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[happy]

Finished Devil's Seal - not bad 3.75 stars if GR allowed - round up to 4. It is set against Rome's attempt to gain supremacy of the Western Churches in general and the Irish Church specifically. The main problem I had was the constant use Irish vocabulary that was distracting for me and made following the story a wee bit difficult.

I'm currently reading a NF look at the beginnings of the Folger Shakespeare library.

[May]

Loved that book, Happy!! As an avid reader & past English teacher, I loved the back story and intrigue of the Folio's. Getting to that Library is high on my bucket list!! Enjoy!

[happy]

I saw the author on BookTV and had to read it!

https://www.c-span.org/video/?416995-...

[Alice]

Finished a fantastic historical fantasy novel The Book and the Sword (read in Chinese). This was a reread after half a century and the magic was still there! My 5 star review:

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

[Rafael]

I am reading a brazilian edition of a non-fiction book about mummies, The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead by Heather Pringle. Some subjects in this book would provide a lot of subjects for speculative authors in historical fiction.

[Lynne]

Just finished "Morbid Taste for Bones" by Ellis Peters. Loved it!

[C.P.]

Recently finished The Flame Bearer and Waterloo, both of which I loved. Currently reading Loitering With Intent for another group and enjoying it.

[Lynne]

Flame and Waterloo are both on my shelf and TBR list! Sounds like they are both good continuations of a couple of great series.

[Dawn]

I'm still waiting for the library to send me The Flame Bearer and someday I'm going to get back to reading the rest of the Sharpe books.

[Ace]

I'm reading The Serpent and the Pearl by Kate Quinn

[Gretchen]

Ace wrote: "I'm reading The Serpent and the Pearl by Kate Quinn"

Have the next novel on stand-by.

[Ace]

Gretchen wrote: "Ace wrote: "I'm reading The Serpent and the Pearl by Kate Quinn"

Have the next novel on stand-by."
Loving it!

[Alice]

I wonder how The Serpent and the Pearl compares with Sarah Dunant's Blood & Beauty: The Borgias? I loved the latter!

[Marilyn]

I am buried deep in the Poldark novels. I think I'm on No 7, The Angry Tide: A Novel of Cornwall. I haven't read back to back sequels since. Cornwell's Uhtred novels. Winston Graham's characterizations are so moving. Highly recommend this series to all. Also, while the TV series is very good, it's impossible to touch on all the variables of a character or situation.

[Gretchen]

Alice wrote: "I wonder how The Serpent and the Pearl compares with Sarah Dunant's Blood & Beauty: The Borgias? I loved the latter!"

Quinn's Pearl had just a little more scandal and drama (than already present in the Borgia house). Some might suggest Dunant's was a little dry in comparison but I thought they were both excellent reads.

[Alice]

Thanks for the tip Gretchen! I, for one, didn't think Blood & Beauty was dry at all! It would seem to me that Dunant was trying to adhere to historical facts.

[Lariela]

I'm reading When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman.

[Marilyn]

Oh, that was so good!

[Allison]

Lariela wrote: "I'm reading When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman."

I'm making a point of reading this in 2017.

[C.P.]

Currently reading The Bookseller's Tale. I really like her Christoval Alvarez series, and so far this one is just as good.

[Lariela]

Allie wrote: "Lariela wrote: "I'm reading When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman."

I'm making a point of reading this in 2017."

That series now has five books. It's my plan to read them all in order.

[happy]

Lariela wrote: "I'm reading When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman."

That was one of the first Penman I read - great book!

[Alice]

I'm reading Sarah Dunant's In the Company of the Courtesan. It grabs me right away!

[Carol]

I'm reading Strange Tide by Christopher Fowler. Like all of his Bryant & May books, it is littered with fascinating, well-researched historical facts about London.

[happy]

I finished The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folger’s Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare’s First Folio

Good look at how Shakespeare became SHAKESPEARE and the obsessive collecting of Shakespearian artifacts including more than 70 copies of First Folio, by Henry Folger, led to the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC.

His collection was so vast some of it still hasn't been properly catalogued after more than 70 yrs after the opening of the library.

I'll post more complete summary of my thoughts when I get the time.

Highly recommended for anyone who likes Shakespeare.

Currently reading



Non fiction look at armored combat in WW I and WW II.

[Ace]

Allie wrote: "Lariela wrote: "I'm reading When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman."

I'm making a point of reading this in 2017."

I'm also making a point to read Sharon Kay Penman during 2017. Not sure where to start, she's written so many!

[Pamela]

Finally got round to reading The Silver Pigs . Nice easy read, am about half way through.

[happy]

Ace wrote: "Allie wrote: "Lariela wrote: "I'm reading When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman."

I'm making a point of reading this ..."

