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[Rafael]

I am reading the portuguese edition of The Story of Kullervo by J.R.R. Tolkien, greatly inspired in the finnish national mythology, The Kalevala.

[Deb]

Terri wrote: "I can recommend that one too. I gave it 5 stars. This was my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It was a wonderful book."

I am about half way through, I LOVED the early chapters about the Celts, and the story of Ardtornish castle and it's sea kingdom! The long riders.... Just imagine the amazing fiction a really good author could do with those stories.

[happy]

I finished Weir's Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen

Meh - 3 stars. I found it a little dull and flat. Probably a little to romancy for this group. However, I did like her take on the back and forth between Katherine and Henry on the "King's Great Matter".

Currently reading an early Max Hastings' book on the 2nd SS Panzer Division in Normandy during WW II (Non Fiction)

[Alice]

happy wrote: "I finished Weir's Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen

Meh - 3 stars. I found it a little dull and flat. Probably a little to romancy for this group. I did like her take on the back..."

I've read Antonia Fraser's non-fiction The Wives of Henry VIII. It was a good informative read about all the six wives. And I've heard people say that Weir does non-fiction better than fiction.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Alice wrote: "happy wrote: "I finished Weir's Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen

Meh - 3 stars. I found it a little dull and flat. Probably a little to romancy for this group. I did like her ta..."

Weir does. I always enjoy her non-fiction, but her fiction is hit and miss.

[happy]

I really haven't thought much of her last couple of novels. She definitely is no Margaret George!

I even thought her last couple of Non Fiction have been below par. Part of that is I don't think there was a whole lot of documentation about the ladies she was writing about , esp the one on Mary Boylen.

Said commentary about the times I suppose.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Deborah wrote: "Terri wrote: "I can recommend that one too. I gave it 5 stars. This was my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It was a wonderful book."

I am about half way through, I LOVED th..."

You are so right. There are a lot of fantastic stories there begging to be turned into hist fic. You're making me want to read Sea Kingdoms again.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Meri wrote: "I've actually got that book here somewhere. Keep meaning to finish reading it. It is an amazing book. My friend borrowed it once and loved it!"

Oh yes, revisit it. :-)

[siriusedward]

The Pilgrim's Progress and The Silmarillion

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

siriusedward wrote: "The Pilgrim's Progress and The Silmarillion"

That's an interesting combination. :)

[Rafael]

Sure it is. haha i only read the Silmarillion, it is a awesome book.

[Rafael]

I began today to read a portuguese edition of The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov.

[Lariela]

Just started I Am the Chosen King by Helen Hollick.

[Bill]

I'm out of genre for a couple titles:

Just finished:

Now reading:

On Deck:

[Ace]

I read The Flame Bearer. 5 stars, obviously.

[Lariela]

Now reading The Autumn Throne by Elizabeth Chadwick.

[Patricia]

Lariela wrote: "Now reading The Autumn Throne by Elizabeth Chadwick."
Love her books!--Am finally starting Genghis: Lords of the Bow.

[Pamela]

Having finished The Hangman's Daughter, I'm taking a little break before starting The Dark Monk. In the meantime I've just started The Virgin in the Ice .

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Pamela wrote: "Having finished The Hangman's Daughter, I'm taking a little break before starting The Dark Monk. In the meantime I've just started [book:The Virgin in the Ice|2285605..."

Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael is always an enjoyable read.

[Pamela]

Margaret wrote: "Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael is always an enjoyable read "

I agree, I am reading some of them for the second time and enjoying them just as much this time round.

[Nazzarena]

I've finally finished what I was reading and now... I'm starting with The flame bearer. *_*

[Allison]

Lariela wrote: "Now reading The Autumn Throne by Elizabeth Chadwick."

My favorite historical fiction writer!!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Can everyone see this? For some reason this thread doesn't appear to be updating

[Ace]

Margaret wrote: "Can everyone see this? For some reason this thread doesn't appear to be updating"

I see it..

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Thanks Ace. I'm a little worried as I've had notifications that Allie, Pamela & Nazzarena have posted within the last 40 minutes and no posts are showing. :\

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Oh sod it. Still not showing up.

[Ace]

Thats weird. I see them all. They are posts 7823 7824 and 7825.

[Rafael]

Now it is showed to me too. The last time that there's a update was when Margaret (post #7822), since then the others posts did not updated the thread.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

There' was a problem and people reported it. Looks like it's been fixed.

