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[Derek]

I must admit that when I started Dissolution I did find it slow, but once I got into the characters I was hooked and enjoyed all the subsequent books in the series.

[Shomeret]

I sometimes pick up series when the most recent book calls itself to my attention. I started reading the series with Revelationbecause the case sounded very interesting. Then I looked for another book that sounded interesting and went back to Dark Fire. Then Heartstonewas released and I read that next. By then, I felt very invested in the characters, but wanted to know more about their history. So I finally read Dissolution quite recently and wasn't the least bit bored. My strategy of reading out of order may not work for everyone, but it works for me. I still haven't read Sovereign or Lamentation.

[Andy]

Glad you're giving it another go Darcy, really enjoyed it & loved the characters. Dark fire was very good too imo

[Derek]

Lamentation not yet out, I think... Looking forward to it.

[Gretchen]

Darcy wrote: "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 previo..."

Tedious is a good way to put it, I think. That's kind of how I felt when I read Dissolution but the next four books in the series were excellent. I'm going to be sad when I finish the fifth since there's no release date yet in the States for the sixth.

[Gretchen]

I'm continuing on with the Ursula Blanchard novels and To Ruin A Queen. I'm quickly becoming annoyed with Ursula but the story and the atmosphere keeps me entertained. I don't know how quickly I am going to press through the next eight books. I'm waiting on the next few Steven Saylor Roma Sub Rosa books from my library.

[Dawn]

Started The Outcast Dove by Sharan Newman

Book nine in the ten book series.

[happy]

I really enjoyed that series
I wish she would write more of them

[Dawn]

I think it's a great series too. A unusual time period and subject.

[Linda]

To Hold the Crown: The Story of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York by Jean Plaid. I am near the end but still not certain about the rating.

[Darcy]

Tonight I intend to finish the last 60 or so pages of Dissolution and then start on Ironfire. This along with August's group read, will knock off another three from our Listopia ;)

[Dawn]

Started a couple more. Nothing like ILL's to spur a person onto read fast, especially when they take 4 months to show up, you have 2 weeks to read them and you get 7 at the same time!! :)

The Praise Singer by Mary Renault
An Evil Spirit Out of the West by Paul Doherty

[Jane]

Dawn wrote: "Started a couple more. Nothing like ILL's to spur a person onto read fast, especially when they take 4 months to show up, you have 2 weeks to read them and you get 7 at the same time!! :)

[bookcov..."

If you're like me you may start some that in your opinion may turn out to be 'dogs' then that would cut down your pile. :)

BTW, I just started [book:No One Sleeps in Alexandria|21138275] by Ibrahim Abdel Meguid: how WWII affects Alexandria, Egypt and it tells of the friendship between a Muslim man and a Coptic man. It promises to be interesting, once I get used to the names.

[Dawn]

I have had very few of those lately but the first of my ILL's was dead boring so I quit and took it back.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Just finished Encounters of Sherlock Holmes

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

[Scott]

Just finished Tower Lord- reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo now :)

[happy]

Dawn wrote: "Started a couple more. Nothing like ILL's to spur a person onto read fast, especially when they take 4 months to show up, you have 2 weeks to read them and you get 7 at the same time!! :)

[bookcov..."

I hate it when that happens :)

I just got thru one of those episodes :)

[Bobby]

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[Shomeret]

Currently reading The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick which deals with the early life of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

[Linda]

Push Not the River by James Conroyd Martin. I thought it would be a read on Polish history, but it is leaning toward a bodice ripper (perhaps a little bust duster to boot). I won't condemn the author just yet as I am only a few pages into the book. How do male authors write about the sensitivities of young virgins? How do they know and understand about such deep, inner feelings that women have? That they do is a mystery to me.

[Gretchen]

The five year old is on vacation with grandma and grandpa for the next ten days and I have a stack of books to get through while double trouble naps. They include finishing The Autobiography of Henry VIII with Notes by His Fool, Will Somers, Queen of Ambition, and The Queen's Handmaid. Once those are finished I hope to get through Sisters of Treason,The Seven Wonders, and Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman. I have the August group reads on hold at my library. Just waiting for them to come in! I'm feeling ambitious!

[Dawn]

I have a nice long weekend coming up so am also feeling ambitious. I have a stack by my chair already and am making a trip to the library this afternoon.

