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[Histolicious]

How'd that happen? Did you get it while it was a freebie or something?

==> @Terri: Yes. Exactly this happend :D and it makes me perfectly happy :D ♥

[Jane]

Also reading A Conspiracy of Paper

[Simona]

Jane wrote: "Also reading A Conspiracy of Paper"

and how are you liking it? I've read very different reviews, I'd be curious to know your first impressions.

[Gretchen]

and

[Bobby]

Martha wrote: "About to start "

Enjoyed this one very much. My review:


Solid 4 stars. Really had a sense of the times and carnage. Thought the Brigit character to be very cool...and one with Mother Earth. Liked that twist of paganism amongst the priests. And Robin's trying to keep a foot in both the land of the Christ followers as well as with the people of the woods.

[Mark]

Finishing off The Autumn Republic brilliant book.

[Jaime]

I am currently reading three books: , and

[Victor]

Just read by Christian Kachel. I really liked it and am looking forward to the next book.
My review ===> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Now I'm going to read by Nicholas Guild

[Diego]

Finally finished !!

Great read for 1000 pages, but the last 300 were horrible!!! One star penalty for that painful last quarter of the book, taking into consideration that 300 pages could make an entire good novel itself.

If the author thought that the only thing to teach me about Texas history on the 20th century was all about numbers on football results or corporation revenues, I would have killed it on 50 pages or end the novel in the 19th century.

Well, after finishing what could be the longest novel on my shelf, I decided to look for the shortest one :P. And that would be a SF, Asimov's .

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Reading Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics. Have damn near injured myself laughing. The book is hysterical. It's a not so serious look at the serious subject of economics.

It needs to be on the economics curriculum at universities.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Martha wrote: "About to start reading , has anyone read this book or the , if you have please let me know what you think, Tha..."


Hi Martha,
Maybe this thread may serve your query better?
It is a thread we have on Men of Iron (Knights)

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[happy]

Just finished Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson - excellent, I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the AWC - 5 stars. Currently reading Dan Jones newest history of Medieval/Early Modern England



This is NON FICTION

[Jerry]

Martha wrote: "About to start reading , has anyone read this book or the , if you have please let me know what you think, Tha..."

I read it earlier this year and had mixed feelings about it. The plot is sound enough, and the hero is engaging and sympathetic, but some of the other characters were a bit stereotyped. There were also some historical inaccuracies.

My review is on https://www.goodreads.com/review

[Mark]

Just started The Counterfeit Madam and Kingslayer.

[Gretchen]

Finished and . I need to start a new waiting room book. I'm torn between ripping off the bandaid and starting the final Gordianus novel or starting

[happy]

Starting Dan Jones' new history of the Wars of the Roses titled interestingly enough

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

[C.P.]

Anell wrote: "I finished enjoyed it...."

I'm about a third of the way into this one and enjoying it. It's unexpected: an illiterate late 19th-century woman from the lower classes in Naples, mistress to a mobster, who may or may not have psychic powers but is sufficiently convinced of her own gifts to agree to testing by a skeptical professor. The whole thing is related by a budding photojournalist whose claim to fame rests on having snapped a picture of her levitating a table, apparently without tricks. He's smitten; she wants to defend her honor and escape the gangster; I don't think it will turn into a romance, because they are too far apart in age and experience. Generally well written and well edited: I've spotted a few errors, but nothing that interferes with my reading. Going back to it now, in fact.

[Alicja]

Started The Martian today and I can't put it down. But Luck in the Shadows is calling my name while Tribune of Rome is a slow start (although I am told that its great once it gets going).

As usual, variety in genres...

[Teanka]

Alicja wrote: "Started The Martian today and I can't put it down.Tribune of Rome is a slow start (although I am told that its great once it gets going).
As usual, variety in genres... "
I read both The Martian and Tribune of Rome about Vespasian last year. The Martian was a great and easy read. I gave 2 stars to Vespasian and won't be buying the sequel. It reads like a naive YA book. The author divided Vespasian's life into 7 pieces and wants to write a story that is way too long for the material he has. But then I'm curious as to others' thoughts on the subject and there is always hope that the next installments might be better.

I also usually mix the genres I read. Right now, I finally managed to start reading and am enjoying it immensely, IMHO far better than which I read last month.

[Diane]

I'm reading The Waxman Murders by Paul Doherty and Dance of Death by Helen McCloy. I haven't read any Doherty in quite a while.

[Jane]

The Anatomy Lesson / Nina Siegal.
Rembrandt's painting.

[Austin]

I'm reading the last of Stieg Larson's trilogy, 'The Girl Who...' Complicated, fascinating, and compelling. Stieg Larsson

[Tim]

I am reading and really enjoying it.

[Jaime]

Victor wrote: "Just read by Christian Kachel. I really liked it and am looking forward to the next book.
My review ===> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11..."

The Assyrian is a solid historical novel. It is one of my favorites.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Teanka wrote: "It reads like a naive YA book...."

I felt this way too, Teanka. I read a sample of Tribune of Rome way back when I put it in a group read and that is exactly how I felt about what I was reading.

