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[Mark]

just started this.

Pox is back;).

[Margaret]

Gretchen wrote: "I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland. It's one of those books I'm not really sure about adding to my TBR.

Edit: I guess I have..."

Don't judge the Macbeth era or story by Shakespeare - there was almost nothing historically right about that play. It was much more about who it was written for than who it was supposed to be about.

[Ace]

Mar wrote: "Kimber wrote: "Mar wrote: "The Poisoned Crown"

Love the Iron King series! Good stuffs.
..."

I have dowloaded The Iron King as my christmas gift to myself. I rarely buy books :) Thanks for the tip guys!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Margaret wrote: "Gretchen wrote: "I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland. It's one of those books I'm not really sure about adding to my TBR.

Edi..."
Oh yeah. For a start, Scotland at the time did not practice Prima Geniture, the automatic inheritance by the eldest son. MacBeth had as much right to the throne of Scotland as Malcolm did. Duncan could only recommend his eldest son as his heir, but the nobles didn't have to accept him. And they didn't. Canmore was, by many reports, pretty much a violent psychopath. He didn't so much take back the throne as usurp it.

And Duncan wasn't a sweet old man. Canmore came by his violent tendencies honestly!

[happy]

I finished A Poisonous Plot: The Twenty First Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew. Fun read, a bit better than the last one.

I just started a NF WW II account of Dunkirk

[Patricia]

I have almost finished with Chasing the Light . It's been pretty good so far; historical fiction based on the first women to go to Antarctica in the 1930's. Have also started .

[Gretchen]

Right now I'm working on
Tudors: A History of England Volume 2

Hangman Blind

A Perilous Alliance

The Dark Rose

I have a feeling time my reading time will decrease in the next week. Not because of the holidays but because my seven year old is home for a few days and she gets bored easily when she's not in school.

[Gretchen]

I gave up on Hangman Blind .
I finished A Perilous Alliance. I think I just need to give up on that series. I don't think it's every going to recapture it's original brilliance. Sad.
Started Inés of My Soul . The last book I read about the Spanish conquest of the New World was awful. I'm hoping this one is better.

[Jane]

I persevered with Hangman Blind -- I liked it but nothing special. I get tired of mystery solving monastics.
I liked the other Spanish Conquest book better.

[Gretchen]

I need to learn that sometimes it's alright to not finish a book. I had to fight really hard to put Hangman Blind back in the book drop at the library. My brain just has a hard time with allowing books to go unfinished. There are so many books out there I want to read.

[Kimber]

Reading The Tainted Relic: An Historical Mystery . The first in the series by The Medieval Murderers (Susanna Gregory-aka Elizabeth Cruwys, Jecks, Morson, Knight, Goodsen and Simon Beaufort-aka Susanna Gregory)

[Mark]

theres some very good stories in those. enjoy.

[happy]

Kimber wrote: "Reading The Tainted Relic: An Historical Mystery . The first in the series by The Medieval Murderers (Susanna G..."

I've liked the series, I finished the latest one last month, but as with any anthology the quality of the stories can be a bit uneven.

[Jane]

Gretchen wrote: "I need to learn that sometimes it's alright to not finish a book. I had to fight really hard to put Hangman Blind back in the book drop at the library. My brain just has a hard time ..."

It took me awhile to learn that, too. Also, sometimes I've gotten a book home from the library, read about 20 pp. and given up on it.

[Bobby]

[siriusedward]

GtThe Lord of the Rings

[happy]

Finished Dunkirk - The Men They Left Behind. Pretty good look at the men of the BEF that were captured in 1940

Starting the 8th book of David Weber's Safehold series

[May]

Reading THE COLOR OF SECRETS. Nearly 80% done... much better read than I was expecting!!!

[Kimber]

The Color of Secrets linked for May :D

[Jane]

The Iliad

Never have read the original [although in English] although I've read many retellings.

[Allison]

Jane wrote: " The Iliad

Never have read the original [although in English] although I've read many retellings."

The first time I read that, it was off a computer screen. I recommend never doing that lol. Do you have a favorite retelling, by chance?

[Allison]

Started but so far its not holding my interest. It feels like a (bad) rip off of a Charles Dickens novel.

[Ace]

Allie wrote: "Started but so far its not holding my interest. It feels like a (bad) rip off of a Charles Dickens novel."

I enjoyed that one Allie, how far did you get?

[Lariela]

Now reading Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian.

[May]

Just started THE BEE'S KISS by Barbara Cleverly. I have not read this author before, but I am already intrigued.

[Bobby]

[Shannon Elizabeth]

Started The Maid: A Novel of Joan of Arc. It kept coming up as a possible monthly read in several of the groups I'm a part of but it keeps losing the nomination. I decided I'd just read it myself! It's interesting so far and the author has done her homework on Joan's family life and military career. She has an odd writing style though. She likes to talk in extremely short sentences and use short page or two long chapters. It takes a little getting used to.

