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What Are You Reading Right Now? ( Hwæt béon ðu bocrædung?)
Never Derek! We are buddies :)These people are junk.
All quiet today so far!!
I have abandoned The Daylight Gate. I am now reading The Gypsy Crownby Kate Forsyth. This may confuse Australians, but my edition is the entire Chain of Charms series in one volume. They deal with two gypsy teens on a quest to find four magical gypsy charms in Cromwell's England.
I finished The Archer's Tale, or Harlequin - the August group read. After all that realism, death and seriousness I needed something ..... ridiculous. So I'm reading The Luxe by Anna Godbersen. I'm pretty sure it is YA and geared toward impossible romance loving teens but it is set in the late 1890's of New York so I can almost slide it into one of my historical fiction genres. It is kind of nice to read something....brainless. It's like spending the day watching soap operas when I should be watching a good documentary. :)
Just got
Tabula Rasa in the mail, so will be starting that soon. I'm glad to see some of the characters from the other books are also in this one.
Finished The Bell Jar and have started
Company Of Liars by Karen MaitlandI also need to pick out another audiobook for my walks and I think I'm going to try a non-fiction and see how that pans out.
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 by Max Hastings
I struggled through The Autobiography of Henry VIII with Notes by His Fool, Will Somers. I have both of the group reads for this month but I won't be starting them quite yet. Right now I'm going to start Sisters of Treason. It has to be back to the library sooner than the others.
I am skipping around in The Complete Roman Army. Earth and Ashes is a novella translated from Dari [Afghani language] about modern Afghanistan. Both are from the library.
I started Stormbirdjust yesterday. After 100p I´m still excited. God I´m such a "war of the roses" Newbie :)
Let us know what you think in the Wars of the Roses era thread Anell, we're always looking for opinions over there.
Gretchen wrote: "I struggled through The Autobiography of Henry VIII with Notes by His Fool, Will Somers. I have both of the group reads for this month but I won't be starting them quite yet. Right no..."Found Sisters of Treason free on kindle. Was all excited. And then... found out it was only the first chapter :/ Son of a biscuit.
Allie wrote: "Gretchen wrote: "I struggled through The Autobiography of Henry VIII with Notes by His Fool, Will Somers. I have both of the group reads for this month but I won't be starting them qu..."I am less than 100 pages in but already hooked. Freemantle is quickly becoming one of my authors to watch. I really enjoyed Queen's Gambit. Freemantle's characterizations are so well written. I think it does her a great disservice to be compared to Philippa Gregory or Allison Weir. Freemantle's first novel put her in a class far above either of those two authors.
Haven't read any of hers yet but I agree, most HF writers are better than Philippa Gregory. I don't know why I keep reading her...
Gretchen wrote: "Allie wrote: "Gretchen wrote: "I struggled through The Autobiography of Henry VIII with Notes by His Fool, Will Somers. I have both of the group reads for this month but I won't be st..."Loved Queen's Gambit as well. I'm taking a break from HF and reading Mr. Mercedes which is the latest from Stephen King. Yes, I admit it. I'm a King fan. I own every single one of his books in hardcover.
Kimber wrote: "Gretchen wrote: "Allie wrote: "Gretchen wrote: "I struggled through The Autobiography of Henry VIII with Notes by His Fool, Will Somers. I have both of the group reads for this month ..."I own all of Anne Rice's books in hardcover. Just the Anne Rice ones. Not the books she wrote under other names.
Gretchen, do you reread the books you've bought? Just curiosity.
Jane wrote: "Gretchen, do you reread the books you've bought? Just curiosity."Some of the books I reread on a regular basis. I read the Harry Potter novels once a year. My Anne Rice books have all been read several times. Wally Lamb is another author I have reread several times. I really only collect books by authors I like. If I buy a book and have no interest in rereading it, I usually donate it to the library system or give it away. The books the library doesn't take are sold to a local used book store. Goodreads has been sooo bad for me. I own so many books I have never read. I have been pretty loyal to the library for the last six months but haven't stopped buying books. Hopefully someday my grandchildren don't complain when I leave them books instead of money.
Gretchen wrote: "Jane wrote: "Gretchen, do you reread the books you've bought? Just curiosity."Some of the books I reread on a regular basis. I read the Harry Potter novels once a year. My [author:Anne Rice|7577..."
I'm pretty much like you but I don't have any schedule of rereading; I just do it when the mood strikes for a particular book. Ones I've bought and know I won't reread or didn't like all that much in the first place I give to the library like you do, and what they do with them is their business.
Our local library has received a lot of books out of this house lately whether they are children's or adults. The other day I was looking through the pile my girls wanted to check out. "Elizabeth, this book came from our house. You said you didn't like it."
"I know but it's a library book now. It might be better."
Gretchen wrote: "Our local library has received a lot of books out of this house lately whether they are children's or adults. The other day I was looking through the pile my girls wanted to check out. "Elizabeth,..."
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Gretchen wrote: "Our local library has received a lot of books out of this house lately whether they are children's or adults. The other day I was looking through the pile my girls wanted to check out. "Elizabeth,..."
