."

The wife got a signed copy of this book AND a pic with Diana Gabaldon a couple of weeks ago.


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message 5103: by Simona (new)

Simona | 1453 comments Kimber wrote: "*Smiles and holds up a copy of Written in My Own Heart's BloodWritten in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8) by Diana Gabaldon to show what I'm reading. Watches Terri shriek and walk in a strai..."

And I've liked the book. Shh..don't tell anyone!


message 5104: by Darcy (new)

Darcy (drokka) | 2675 comments Joins in the (not so) secret group of who we read and enjoyed Written in My Own Heart's Blood


message 5105: by Allison (new)

Allison | 1704 comments C.P. wrote: "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."


Thanks! I'll check it out.


message 5106: by Carol (new)

Carol (ladygyn) | 304 comments All the Fidelma series books are wonderful and in fact there has even been a society of Brehon law formed where people meet to discuss this very unique and surprisingly modern and equitable form of law


message 5107: by Alicja (new)

Alicja (darkwingduckie7) | 657 comments Finished Roman Blood, love it!

In the historical romances I just finished Eromenos and The Soldier of Raetia.

Still working on Alexander: God of War and The Persian Boy.

Almost done with Railsea and Free to Be: How I Went From Unhappily Married Conservative Bible Believer to Happily Divorced Atheistic Humanist in One Year and Several Complicated Steps.

Not sure what I will be reaching for next but I was thinking The Handmaid's Tale or The Stone Gods.


message 5108: by Simona (last edited Jul 20, 2014 01:42PM) (new)

Simona | 1453 comments It seems I'll need to check again Steven Saylor. I tried one book years ago, it wasn't the first one, and I didn't like it.
Recently, though, I read Rogues and one of the best novels (starring a young Gordianus)was from this author.


message 5109: by Kimber (new)

Kimber (kimberlibri) | 785 comments Darcy wrote: "Joins in the (not so) secret group of who we read and enjoyed Written in My Own Heart's Blood"

*does the secret knock* pssssst...we're meeting in the potting shed later to do happy dances and plan on how we're going to get Bobby's wife's copy of WIMOHB away from her. We'll let her keep the picture. Pass it on.


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Simona | 1453 comments LOL


message 5111: by Darcy (new)

Darcy (drokka) | 2675 comments Simona wrote: "It seems I'll need to check again Steven Saylor. I tried one book years ago, it wasn't the first one, and I didn't like it.
Recently, though, I read Rogues and one of..."


Aren't you fortunate that Roman Blood is a group read this month :D


message 5113: by Simona (new)

Simona | 1453 comments Darcy wrote: "Simona wrote: "It seems I'll need to check again Steven Saylor. I tried one book years ago, it wasn't the first one, and I didn't like it.
Recently, though, I read [book:Rogues|20168..."


I am! And it seems that the library actually has it (in Italian, but beggars can't be choosers..)


message 5114: by Andy (last edited Jul 21, 2014 10:47AM) (new)

Andy | 1510 comments Hannibal Enemy of Rome (Hannibal, #1) by Ben Kane Hannibal: Enemy of Rome Finally got around to it, being putting it off for some time subconciously I think.......? No reason to I hope.


message 5115: by Dawn (new)

Dawn (caveatlector) You should at least get a 3 star out of it Andy, maybe more...


message 5116: by Andy (last edited Jul 21, 2014 10:54AM) (new)

Andy | 1510 comments I think yer right Dawn, its jus been one of them books thats been on the shelf a while now & I keep bypassing it, jus always bad ju-ju in the past :)


message 5117: by Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila (new)

Margaret (margyw) | 3341 comments I'm three quarters of the way through Roseblood. Totally lost and confused. :(


message 5118: by happy (new)

happy (happyone) | 2782 comments I'm on a non fiction kick right now

Just finished Winston Groom's The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight

Very readable look at three of the most prominant US aviators of the interwar years.

Currently reading another NON FICTION book

Lawrence in Arabia War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson


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happy (happyone) | 2782 comments Margaret wrote: "I'm three quarters of the way through Roseblood. Totally lost and confused. :("

that's too bad - is this one part of any of his series or is it a stand alone?


message 5120: by Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila (new)

Margaret (margyw) | 3341 comments happy wrote: "Margaret wrote: "I'm three quarters of the way through Roseblood. Totally lost and confused. :("

that's too bad - is this one part of any of his series or is it a stand alone?"


It's a stand alone.. so far as I can tell. Will probably finish it tonight.


message 5121: by happy (new)

happy (happyone) | 2782 comments Some of his stand alones have been down right weird.


message 5122: by Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila (new)

Margaret (margyw) | 3341 comments Oh yeah. The Plague Lord was pretty high on the weird-0-meter.


message 5123: by Andy (new)

Andy | 1510 comments Lawrence in Arabia War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson One of my favourite reads of the year so far!


message 5124: by Victor (new)

Victor Bruneski | 124 comments Just finished Azincourt by Cornwell, and reviewed. I loved it, one of his best books so far.

