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What Are You Reading Right Now? ( Hwæt béon ðu bocrædung?)
James, Banned Book week is September 30-October 6th.
Seems we have banned book week here in Australia too.From September 24 to October 1.
Do books I bought while on a book buying ban count? ;D
Terri wrote: "Seems we have banned book week here in Australia too.From September 24 to October 1.
Do books I bought while on a book buying ban count? ;D"
Banned book week? Why haven't I heard of it before? Perhaps we don't have one in the UK.
Anyway thanks Dawn thanks Terri. I guess based on those dates I'm going to miss the Theatre performance.
Heh Crystal where is it on in Tampa? We have a playhouse up in Hernando, it won't be there and I've only been to Clearwater for local groups further south towards Tampa and St. Petes.
James, it's downtown Tampa, the performing arts center on the river , now called Tje Straz Performing Arts Center.. Just off the interstate. And they close the show this weekend. With a mobile book store out front all weekend, selling copies of banned books, like Huck Finn, etc...I live in St Pete and have only made it as far north as Clearwater for shows. Though, Hattrick was doing shows up your way, they're moving back to Tampa this year.
Let's see, I just started two new books. One audiobook, The Curse of the Pharaohs and my ILL, The Queen's Head.I have another 8 library books either started or to be started so I'm hoping to get through quite a few this weekend. :)
Lawd a'mercy girl. Do you come up for air occasionally? I am readingVoices and Spider Light but less enthused about the latter than the former. I am listening toMind's EyeAnd with work and domestic goddessing that is all my 25 hr day will hold
:DSomeday I will have to but not yet, I have too many books to read. And to make it worse my fav used bookstore is having a sale, 22% off everything in the store this weekend, I might have to go check it out.
I like the look of Voices. Might have to try it while I await the day I can afford to travel to Iceland. :)
It is very good but this series does read better if read in order starting withJar City in same vein as Jo Nesbo with his Harry Hole series. Good police procedural/mystery/ crime series. Like the characters. Much like the flawed characters of the medieval series that I enjoy like michael Jecks or Doherty.
Hmmm, that's pretty good praise for the series..........and my library has Jar City, I think I'll check it out. Thanks Carol. :)
I have finished Odinn's Child (2 star) and have started the 5th (and final?) Book in Conn Iggulden's Khan series. Conqueror
Two huh?? I guess I can stop leaving that one in my recommendations.
Get rid of it. It is not for you. You did not like the non fiction feel of A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury and this one is worse than that. Much worse.
Terri wrote: "Get rid of it. It is not for you. You did not like the non fiction feel of A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury and this one is worse than that. Much worse."Personally, I thought the Tim Severin 'Viking' series, was excellent. Having read many Viking histories and currently living in the land of the ice and snow, I can vouch for the authenticity. The only quibble I would have, is he does like to wear his research on his sleeve. Otherwise, well worth a little of your time.
I have reviewed them all on here. Pretty sure of that.
So there you go.
Enjoy Heretic, Lia. :)
Speesh wrote: "Having read many Viking histories and currently living in the land of the ice and snow, I can vouch for the authenticity...."Definitely nothing wrong with his authenticity. His research was impeccable.
Terri wrote: "How long has it been now, Deborah? Since you started it?"Don't ask. At least seven months! It must be my new record low.
Mate, that read is well overdue. Lol!
That book sounds really interesting, Deanne!
Terri wrote: "Enjoy Heretic, Lia. :)"Thank you Terry.... :D
I am now reading "Stonehenge' by Bernard Cornwell.
Crystal wrote: "James, it's downtown Tampa, the performing arts center on the river , now called Tje Straz Performing Arts Center.. Just off the interstate. And they close the show this weekend. With a mobile ..."Thanks for that Crystal. Spring Hill is a bit of a cultural desert. At the Beach we tend to look seawards. Hudson has a playhouse with some travelling repertory musicals occasionally but I'm afraid the amateur productions in Spring Hill are mostly well intentioned.
Thanks for that Crystal. Spring Hill is a bit of a cultural desert. At the Beach we tend to look seawards. Hudson has a playhouse with some travelling repertory musicals occasionally but I'm afraid the amateur productions in Spring Hill are mostly well intentioned. . ..."
Well, until about a month or two ago, The Show Palace did its own productions in Hudson, but they've gone to bringing in other shows now or only producing revues. They saw the success of the revues their old artistic director wrote and thought they could just import them cheaper. He's now with a theater in St. Pete.
I'm still slogging through the second Sept group read, and about to give up on it. It just doesn't make me want to read it. In fact, I find myself thinking of other things to do instead. Which normally I have to force myself to do things other than reading.
I gave up on the Sept read, Shrewsbury. I started Island of Ghosts instead and was on page 197 before I knew it. Non-fantasy hist-fic. Sarmatians sent to England by Rome.
Crystal wrote: "I gave up on the Sept read, Shrewsbury. I started Island of Ghosts instead and was on page 197 before I knew it. Non-fantasy hist-fic. Sarmatians sent to England by Rome."That was an excellent book. My introduction to
Gillian Bradshaw
I had already fallen for her fantasy long before I discovered she does "straight" hist-fic! I was one hapoy camper! It's somewhere here in the group discussions. :)
I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far. :)
Crystal wrote: "I had already fallen for her fantasy long before I discovered she does "straight" hist-fic! I was one hapoy camper! It's somewhere here in the group discussions. :)"I think a lot of the Bradshaw posts vanished with Chris.
