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[Gretchen]

I just added Roseblood to my tbr along with a few other Paul Doherty novels. I can't figure out why that list isn't getting shorter.

[Dawn]

I can't figure out how mine got over 1000 again either! :)

I've tried four of Paul Doherty's series and I find he's a really solid 3 star author for me.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Paul Doherty really is a dependable author. Occasionally you get 4 star reads, but you know that we will get a good, reliably entertaining 3 star read.

[Kimber]

Going in for some alternative history with Laura Anderson's The Boleyn King .

[Darcy]

Viewing the lives of Greek gods in 21st Century London with Gods Behaving Badly

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Looks interesting, Darcy. My library has it, so have ordered it. :)

[Darcy]

To be honest I got because, I want a sense of her writing because I was more interested in The Table of Less Valued Knights released this week. I got both and expect the knight one to be hilarious.

[Jane]

Evergreen by Rebecca Rasmussen

[Gretchen]

Darcy wrote: "Viewing the lives of Greek gods in 21st Century London with Gods Behaving Badly"

That is going on my list too! It's like Percy Jackson for adults!

[Allison]

Gretchen wrote: "Darcy wrote: "Viewing the lives of Greek gods in 21st Century London with Gods Behaving Badly"

That is going on my list too! It's like Percy..."

Me three! Added :)

[Bobby]

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[Dawn]

Yeah for David Gemmell!! :)

[Mark]

Enjoy it Bobby.

[Linda]

Conn IgguldenThe Death of Kings.

[Jane]

A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear by Atiq Rahimi

[Diego]

I just started Warlock: A Novel of Ancient Egypt...I hope this one is better than it's predecessors.

I mean, they were good books, but this is my 5th Wilbur, and I always have a little trouble finishing them - I've drop them all by the middle, then I grab them up again after reading around 10 different books -. Except for the last one, Monsoon. What a great read this was from the first page. But before continuing the Courtney's Saga, I think I'm gonna give another try at the Egyptian Series.

[Simona]

Diego wrote: "I just started Warlock: A Novel of Ancient Egypt...I hope this one is better than it's predecessors.

I mean, they were good bo..."

Diego, I read it some time ago and it was a library book, but I remember it as appalling - and I liked River God. This one shouldn't be the second one in the series, maybe the third? and I really think that if the author wasn't so famous it would have been cause of laugh, or horror, or both at the publishing house.
I really hope to be remembering badly.

[Kimber]

Darcy wrote: "To be honest I got because, I want a sense of her writing because I was more interested in The Table of Less Valued Knights rel..."

I just put that on my wish/TBR list. My daily Off the Shelf email did a review on it and it looks hilarious. Can't wait to read. Please let me know how it goes.

[Kimber]

Bobby wrote: "
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Yaaaay! Another Mr. Mercedes reader. I just finished. Don't read my review...it has spoilers. :)

[Diego]

Simona wrote: " I read it some time ago and it was a library book, but I remember it as appalling - and I liked River God..."

That bad?? :( hmmmm...Oh well, I'm still giving it a shot. I found this one along with the 4th in the series, they were both on the used books shelf at my local bookshop, so I have to read them both.

Must finish...all books on my shelf...or I'll start...brbrbrzzz...malfunctioning =P

Hey, If I could finish the abominable The Lost Symbol, I think I could go through this one...

[Bobby]

Mark wrote: "Enjoy it Bobby."

Thanks Mark...hope to like it after all I've heard about it.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Simona wrote: "Diego wrote: "I just started Warlock: A Novel of Ancient Egypt...I hope this one is better than it's predecessors.

I mean, the..."

I don't think you are. I remember the only decent one out of that series being River God.

[Simona]

Diego wrote: "Hey, If I could finish the abominable The Lost Symbol, I think I could go through this one... ..."

Ha! You would think so, wouldn't you?
Anyway, let us know...:)

[Jane]

The Great Fire of Rome: The Fall of the Emperor Nero and His City by Stephen Dando-Collins

[Dawn]

Defending Angels by Mary Stanton

[Shomeret]

I just started Peonyby Pearl Buck. I am learning things I never knew about the history of Jews in China.

[Dawn]

Peony looks like a very good book. I'm going to have to track it down.

[Dawn]

I've started another book (surprise, surprise) A Potion for a Widow by Caroline Roe

[Victor]

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

I just finished by Susanna Clarke

It's interesting, especially the way it is written (it's alt-history fic). My review ==> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Now I'm about 100 pages into by Robert Low
I looked at a quiz on Goodreads about the book and spoiled it for myself :(

[Darcy]

Whoopsie!