Now I am reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norwell by Susan Clarke. Taking a chance on reading it but the premise interests me.


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message 5126: by Victor (new)

Victor Bruneski | 124 comments Thanks, I posted from my phone because my laptop went poof


message 5127: by Dawn (new)

Dawn (caveatlector) So annoying when laptops go poof like that! :)


message 5128: by Allison (new)

Allison | 1704 comments Victor wrote: "Just finished Azincourt by Cornwell, and reviewed. I loved it, one of his best books so far.

Now I am reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norwell by Susan Clarke. Taking a chance on reading it but ..."


Let us know your thoughts, eh? Its been in my tbr for a while and I'm on the fence about it.


message 5129: by Scott (new)

Scott (scott18044) | 27 comments Mainly reading Jane Eyre at the moment, although I am getting through Tower Lord as well :)


message 5130: by Dawn (new)

Dawn (caveatlector) I'm looking forward to Tower Lord, whenever my library gets around to buying it!


message 5131: by Scott (new)

Scott (scott18044) | 27 comments Dawn wrote: "I'm looking forward to Tower Lord, whenever my library gets around to buying it!"

I almost shed a tear at paying £6,99 for the ebook version but having just finished Blood Song, I figured the Bank of Scott could support this one purchase at that price. :P


message 5132: by Dawn (new)

Dawn (caveatlector) Can't order new books through ILL, must be at least a year old. And can't afford to buy new so just have to wait. :)


message 5133: by Simona (new)

Simona | 1453 comments Theft of Life, it's the 5th of the series and a good HF mystery.


message 5134: by Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila (new)

Margaret (margyw) | 3341 comments Just finished Roseblood. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 5135: by Dawn (new)

Dawn (caveatlector) You should throw that book and review in the War of the Roses thread Margaret. We have a dearth of options for that era, I've added it to my TBR to give a try too! :)


message 5136: by Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila (new)

Margaret (margyw) | 3341 comments Will do, Dawn. :)


message 5137: by Bobby (new)

Bobby (bobbej) | 1375 comments Cold Case Reopened The Princes in the Tower by Mark Garber Well, this different! Very interesting.


message 5138: by happy (new)

happy (happyone) | 2782 comments That does look interesting - added to the TBR :)


message 5140: by Gretchen (new)

Gretchen (eab2012) I finished Sovereign. As this series moves on, these books are getting better and better. I'm now moving on to Revelation. I have no idea what I am going to do with myself with there are no more Shardlake books to read.


message 5141: by Allison (new)

Allison | 1704 comments happy wrote: "That does look interesting - added to the TBR :)"

Me too!


message 5142: by Andy (new)

Andy | 1510 comments Back to Russia for me, Siberia in particular for the latest round with Boris Akunin's protagonist Erast Fadorin Статский советник (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #6) by Boris Akunin


message 5143: by Mark (new)

Mark | 1885 comments Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets An Anthology of Holmesian Tales Across Time and Space by Kasey Lansdale an arc for net gallery


message 5144: by Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila (new)

Margaret (margyw) | 3341 comments Mark wrote: "Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets An Anthology of Holmesian Tales Across Time and Space by Kasey Lansdale an arc for net gallery"

I've already made a note to buy that one when it is released.


message 5145: by Dawn (new)

Dawn (caveatlector) Of course you have! :)


message 5146: by Paul (new)

Paul Bennett (hooverbkreviews) | 51 comments Crusade and A Traitor's Fate Am only started on them but am liking the beginnings... :-)


message 5147: by Jane (new)

Jane | 3480 comments Strategos Island in the Storm (Strategos, #3) by Gordon Doherty Strategos: Island in the Storm / Gordon Doherty

Very good so far; I can see how he has matured in his writing.


message 5148: by Dawn (new)

Dawn (caveatlector) I have been finishing off a bunch of books, including Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition, which wasn't anything I was looking for and Out of the Black Land which was a bit oversexed for me.

I've started Take, Burn or Destroy by Sean Thomas Russell for my next audiobook, A Burnable Book (John Gower, #1) by Bruce Holsinger as an ebook and Fire in the East (Warrior of Rome, #1) by Harry Sidebottom in paperback, as replacements.

I have a three day weekend and no plans so you might be seeing a few posts about new books in here over the next three days!


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message 5150: by Darcy (new)

Darcy (drokka) | 2675 comments I'm giving Dissolution: A Shardlake Novel another try. I began from the beginning again - mostly because for the first time ever, I recalled nothing of the first 90 pages I'd previously read. All I remembered was thinking it was tedious. I don't feel that way this time. Clearly, last time was not a good time to read this novel.


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