[Allison]

Ace wrote: "I enjoyed that one Allie, how far did you get?"

Around 50 pages in.... only about 530 more to go...***groan*** :P

[Shannon Elizabeth]

Anybody read The Conqueror's Wife by Stephanie Thornton? I haven't read anything by her and have a free copy of this one, but as I get such little time to read as it is, I'd like to know if it's worth my time. It certainly has high reviews which is a good sign. Thoughts?

[Gretchen]

Shannon Elizabeth wrote: "Anybody read The Conqueror's Wife by Stephanie Thornton? I haven't read anything by her and have a free copy of this one, but as I get such little time to read as it is, I'd like to know if it's wo..."

I love Stephanie Thornton! The Conqueror's Wife: A Novel of Alexander the Great is patiently waiting on a shelf for me to read. She is one of the few author's whose books I will buy the day they release at full price. Absolutely worth your time.

[Jane]

Allie wrote: "Jane wrote: " The Iliad

Never have read the original [although in English] although I've read many retellings."

The first time I read that, it was off a comp..."

I've never read this off a computer screen but I have read Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes and the The Agricola and The Germania. This translation is ok [Lattimore] but I'd like to try Fagles. I liked his translation of the The Aeneid

[siriusedward]

Nearing the end of The Fellowship of the Ring

[Gretchen]

I've been able to finish a few books this week as the twinkers both have ear infections so all they want to do is hang out on the couch and watch cartoons.

I've finished The Prince Lost to Time
The Mapping of Love and Death and
Land of Shadows: A Medieval Mystery

We still have at least one more sick day in us. I'm not sure what I'm going to read next.

[Daniel]

I started a reread of the saxon stories by Bernard Cornwell. I was going to take my time and read them at leisure...then I found Warriors of the Storm at my library....and I got it...now time to power read up to this point :P

I am also engaging in a year of Dickens with my wife and son, where we will be reading his stories, I am starting with The Pickwick Papers.

I am also still working through The Complete Sherlock Holmes audio book read by Simon Vance, as I drive back and forth to work.

[May]

Daniel,
You have set incredible goals for this year!
Read on!!

[Allison]

To hear that 3 people are going on a Dickens reading adventure makes me happy :)

That's awesome, Daniel! Good for you guys!

Hmmm the Sherlock stories on audio... that would be interesting. Somehow I just never thought about "reading" the classics on audio...hmmmmm....

[Pamela]

Allie wrote: "To hear that 3 people are going on a Dickens reading adventure makes me happy :).."

Me too, as I've also got a Dickens goal this year - to read the remaining 6 of his novels that I haven't read yet. I'll be starting Dombey and Son soon.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Seeing Daniel is doing a Saxon Stories reread finishing with the brand new one makes me happy. :)

[Allison]

Pamela wrote: "Allie wrote: "To hear that 3 people are going on a Dickens reading adventure makes me happy :).."

Me too, as I've also got a Dickens goal this year - to read the remaining 6 of his novels that I h..."

Marvelous! Happy reading :)

[Jane]

Half a King

[Gretchen]

Started The Pillars of the Earth and had to put it down. It's a cumbersome book to read when you've got two people fighting for lap space. I have The Empty Throne on my kindle so I started that instead. Kindles are slightly more lap friendly. I'm going to crawl in a cave and hide for weeks when Cornwell gives Uhtred his swan song.

[Ace]

That is depressing. Can't he just move the action to valhalla?

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Ace has stumbled upon something there!

When Uhtred is gone, change his series to a mythology fiction! That would be awesome. :-D

[Gretchen]

Love it!

[Ace]

He is writing no. 10 now... (big cheesy grin)

http://www.bernardcornwell.net/questi...

[Shannon Elizabeth]

Gretchen wrote: "I love Stephanie Thornton! The Conqueror's Wife: A Novel of Alexander the Great is..."

Thanks for the feedback, Gretchen! We have very similar tastes in HF so I feel pretty confident that Stephanie Thornton will be a good read- especially if you're willing to pay full price! That's says a ton in itself!

[happy]

I'm currently reading Steven Saylor's latest

[Kimber]

happy wrote: "I'm currently reading Steven Saylor's latest

"

YaaaaaY! I love it when a new Gordianus makes an appearance. I'm saving #2 and #3 for a rainy day. Maybe by the time I get around to it there will be a #4 and #5. I could make a weekend out of it!

[Mark]

Jane wrote: " Half a King"

Looking forward to your thoughts on this one Jane.

[Gretchen]

So I'm throwing The Pillars of the Earth in the donation box without even finishing it. I wanted to write a review but 1.) I didn't actually finish the book and 2.) any negative review written about this book on this site is immediately trolled and the author of said review is called all kinds of horrible names. I don't care if you don't agree with me but don't insult my intelligence with name calling. Grow up. I'm going to look through my library pile for a new book now.