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[Ioana]

Gretchen wrote: "Ioana wrote: "Gretchen wrote: "I just finished Last Seen in Massilia and it was brilliant. Rome is reaching her dramatic climax and Gordianus has a front row seat. I have immediately..."

Great, great info, thanks! So many books, so little time :(

[Jane]

Shinju / Laura Joh Rowland

[Victor]

I just finished by Robert Harris
The book was great!
My review ==> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I just started by Nicholas Guild, and it's looking good so far.

[Jane]

The Children's Blizzard / David Laskin
Jan. 12, 1888 blizzard Upper Midwest--Minnesota, Nebraska, Dakota Territory

[Sandra]

I just started by Ben Kane and liking it so far.

[Darcy]

Hey Martha, it was a group read in December. You're welcome to share your thoughts on this thread if you'd like https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[happy]

Victor wrote: "I just finished by Robert Harris
The book was great!
My review ==> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

..."

I agree - It was a 5 Star read for me

I just finished Jeck's Fields of Glory

This one is stright HF, not a mystery and I thought it was a solid 4 star read - Jeck's follows a unit of 20 archers in Edward III's army from their landing near Harfleur in Normandy and their march across France culminating in the Battle of Crecy. Good battle scenes and and an interesting look at the type of men who made up PBI in Edward's army.

I am currently reading a NF account of the USS Enterprise in WW II

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I finished 3 star

Started

[Kimber]

Took a break from HF and read a little brain candy suspense wanna be. Diving back in to the HF now with Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran. I also picked up The Book of Splendor per Dawn's suggestion. Gretchen - still happy to see you enjoying those Gordianus novels. I miss him and can't wait for Saylor's next. I have Silk Road on my kindle ready and waiting so interested to see what you think of it. Same thing with The Shoemaker's Wife - Linda..waiting to hear what you think.

[Dawn]

I've finished The Fellowship of the Ring, in retrospect spending twenty hours listening to it was not a good way to go. It made the book even more interminable.

I've started The Name of the Rose and hopefully I'll get it finished this weekend.

And I am contemplating starting The Pale Horse.

[Paul]

I can't recall how long it has been since I read Eco's 'The Name of the Rose.' I concur with Michael Jeck's evaluation and that is a good one!

[Linda]

The Not Exactly Scarlet Pimpernel by C.P. Lesley. No errors in my e-copy! Good job!

[Linda]

Kimber wrote: "Took a break from HF and read a little brain candy suspense wanna be. Diving back in to the HF now with Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran. I also pic..."

THE SHOEMAKER'S WIFE--just finished. Five star read in HFIC.
SILK ROAD either 4 or 5 stars in HFIC.
I have reviewed both on Overheads. TSW grabs immediately. SR may take a little more time but worth it.

[Linda]

Don't you just love 'predictive word?'
'Overheads' should be Goodreads.

[Linda]

The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani was a traveling book from the Italian Alps to the Minnesota mines. People from Italy and other European countries came to America in early 20th century to make money, especially in the trades. The main characters had lived in the Alps and met again in NYC. I thought there would be more about WW I in the book. Mustard Gas was a killer years after soldiers had returned home. The book is poignant. There is no language alert. As to sex, well the author got the couples under the covers and then it was morning. :-)

[Bobby]

[Zoe]

Hi, I just joined this group today. I am currently 80% through by Sharon Kay Penman. This is the second book in her Welsh Princes saga, although this focuses largely on the exploits of Simon de Montfort - a very interesting man.

[Linda]

The Golden Lynx by C.P. Lesley. Re-read.

[Kimber]

Decided to put Madame Tussaud's on hold and reading instead a Company of Liars which is a play off the Canterbury Tales. Interesting so far. Will definitely hit the Shoemaker's Wife soon as well. Jane - what did you think of Shinju? I've had it sitting on my kindle for about a year....

[Dawn]

I really liked Company of Liars. Has a great ending.

[Mark]

[Gretchen]

I made my way through Silk Road. There was a point in the book that made me physically ill. I have read a lot of books. I have never been made to feel physically ill by any of them. I might need to pick up something trashy and girly. I started The Coffee Trader the other day. I noticed it's on the list of past group reads. I might get through more than two past group reads before February is over.

[Jane]

Kimber wrote: "Decided to put Madame Tussaud's on hold and reading instead a Company of Liars which is a play off the Canterbury Tales. Interesting so far. Will definitely hit the Shoemaker's Wife ..."

Not finished w/ Shinju yet.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Back of the Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall cook books, to whit, The River Cottage Year

[Jane]

Kimber wrote: "Decided to put Madame Tussaud's on hold and reading instead a Company of Liars which is a play off the Canterbury Tales. Interesting so far. Will definitely hit the Shoemaker's Wife ..."