I've started Ramses: The Eternal Temple by Christian Jacq

[Jane]

I'm thrilled; my preorder copy of Tabula Rasa is on its way!

[Dawn]

With that cover??

[Mark]

very good.

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Dawn wrote: "With that cover??"

LOL! Jane, you may have to cover that cover! ;)

[Cindy]

Just started The River God by Wilbur Smith. Love ancient Egypt! Just finished The Lion of Ireland. Excellent book.

[Jane]

Derek wrote: "Dawn wrote: "With that cover??"

LOL! Jane, you may have to cover that cover! ;)"

I know, it's pretty bad!!! But I'm sure what's between the covers will be great!

[Jane]

This cover from the Marius Mules series is great--statue, but of Vercingetorix: Marius' Mules: Prelude to War. This one makes sense in the context: Caesar vs Vercingetorix. The other is Hercules: what has he to do with the story?

[Dawn]

Cindy wrote: "Just started The River God by Wilbur Smith. Love ancient Egypt! Just finished The Lion of Ireland. Excellent book."

Links for Cindy: River God by Wilbur Smith & Lion of Ireland

[Dawn]

I've started A Place Called Armageddon by C.C. Humphreys
and
The Awful Secret by Bernard Knight

[happy]

I just started Leanda De Lisle's history of the Tudors - NON FICTION



So far it's been very readable. She starts the story much earlier than most histories of the Tudors, with Henry VII's grandfather, who although a poor commoner, married a queen - Henry V's widow Catherine.

[Shell]

Death of Kings by Bernard Cornwell.

[Darcy]

Death of Kings

[Shell]

Darcy wrote: "Death of Kings"

That's the one, I wasn't sure how to tag it.

[Darcy]

To add the link, just click on the 'add book/author' link just above the comment box, and it will bring up a search box :)

[Dawn]

I finished The Fruit of Her Hands: The Story of Shira of Ashkenaz by Michelle Cameron

Haven't decided what I shall read next...

[Tim]

Just finished The Maltese Falcon and now finally getting round to The Whale Road. Robert Low

[Jane]

Dawn wrote: "I finished The Fruit of Her Hands: The Story of Shira of Ashkenaz by Michelle Cameron

Have..."

I'm waiting for Tabula Rasa to arrive.
That will probably be my next.

[Dawn]

I've decided what to read next, I'm going with The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

I'm reading A Slight Trick of the Mind - Sherlock Holmes in extreme old age. It's currently being filmed as a movie "Mr Holmes" starring Sir Ian McKellan as Holmes.

[Dawn]

That sounds like a good movie. I love Ian McKellan!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

I hadn't heard of the book until I learned about the movie. Thought I'd best read the book. :)

[Gretchen]

I'm running out of time! My daughter is only on vacation for three more days and I've only finished one book. In my defense, I spent most of this afternoon rummaging through a used book store enjoying various tea samples. I only brought home three more books to add to my tbr list. I finished Queen of Ambition and I'm going to try really hard to finish The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers. That book is proving to be some kind of Everest for me. Ugh.

[Shomeret]

I just started The Daylight Gateby Jeanette Winterson. She's brought Shakespeare and John Dee into a novel about the Pendle Hill Witches. It sounds unexpected.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Shomeret wrote: "I just started The Daylight Gateby Jeanette Winterson. She's brought Shakespeare and John Dee into a novel about the Pendle Hill Witches. It sounds unexpected."

I attempted to read that. Didn't get far.

[Allison]

Margaret wrote: "I'm reading A Slight Trick of the Mind - Sherlock Holmes in extreme old age. It's currently being filmed as a movie "Mr Holmes" starring Sir Ian McKellan as Holmes."

Color me intrigued. Added!

[Allison]

Gretchen wrote: "I'm running out of time! My daughter is only on vacation for three more days and I've only finished one book. In my defense, I spent most of this afternoon rummaging through a used book store enjoy..."

I'm jealous. Your afternoon sounds lovely. Much better than mine anyway. I had to call the cops on my loud, rude, crazy neighbors.

[Gretchen]

I had those neighbors once. They also didn't believe in paying to have their garbage collected and it tended to end up all over my lawn.

[Allison]

Gretchen wrote: "I had those neighbors once. They also didn't believe in paying to have their garbage collected and it tended to end up all over my lawn."

Eww!!