[May]

I see the thread

[Jane]

A Day and a Life / Penelope Wilcock

[Msjodi777]

Started Plague yesterday as soon as the mailman dropped it off at my front door... probably about 2/3 of the way thru cause I've been reading since I got off work at 1:30pm. Won't finish it tonite, but will tomorrow. And tomorrow, I will be listening to Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still because I haven't listened to an audiobook since my younger son and his family showed up on my doorstep in the rain at 03:15am saying that their home was flooded out. They finally found a place and spent their first nite in it last nite. I love my grandsons, but children under 6 make a lot of noise, and the only time they don't is when they are asleep... today, I reveled in the quiet and read a dt book. LOL <><

[Ace]

Msjodi777 wrote: "Started Plague yesterday as soon as the mailman dropped it off at my front door... probably about 2/3 of the way thru cause I've been reading since I got off work at 1:30pm. Won't f..."

Glad you have peace n quiet again, there is nothing like enjoying a good read after guests have departed :)

[Msjodi777]

Ace ⚓ wrote: "there is nothing like enjoying a good read after guests have departed :) ...."

You are so right, Ace! And I did finish Plague today, so I'm getting ready to start Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still while I finish up a test knit. Listening to this one, so that I can knit while I read. I really enjoyed The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language, and have at least one of the Great Courses lectures by Professor McWhorter, so I am really looking forward to it.... and that is all I will say, cause it is so far off topic, it's falling out the edge of my comment window. LOL <><

[siriusedward]

I loved Plague when I read it.
And adventures of English sounds interesting

[Msjodi777]

siriusedward wrote: "I loved Plague when I read it.
And adventures of English sounds interesting"

The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language was great, but it is one book that really needs to be listened to while you read it. There are several passages in old English that you can almost read, but which would probably make much more sense if you could hear them while you look at them. Normally I'm one or the other, but this one I honestly think needs both. <><

[Dawn]

I'm reading In the Year of Jubilee by George Gissing, an author that was a new find for me this year. He's a little more on the obscure side of the classic novel authors.

Also The Honor of the Queen by David Weber, I tried the Honor Harrington books before and didn't like them but I don't know what I was thinking, these are exactly my kind of books and I really like Harrington.

And Figure of Hate by Bernard Knight, a historical mystery series that has been a pretty steady 3 star read the whole way through. This is book 9 of 15.

[Mark]

Dawn wrote: "I'm reading In the Year of Jubilee by George Gissing, an author that was a new find for me this year. He's a little more on the obscure side of the classic novel aut..."

Never heard Gissing, started the Harrington books myself, and the crowner John books are very good.

[Ace]

Somebody recommended The Long Ships to me today which I couldn't find online in my library so I went and paid for it, it sounds so good.

[Jane]

I considerer this the "granddaddy" of all Viking novels!

[Ace]

Clearly I have been living under a rock!

[Dawn]

Mark wrote: "......started the Harrington books myself..."

How many have you read?

[Dawn]

Started and almost finished A Bitter Truth by Charles Todd. I can't believe I waited so long to get back to this series, WWI era mysteries are a favorite of mine.

[Mark]

Dawn wrote: "Mark wrote: "......started the Harrington books myself..."

How many have you read?"

One and a half. It's a slow reading project.

[Bill]

Just starting:

On Deck:

[Msjodi777]

Started listening to One Drop of Blood last nite, and got sucked right in... not crazy about the narrator, but the story is pretty good... Just my kind of reading.

Oh, and I'm reading The Confessions of Catherine de Medici in dt format (told you that I would feed my addiction any way I could!) Only have about a quarter left, but I fell asleep early last nite, so didn't get much reading done. <><

[Sherry]

Just finished Antonia Hodgson's new MURDER AT FOUNTAINS ABBEY, which I picked up at the Historical Novel Conf. last month. (I guess it's not in GR's database yet.) Really loved it! It's the third in a series that started with The Devil in the Marshalsea. Will post a review as soon as I get a moment.

[Dawn]

Mark wrote: "One and a half. It's a slow reading project."

Ha, very slow. I'm up half a book on you. :)

[Dawn]

Msjodi777 wrote: "Oh, and I'm reading The Confessions of Catherine de Medici...."

That was a pretty good book, I liked it's french perspective.

[Dawn]

Sherry wrote: "Just finished Antonia Hodgson's new MURDER AT FOUNTAINS ABBEY, which I picked up at the Historical Novel Conf. last month. (I guess it's not in GR's database yet.) Really loved it!..."

Looks like it's actually called A Death at Fountains Abbey or at least that's what's in the GRs database and on Amazon.