[Sonny]

Genghis: Birth of an Empire ..Just started.

[Allison]

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

I just finished by [author:Susanna Clar..."

Eek! A thousand pages?? With footnotes?? Haha, onto the back burner it goes. Thanks Victor!

[Shomeret]

Dawn wrote: "Peony looks like a very good book. I'm going to have to track it down."

I abandoned it. There was some important character background that didn't make sense to me from a Jewish perspective.

[Dawn]

That's too bad. :(

[Alicja]

Just finished , OMG that was awesome!

I am also finishing up .

is awful. The author has no understanding of ancient Greek culture at all. And the awful thing is most of the story so far revolves around that misunderstanding.

is cool so far. Its like Alexander the Great v. Mongols v. British in India (like Sharpe) v. prehistoric humans v. science fiction time travel battle royale. Off to a good start...

[Shomeret]

I am currently reading Antidote to Murder, the second book in the Dody McCleland series by Felicity Young. It takes place in London in 1911. Dody is physician who works part time at women's clinic for the poor. One of her patients was found dead of a botched abortion and Dody is accused of being the abortionist. Dody is in favor of birth control, but opposed to abortion. She must find out the identity of the abortionist responsible. In a separate plot line, Mata Hari is also a character in this book. This is a real page turner.

[Gretchen]

I had to take a break from The Archer's Tale. I keep hoping it's going to pick up and it's not. I started reading A Flower for the Queen. It's a book about botany during the Age of Discovery. It has some great characters like Captain Cook and Sir Joseph Banks. I don't really know a ton about botany (despite my biologist mother's desperate attempts in my youth) but I am finding it to be an interesting book so far.

[Jane]

Alicja wrote: "Just finished , OMG that was awesome!

I am also finishing up .

[bookcover:The Rise and the Fall of the Sacred Band of T..."

Oh gosh, the Sacred Band of Thebes sounded interesting.

[Dawn]

I had a very productive weekend! I finished:
Shroud for the Archbishop by Peter Tremayne
The Witch in the Well by Sharan Newman
The Care and Management of Lies by Jacqueline Winspear
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

And started a few more:
The Price of Murder by Bruce Alexander
Chocolat by Joanne Harris

[Alicja]

Jane wrote: "Alicja wrote: "Oh gosh, the Sacred Band of Thebes sounded interesting."

Yes, but not this particular book. The author frames ancient Greek morals and society through a 21st century lens and has no real understanding. Its disappointing.

[Sonny]

Didn't know Chocolat was a book. Loved the movie. Have to add it to my TBR list.

[happy]

Dawn wrote: "I had a very productive weekend! I finished: ...

Wow, I'm impressed. I have never been able to read more than one book at a time :)

I finally finished my NON FICTION read on the Tudors



The family relationships are emphized more that the politics. De Lisle does a good job of telling the story on Henry VIII's sisters, Mary and Margret, who both married Kings (France and Scotland).

Currently reading another NON FICTION book on the War of 1812

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

I usually have 3 books on the go at one time. Very occasionally, 4.

[Bobby]

I usually have 2 or 3 but they must be of different genres.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Bobby wrote: "I usually have 2 or 3 but they must be of different genres."

Pretty much what I do, Bobby. I usually have a fiction book, & a non-fiction at home, and a volume of poetry or a novel on my Kindle on public transport.

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I'm currently reading The Pagan Lord, by Bernard Cornwell. I'm only on part two, but have enjoyed every sentence thus far. It's action-packed from the very beginning, brutal, and extremely enjoyable.

[Bobby]

The Pagan Lord

[Bobby]

Margaret wrote: "Bobby wrote: "I usually have 2 or 3 but they must be of different genres."

Pretty much what I do, Bobby. I usually have a fiction book, & a non-fiction at home, and a volume of poetry or a novel ..."

I usually have a history...recent fiction and maybe a Stephen Kingish going.

[Dawn]

I used to think I had some kind of system but it's really just whatever I feel like reading. If I'm reading 5 books about the Roman Empire...so be it. :)

Usually they are at least about different subjects though.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Dawn wrote: "I used to think I had some kind of system but it's really just whatever I feel like reading. If I'm reading 5 books about the Roman Empire...so be it. :)

Usually they are at least about different ..."

I've been known to go on book binges, Dawn. Where all I read are books on a particular subject.