Hahaha! Kids say the darnedest things :)
Dawn wrote: "Finished The Bell Jar and have started Company Of Liars by Karen MaitlandI also need to pick out another audiobook f..."
I hope you like Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
IMO Sir Max is the best British Military Historian writing right now.
One of the benifits/curses of this thread is what it does to the TBR list :)Jane - that one just made my TBR list increase by one :)
I am currently reading Slavery and the Meetinghouse: The Quakers and the Abolitionist Dilemma, 1820-1865which was one of the books that Tracy Chevalier read when researching The Last Runaway.
happy wrote: "I hope you like Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945IMO Sir Max is the best British Military Historian writing right now...."
What?? You think I just randomly picked out this book?? I know you WWII boys love Max Hastings. :)
I am using it as my evening walk book so it's going to take me quite awhile to finish it but so far.....awesome!
Dawn wrote: "happy wrote: "I hope you like Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945IMO Sir Max is the best British Military Historian writing right now...."
What?? You think I just randomly picked out this book?..."
:D
Medicus and loving it. The calamity of the new (new doctor, new Emperor, new puppies, new slave, new scribe....) makes me laugh at nearly every chapter.
Also started rereading
The Golden Hive. Princess Nesta of Deheubarth [present-day South Wales]: at the time of Wlilliam Rufus.
Darcy wrote: " Medicus and loving it. The calamity of the new (new doctor, new Emperor, new puppies, new slave, new scribe....) makes me laugh at nearly every chapter."That book keeps coming up on my recommended lists. I've been debating whether or not I want to add yet another series to my tbr. I'll have to wait and see what you think.
I finished reading Sisters of Treason last night and I am an emotional wreck over it. I think I might have to take today off from reading. Next I think I am going to move on to one of the group reads for this month. I am thinking about starting with The Archer's Tale. It will be my first Cornwell book. I think I'm long overdue for a Cornwell book considering how long I've been a member of this group.
Finished up my Stephen King and back to history. Reading Call To Crusade by Tom Vetter and even though I'm only a few chapters in I am enjoying it very much.
Reading an ARC of
and then its (finally)
for me!
I'm in the middle of Sharon Kay Penman's A King's Ransom and loving it. How she manages to make a long imprisonment engaging is beyond me, but I flew through that big chunk of the book during which Richard the Lionheart is imprisoned by the German Emperor. Lots of family tension beautifully portrayed.
I've started
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. I've decided I need to get out of my comfort genres and thought I'd attempt some Canadian literary fiction.
Bobby wrote: "
"That's a good one, but not my favourite from the series.
Margaret wrote: "Bobby wrote: ""That's a good one, but not my favourite from the series."
Its my first and so far...so good. What was your favorite?
Kimber wrote: "Finished up my Stephen King and back to history. Reading Call To Crusade by Tom Vetter and even though I'm only a few chapters in I am enjoying it very much."waiting to hear your thoughts on this one.
I finished The Queen's Handmaid. It wasn't good. Not even a little bit. My copy of The Archer's Tale was left at my mil's yesterday so I'm going to start The Seven Wonders until it's returned to me.
Mark wrote: "Kimber wrote: "Finished up my Stephen King and back to history. Reading Call To Crusade by Tom Vetter and even though I'm only a few chapters in I am enjoying it ve..."I read your review Mark and I'm thinking spot on. I'm almost done with the first book and agree. I would like to see a bit more depth and emotion from Godric. He's almost too perfect. At the same time it is his 'personal diary', written for posterity, that we are reading and men do tend to gloss over their mistakes and emotions in such writings. I'm loving the subject matter though. I haven't read much about the First Crusade and it is interesting to read about the times leading up to it. I'll post my review when I'm done but I'm hovering at about 3.5 to 4.0 stars at the moment.
Gretchen wrote: "I finished The Queen's Handmaid. It wasn't good. Not even a little bit. My copy of The Archer's Tale was left at my mil's yesterday so I'm going to start [book:The Se..."I'm interested to hear your thoughts on The Seven Wonders. I enjoyed it. Look forward to your review.
Kimber wrote: "Mark wrote: "Kimber wrote: "Finished up my Stephen King and back to history. Reading Call To Crusade by Tom Vetter and even though I'm only a few chapters in I am e..."I am looking forward to the second book, as its about the war for northumberland.
Also its about work lols.
Bobby wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Bobby wrote: ""That's a good one, but not my favourite from the series."
Its my first and so far...so good. What was your favorite?"
My favourite was Ghostly Murders
The Gates of Rome by Conn Iggulden I am finishing this August group read this morning unless I spend my time researching the blueskins in Greece.
I just stopped at the library and picked up 3 shiny new books. I might be the first person to read them, they are so pristine!
The Care and Management of Lies 
The Baklava Club
RosebloodI'm not sure how I'm going to fit them in seeing as I have another 7 books in at the other library and I still haven't finished the last 2 ILL's....
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You called the cops on me , Allie? ;) I'm crazy & loud, but never rude! :) My neighbors are uncouth, but I forgive them. They are also very interesting, and accept me for my bi-polar tendencies . However, trash on my lawn is not cool. F*#% that!