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... on Shinju

[C.P.]

Great review, Jane, and one of my favorite series. I haven't read one in a while. I'm guessing that Reiko has not yet made her appearance? (I read thrm out of order, so I get confused.)

[Ioana]

Thanks for a great review, Jane. Will definitely read Shinju, and hopefully more in the series. I am fascinated my the Far East history and customs, and while I realize this is not a history or a non-fiction book, if well researched, it can be a very good way to learn more about a time and society.

[Jane]

C.P. wrote: "Great review, Jane, and one of my favorite series. I haven't read one in a while. I'm guessing that Reiko has not yet made her appearance? (I read thrm out of order, so I get confused.)"

No, Reiko hasn't appeared yet although Sano's dad does bring up the subject of marriage for the young man--but with a completely different young lady. I don't think you have to read these in order. I read the last one first, then went to #1 to get a little background on the characters. Only series I've found it's very much better to read in order is Mary Reed's John the Eunuch series in the Byzantine Empire of Justinian.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Zoe wrote: "Hi, I just joined this group today. I am currently 80% through by Sharon Kay Penman. This is the second book in her Welsh Princes saga, although th..."


Welcome Zoe. :)

[C.P.]

Good to know that I haven't lost it totally (yet). ;-) Reiko does add immeasurably to the series when she appears, though—at least for me.

[Gretchen]

I recently finished I Bring the Fire: Part I Wolves. It was brilliant! It's not historical fiction. It's about Loki in the modern world. It was one of the funnies books I have read in a long time. I moved on to something that's slightly more serious Lords of the North (as serious as Uhtred can be) and Mr. Churchill's Secretary for something a little more recent.

[Lariela]

Just started The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I approve of your choice, young Gretchen. :D *cheers for Uhtred*

[Dawn]

That is a great series Martha. I wasn't partial to the first 100 pages or so but the rest of the book more than made up for it.

[Allison]

Terri wrote: "I approve of your choice, young Gretchen. :D *cheers for Uhtred*"

lol :)

[Dawn]

I have finally finished The War That Ended Peace: The Road To 1914

and have started The Guns of August as my next non-fiction choice.

I am hoping it's not as dense and won't take me so long to finish it!

[Victor]

Just finished by Nicholas Guild
Probably one of the best Thrillers I've read, and it's set in WW2 which makes it even better.
My review ===> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Gonna start by Steven Barnes

[Linda]

Pompeii by R. Harris. Not moving as fast as I thought it would, but it will pick up.

[Dawn]

I think it's time to try out some P.G. Wodehouse so my next audiobook is going to be My Man Jeeves.

[happy]

I finished Tillman's look at the WW II USS Enterprise, Enterprise: America's Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II

Not bad if you are interested in WW II, kind of gossipy

I'm staring Jeffery Archer's

[Catherine]

Linda wrote: "Pompeii by R. Harris. Not moving as fast as I thought it would, but it will pick up."

It does move slowly. I had to put it down to finish another borrowed book I needed to return. Now I can get back to Pompeii.

[Linda]

LL
Thank you, Catherine!

[C.P.]

Alternating between The Testament of Mariam and The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?. Both are interesting, although I have to admit that Ann Swinfen is blowing Jared Diamond out of the water at present.

Also reading Annabel Annuo Liu's new memoir, Under the Towering Tree, which seems not to have made it into the GR database yet. I may try to add it tomorrow, as it is quite fascinating.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Nearly finished not quite a 3 star, not quite a 4 star. *sigh* If only GR had half stars. If they did. Then I'd give it 3.5

Starting . Sneaked in 20 pages. Was very impressed!!

[Mindy]

Ivy by Julie Hearn

[Darcy]

Ivy

[Diane]

Well, I finished my Agatha Christie duo - Murder in Mesopotamia and Evil Under the Sun - and now I've started on See Delphi and Die. Officially, I started this morning, but really it was more like lunch. I haven't gotten very far into it because I've been busy. We're supposed to get a ton of rain tomorrow, so I figure I'll have plenty of reading time then. So much for our nice weather.

Interestingly, I forgotten that I had already read Last Act in Palmyra and Last Seen in Massilia. It's been a while, though, so I'll reread them after I finish this one.

[Dawn]

Started The Night Circus

[Histolicious]

Started okay nothing historical, but Jurassic Park is my favorite movie. Words can´t descirbe how much I love it.

Everytime I watch this damn movie I cry, whent Doctor Grant saw his first living dinosaur and all his dreams have come true. It´s one of "this" stories for me. One that remind me, why we tell stories in the first place:

Humans use Technology to bring back animals und everything goes nuts. Such a freaking great idea!

[Linda]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo byStieg Larsson.