[Victor]

Jaime wrote: "Victor wrote: "Just read by Christian Kachel. I really liked it and am looking forward to the next book.
My review ===> https://www.goodreads.com..."

I'm enjoying it a lot too. I really like this author (Berlin Warning was really good).

[Alicja]

Terri wrote: "Teanka wrote: "It reads like a naive YA book...."

I felt this way too, Teanka. I read a sample of Tribune of Rome way back when I put it in a group read and that is exactly how I ..."

Yeah, so far it does read a bit childish. I am also a bit thrown by the weird POV changes (which with half the Romans having the same name gets a bit confusing).

[Jane]

Legionary: The Scourge of Thracia / Gordon Doherty

[Gretchen]

Sworn Sword- Just realized it's on the list of group reads I missed.
Dreams of Joy- Just for something different but I already feel like reaching through the pages an throttling the carefree attitude out of one of the main characters.

[Shannon Elizabeth]

Just finished Juliet's Nurse by Lois Leveen. Absolutely wonderful! I wasn't sure what to expect from it, but it was very good. Seeing as how I have had a hard time liking Romeo and Juliet since I was a teenager (as an adult all I see is teenage selfishness; however, I always respect the bard!) I wasn't sure if I'd like the story from any character's POV, but I loved the nurse. My heart just broke for her, though!

[Histolicious]

I picking my way through I had great expectations. Paris. Belle Epoce. Magic. But it´s incredible slow ... :/ hope it´s get better soon :O

[Linda]

Plague Land by S.D. Sykes I am reading it early so I will wait to say very much about the book. I do think this book was a good choice for the group.

[Kimber]

Reading a delicious little book John Saturnall's Feast and liking it so far. I've always enjoyed books that explore the botany and herblore of the time. Of course that means an accusation of witchcraft exists more often than not. Here, it does. Will be moving on to The Alchemist's Daughter in order to provide a Goodreads and Amazon review for Ms. Lawrence. Excited. Looks good. :D

[Jerry]

Just finishing Queen's Pawn, the second of the "Weaponsmith" books by Mike Crawshaw. Not as good as the first one in the series, but I still enjoyed it. I know its a little out of time for this group, being set in the early seventeenth century, but it is only just post-Tudor. I am now about to order the group reads for March.

And going completely off-topic, I have also just read Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin

[Diane]

I'm reading The Clocks by Agatha Christie and Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones. It just occurred to me that Falcones is the second Spanish writer I've read (in translation) this month. The other is Antonio Garrido.

[Linda]

The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean. This book is about Alzheimer's Disease.

[Linda]

Kimber, THE ALCHEMIST'S DAUGHTER is good. I reviewed it on Amazon and Goodreads. Enjoy!

[Jane]

In Kithairon's Shadow: A Novel of Ancient Greece and the Persian War / Jon Edward Martin:
Plataea

The Moor's Account / Laila Lalami

[C.P.]

Just finished The Witch of Napoli. My review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (I enjoyed it—a lot).

[Thomas]

Sorry for not posting here much, but I do plan to post more. Reading House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker. So far pretty decent, I enjoy Frank Peretti's supernatural stories. Plus you don't see very many christian horror books.

[Darcy]

House

[Thomas]

Oops, forgot to link the book. Thanks.

[Diego]

Well, The End of Eternity was a quick ride.

I will be starting then , giving this series another chance, since I found the first book pretty Meh!

But well, I take into consideration that it's normal for a first novel to be pretty amateurish, and the thing is that I really liked the setting, so I hope for this second book to have better developement.

The plot sounds very similar to The Name of the Rose though. I hope it will be more than just another monastery crime book.

[Andy]

Been meaning to get a round to this for a while now after very good reviews about the author's Greek series & being loaded up already with tales of the Great Green decided on this. about 50% thro & the juries in the balance

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

be interested in what you think, Andy. I thought it had flaws, but still liked it and thought it would have made a good series.

[Bobby]

Just finished

Getting back to

[Victor]

Just finished by Nicholas Guild I liked it alot, especially the character development.
My review ===> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I started the sequel

[Jane]

I liked the sequel better.

[happy]

I finished Dan Jones' history of the Wars of the Roses


Not bad at all - very good intro to the period. He covers the time from the death of Henry V through to the accension of Henry VIII. He pretty much follows the accepted history (view spoiler)[Richard III had the Princes in the Tower killed (hide spoiler)] and does include information gained from Richard III's remains.

Currently reading a newish Napoleonic era naval fiction novel

[Allison]

Wow...I haven't posted in here in forever! I need to get back into the historical genre, was too busy reading contemporary books for group/buddy reads in other groups.

Not that this is HF but I'm reading Horns
BUT I'm listening to the audio of The Borgias: The Hidden History . Not sure if the whole audio craze is for me, had to listen to the same passage a couple of times because my mind wanders but I figured I should start knocking some NF off my tbr by listening to audios. I try telling myself its like being in school and listening to a lecture, which I had no problem doing but it still takes getting used to books on disc.