My two favorites of hers are When Christ... and The Sunne in Splendour, however Sunne is a bit dated. IMO she hasn't written a bad book so you couldstart anywhere.

[Ace]

Thanks Happy, I have the Welsh Princes series on my tablet, so I am going to start with those three next year. I have very high expectations already and am following the authors blog here on GR which I love. I feel so bad that I have not gotten around to reading any of her novels yet!
Here be Dragons
Falls the Shadow
The Reckoning

[Alice]

The Sunne in Splendour is high on my to-read list. It will be my first Penman novel!

[Lynne]

I have all of hers on the shelf and have yet to begin on them. I tend to wait until an author dies or finishes a series before I start it. Is that dumb or what?!

[Alice]

I have never been a fan of series and tend to prefer standalones, especially epics!

[Gretchen]

Lariela wrote: "Allie wrote: "Lariela wrote: "I'm reading When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman."

I'm making a point of reading this ..."

There's suppose to be a sixth coming soon but she has been hampered by some health issues.

[Allison]

Alice wrote: "The Sunne in Splendour is high on my to-read list. It will be my first Penman novel!"

The first book of hers I read. LOVED it. I have only given out a handful of 5 stars and this happens to be one of those books :)

[Allison]

I wait for series to be done too, Lynne.

[Alice]

Good to know Allie! Thanks.

[Ace]

Alice wrote: "The Sunne in Splendour is high on my to-read list. It will be my first Penman novel!"

Since it's a standalone, I might add this one to my 2017 reading list, you've all talked me into it!!!

[Alice]

: )

[Sherry]

Currently reading Pax Romana by Adrian Goldsworthy. It's a very readable history that addresses the common modern perception of the Roman Empire as aggressive and acquisitive, bent on subjugating the rest of the world to its will. 'Tain't necessarily so, Goldsworthy says.

[happy]

I just start Mr. Cornwell's latest in the Saxon Stories Series

[Jane]

I'm rereading The Sower of the Seeds of Dreams.
Am reading The Bull of Mithros: one of Anne Zouroudi's Seven Deadly Sins mysteries, set in modern Greece.

[Jane]

Jane wrote: "I'm rereading The Sower of the Seeds of Dreams / Bill Page
Am reading The Bull of Mithros: one of Anne Zouroudi's Seven Deadly Sins mysteries, set in modern Gr..."

[Lynne]

Jane wrote: "I'm rereading The Sower of the Seeds of Dreams.
Am reading The Bull of Mithros: one of Anne Zouroudi's Seven Deadly Sins mysteries, set in modern Gr..."

New author for me but looks like something I might like. Will be watching to see how you like it.

[Ace]

happy wrote: "I just start Mr. Cornwell's latest in the Saxon Stories Series

"

Yay! I'm excited for you...

[Dean]

I am reading Julius Caesar's "Conquest of Gaul." Though not fiction, I think this book applies, as it gives a lot of context to other historical fiction works I've read. A lot of the historical fiction I read references Rome's conflicts with the barbarians, and in a lot of historical fiction books set in Medieval Europe (especially Britannia, like in Cornwell's "Winter King Saga," "Saxon Chronicles," or Goodwin's "Firelord" and "Sherwood"), the towns are referenced by not just their English names, but also their old Roman names (such as Bath, aka, "Aquae Sulis"). Anyway, this short work by Julius Caesar has been a fascinating read, with tons of descriptive battles, witnessed first hand by Caesar himself. Again, this gives some real insight into reading historical fiction set in the ancient and Medieval era, giving me the opportunity to analyze how a modern author describes a battle scene, and comparing this to a real battle as described by an eye witness. I highly recommend this book. The Conquest of Gaul

[Lynne]

Dean wrote: "I am reading Julius Caesar's "Conquest of Gaul." Though not fiction, I think this book applies, as it gives a lot of context to other historical fiction works I've read. A lot of the historical fic..."

I read it years ago and recently have started teaching myself Latin (no small thing for someone 65!) to try to read it in Latin. It has been on my "bucket list" so I had better get on it. I remember liking it very much and thinking that Caesar was a very flexible guy. Not many generals write that well.

[Alice]

My short review of the Chinese classic The Art of War:-

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

[Bobby]

Been gone for quite a while but back and reading a book i won in q Giveaway...."God Carlos" by Anthony Winkler.

[Ace]

Bobby wrote: "Been gone for quite a while but back and reading a book i won in q Giveaway...."God Carlos" by Anthony Winklet."

Hi Bobby welcome back. I see you just rated Dark Matter 5 stars, I have it from Amazon and am anxious to get started on it!

[happy]

I finished The Flame Bearer

Solid, but not great. I did read it in 2 days so it is a page turner.


Currently reading a NF look at the final two yrs of WW II in the Pacific.