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[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

*gag* :(

[Jane]

Terri,
Computers, who knows?!
I was just saying my favorite time periods, are the ancient, particularly the Roman, so I read all I can get my hands on or hear about. That's why my latest The Three Legions was a fairly obscure book. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love them, but I've probably read all the usuals. I do read other time periods though...

[Jane]

Marina wrote: "Jane wrote: ". It was strange getting used to the forts' names in English, as well as English translations of the terminology"

I never knew the Latin terms/names, so that's not a problem :D
I've ..."

If I get a book out from the library over and over and know I will reread it, I buy it. Then I can mark up my own copy if I wish.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Jane wrote: "Terri,
Computers, who knows?!
I was just saying my favorite time periods, are the ancient, particularly the Roman, so I read all I can get my hands on or hear about. That's why my latest The Three..."

Hi Jane,
Have you checked out our ancient era threads? The Roman era thread? Lots of good recommendations for you there.
And I bet some you haven't read. :-)

[Jane]

Will do! Thanks!

[Lia]

Just finished

Getting ready to start

[Monica]

Just finished:

Read the sample for this and liked it enough to continue if I can find it at a library, or reasonably priced:

[Monica]

Terri, I just saw that you did not like this one:

Anything in particular?

Maybe the sample was just better writing by comparison after I'd gone through the other:

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

.Wellll...most people love it or really like, so don't listen to me. :-)

I found it very Young Adult. I am used to the way he writes adult fiction and that one is YA. Or it used to be. In the first few years of its release it was classed as YA. I did not realise that when I tried to read it, but it felt so YA that I looked into it and that's when i saw it was classed as YA.
I think so many adults starting reading it and liking it that the book stores dropped the young adult tag.

For me it was too young and simple. But as I say, that's me. Many people don't even feel it is young adult. So go with what your gut tells you when you read the sample.

[Monica]

Terri wrote: I found it very Young Adult. I am uses to the way he writes adult fiction and that one is YA. Or it used to be. In the fir..."

Ahh, that could be. Hard to tell from the sample. The writing was so much better than the Tomlin book. If I find it at the library, or as a freebie somewhere, I'll get it to read.

So now I guess I'll venture on to this one and hope for the best:

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I checked it on GR and it is classified on Goodreads as Young Adult also.
Via this page.
http://www.goodreads.com/genres/young...

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Yeah, the writing wasn't bad in Hood. I coukd tell the writer has skill, although he shows that skill better in his adult historical fiction.
It was just young in themes and not very challenging and simple. :-)

[Chris]

Lia wrote: "Just finished

Getting ready to start "

I really loved this series Lia, one of Bernard Cornwell's best along with all his other series of course.

[Chris]

I started Ben Kane's Hannibal: Enemy of Rome yesterday and am liking it so far.

[Lia]

Chris F wrote: "Lia wrote: "Just finished

Getting ready to start "

I really loved this series Lia, one of Bernard Cornwell's best along with all his other ..."

So far, this series hooked me line and sinker. :)

[Mark]

Started

[Mark]

Monica wrote: "Terri, I just saw that you did not like this one:

Anything in particular?

Maybe the sample was just better writing by comparison after I'd gone through the other:
[bookcov..."

Hood is very good. I haven't read the others in this series yet.

[Monica]

Mark wrote: Hood is very good. I haven't read the others in this series yet. ..."

Oh, thank you for sharing this, Mark. I did enjoy the writing style in the sample. I look for an author who is a storyteller, one who develops a connection, and creates an experience/adventure for me as the reader. The first part of this book was well done.

[Antoine]

Getting ready to start "

I really loved this series Lia, one of Bernard Cornwell's best along with all his other ..."

What a pity that Bernard Cornwell hasn't added to this series for many years. I enjoyed it immensely.

[Jane]

Terri wrote: "Jane wrote: "Terri,
Computers, who knows?!
I was just saying my favorite time periods, are the ancient, particularly the Roman, so I read all I can get my hands on or hear about. That's why my lat..."

Thanks, I did check those ancient time periods threads last night and wrote down some interesting titles I hadn't read.

Right now I'm reading , which I'm enjoying so far -- a landless knight at the time of Mathilda and Stephen in England [12th century] Knight in Anarchy

There's a glossary in back of the book -- medieval, [mostly military], terms which is a big help and which I keep referring to. I see how the meanings of such words as 'constable' originated: from 'constabular' -- cavalry unit of 10-20 men.

[Antoine]

Jane wrote: "Terri wrote: "Jane wrote: "Terri,
Computers, who knows?!
I was just saying my favorite time periods, are the ancient, particularly the Roman, so I read all I can get my hands on or hear about. Tha..."

I'm glad you're enjoying George Shipway's "Knight in Anarchy". He wrote several excellent novels about that period ("The Wolf Time" and "The Paladin") but also others set in British India in the 19th Century (he had served in the Indian Army), one book about Boudicca's Revolt, as seen from the Roman side, and one about the Trojan War as seen from Agamemnon's viewpoint. In every case his detail and sense of place were very convncing. George Shipway

[Jane]

Antoine wrote: "Jane wrote: "Terri wrote: "Jane wrote: "Terri,
Computers, who knows?!
I was just saying my favorite time periods, are the ancient, particularly the Roman, so I read all I can get my hands on or hea..."