Crystal wrote: "I gave up on the Sept read, Shrewsbury. I started Island of Ghosts instead and was on page 197 before I knew it. Non-fantasy hist-fic. Sarmatians sent to England by Rome."Shame you didn't like it, but we are all individuals with different likes and dislikes. :-)
Island of Ghosts is one I'd like to read too....only I wanted someone other than Chris to tell me it has no fantasy elements.
Yes, I really tried to like Shrewsbury and parts would flow but it was in fits and starts and stops for me. I was delighted to just find the play I'm working on listed on GR. Phoenix It's a new play, premiered in 2010, we're doing the regional premiere.
Crystal wrote: "Yes, I really tried to like Shrewsbury and parts would flow but it was in fits and starts and stops for me. I was delighted to just find the play I'm working on listed on GR. Phoenix It's a new ..."
You are not alone, aside from Dawn, there are other reviewers who did not like it.
At the moment Im reading Great Expectations by Charles DickensGreat Expectations and I'm also reading Avalon by Anya SeatonAvalon
Terri wrote: "Island of Ghosts is one I'd like to read too....only I wanted someone other than Chris to tell me it has no fantasy elements."It doesn't have any fantasy elements:)
One of Bradshaws better ones I think.
Finished Winter of the World
It's okay - readable and entertaining, but there was just something that didn't click with me.
Currenly reading Michael Jeck's new one
happy wrote: "Terri wrote: "Island of Ghosts is one I'd like to read too....only I wanted someone other than Chris to tell me it has no fantasy elements."It doesn't have any fantasy elements:)
One of Bradshaw..."
Thanks for that. Didn't know there was a new Michael Jecks out.
I felt like an indie-fest and I've opened two, one Ming China 1400s - Journey of the North Star - the other Tatar/Russian 1500s - The Golden Lynx. Both well-written, by authors versed in their periods. Have to say I feel stifled in Chinese society so I'm getting ahead with the Tatar girl's adventures, who loves that free steppe air - even if she's sent to Moscow, much against her inclination.
Isabella wrote: "At the moment Im reading Great Expectations by Charles DickensGreat Expectations and I'm also reading Avalon by Anya SeatonAvalon"Old Dickens. :-) There's always someone reading a Dickens. If only authors like Dickens and Jane Austen knew how much their books are read to this day.
Terri wrote: "If only authors like Dickens and Jane Austen knew how much their books are read to this day."What breaks my heart is that a lot of them went to the grave with their books unliked, thought failures, with no idea of the popularity ahead. Makes me want to believe in ghosts.
It is sad. I was watching something the other day about an Austen Convention in Bath (UK) and I remember thinking how stunning it really is that her books are so worshipped to this day. That there is usually someone on my friends list or who I see on GR reading an Austen. It is quite remarkable.
Terri wrote: "Isabella wrote: "At the moment Im reading Great Expectations by Charles DickensGreat Expectations and I'm also reading Avalon by Anya SeatonAvalon"Old Dickens. :-) There's always someone reading..." That's true. This is the first Dickens book I've read. I've always wondered what their reaction would be if they knew how popular their books are too :)
And the amount of fan fiction they generate! Some of the Austin fan fiction I have read was very good indeed, though some of it was hogwash.And in other news I have finishedByzantium HUZZAH!
And am now about to start my first goodreads New Book Giveaway "You aren't what you eat" (no link available yet).
After that I will plunge back into the tenth century, Vikings perhaps, there are a lot of very tempting books on this thread.
Isabella wrote: " That's true. This is the first Dickens book I've read. .."I have friends reading The Pickwick Papers right now on GR. It was his first book I think and they are really liking it. So if you are looking for another Dickens one day there is that rather overlooked story. :-)
Deborah wrote: "And the amount of fan fiction they generate! Some of the Austin fan fiction I have read was very good indeed, though some of it was hogwash.And in other news I have finishedByzantium HUZZAH!
And..."
Deborah! I saw you win a copy of that giveaway. I was in it also and thought my chances were pretty good. I lost, but when I looked at the winners I saw you had won a copy. I was glad to see at least someone I knew on GR had won a copy. :-)
I finished a free download, THE PLOT TO OVERTHROW by Mohammad Goldstein, which is not listed on Goodreads. If you like conspiracy theories, you can google and get a free download. A group of aging hippies decide to take down the US goverment. The language and sex fell under the gutter. On the other hand, it was an interesting read. I could not find this book on Amazon or B&N. I don't know how to enter this book to My Books without a lot of trouble.
Dawn wrote: "Linda, that is a bizarre book. I added it to GR's for you......The Plot to Overthrow :)"Thank you, Dawn. I thought you might do that. It was bizarre, but I wanted to finish it. It was compelling in its own way. The Scourge of God is what I am reading now. I believe it is one of the November group read choices. After THE PLOT TO OVERTHROW, I needed to read about that nice man, Atilla the Hun.
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Its entertaining and a good story. Doesn't make you feel l..."
I see. Well that doesn't sound good for me as I like a book that has a lot of atmosphere. Looks like I still haven't heard anything that will make me want to read it any time soon. :)