I have read It was pretty brutal, and Suetonius Paulinus carried out what we'd call "ethnic cleansing."

and hope to read


I've always loved Richard Strauss' Elektra, the opera. Basically, Orestes kills Clytemnestra and her lover. Elektra goes mad with joy and dances herself to death. Warrior in Bronze should be really interesting--Agamemnon's earlier story.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Jane wrote: "Antoine wrote: "Jane wrote: "Terri wrote: "Jane wrote: "Terri,
Computers, who knows?!
I was just saying my favorite time periods, are the ancient, particularly the Roman, so I read all I can get my..."

It was one of my favorite books when I was around 12-14. It's not a kids book, I just read adult material.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Just about to start Michal's Window

[Jane]

Rosemary Sutcliff is supposedly YA, but I wonder if she's too adult for the kids today. I got my 13 year old grandson The Eagle Of The Ninth for Christmas. I don't know if he was able to read it.
BTW: the book is 1000% better than the movie!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Jane wrote: "Rosemary Sutcliff is supposedly YA, but I wonder if she's too adult for the kids today. I got my 13 year old grandson The Eagle Of The Ninth for Christmas. I don't know if he was able to read it...."

Problem is that YA is a relatively recent category. When I was a child there were children's books and adult books - no inbetween. I read Eagle of the Ninth when I was around 9-10. I loved it. I had no problems with it. But, I have to be honest that at age 9 I had the reading comprehension level of a 16 year old.

[Jane]

Antoine wrote: "Jane wrote: "Terri wrote: "Jane wrote: "Terri,
Computers, who knows?!
I was just saying my favorite time periods, are the ancient, particularly the Roman, so I read all I can get my hands on or hea..."

The copy of Knight in Anarchy
I'm reading is the American edition: title, The Knight. But it's the same book. Knight in Anarchy is the British title. There's blood dripping from a sword on the cover against a brown background.

[Jane]

Margaret wrote: "Jane wrote: "Rosemary Sutcliff is supposedly YA, but I wonder if she's too adult for the kids today. I got my 13 year old grandson The Eagle Of The Ninth for Christmas. I don't know if he was abl..."

When I went to library school in 1962, I took a class in YA literature, so that category is at least that old.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Jane wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Jane wrote: "Rosemary Sutcliff is supposedly YA, but I wonder if she's too adult for the kids today. I got my 13 year old grandson The Eagle Of The Ninth for Christmas. I don't k..."

Not in New Zealand where I grew up.... we were 20 years behind the rest of the Western world. :p

[Dawn]

I have finished Armada by John Stack. I ended up being really good and also very accurate, which I always like in my HF.

I have started The Iron Wyrm Affair by Lilith Saintcrow. A kind of alternate steampunk Sherlock Holmes with sorcerers. Good so far.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Margaret wrote: "Not in New Zealand where I grew up.... we were 20 years behind the rest of the Western world. :p ..."

Finally! Australians have been saying this about Kiwis for YEARS. :D

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Not in New Zealand where I grew up.... we were 20 years behind the rest of the Western world. :p ..."

Finally! Australians have been saying this about Kiwis for YEARS. :D"

I used to move between both countries (one parent an Aussie, the other a Kiwi) - I saw first hand how far behind NZ was in the 60s & 70s. By the 80s they'd caught up with Aussie. No difference between the two now. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Yeah, teasing aside, we are moving at the same rate now. :)

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "Yeah, teasing aside, we are moving at the same rate now. :)"

Yup. It was interesting as a kid. Flowing between the two countries. From black & white TV to colour...then back again. Cans of softdrink in Aussie, back to glass bottles with caps. I guess my childhood taught me to take things in my stride.

[Bryn]

For my commute read (ebook): Intrigued with Blomqvist. Might be a bit of a strange one. I don't know whether it's a comedy or what, but it's well-written, with a sardonic style. 11th century head-bashers. Haven't got far.

I'm 74% through The Sea-God at Sunrise and don't think I'll finish. The writing can be spectacular -- whether storms at sea or the pose of a sailor as he lights his pipe. Yet the story-telling never grabbed me, and I've had to admit I don't care what happens. It's a whaling tale, just about a tribute to Moby-Dick.

[Mark]

Dawn wrote: "I have finished Armada by John Stack. I ended up being really good and also very accurate, which I always like in my HF.

I have started [bookcover:The Iron Wyrm Affair..."

I am really interested in hearing what you think of the iron wyrm affair. It's on my bookcase to start next week.

[Monica]

I just cannot read any more of this. Got through 30%. It's not that the writing is terrible, it gets the point across. I feel like I'm reading stage directions more than an engaging story. It is very basic and predictable. Perhaps a decent premise for a YA book, but not for me. (It does have a very nice cover.)

[Betty]

Antoine wrote: "Jane wrote: "Terri wrote: "Jane wrote: "Terri,
Computers, who knows?!
I was just saying my favorite time periods, are the ancient, particularly the Roman, so I read all I can get my hands on or hea..."

Just added George Shipway to my "to find" list.

[Jean]

'Knight in Anarchy' looks interesting and will feed my 12th C obsession, at some stage! Oo-err - took a look at the blurb and don't like the sound of 'mutilated' :(

Just finished 'the Sealed Letter' Very claustrophobic and neatly ironic final revelations. Clever use of coumentary evidence to write a 19thC novel.

[Gentian]

Jane wrote: "Rosemary Sutcliff is supposedly YA, but I wonder if she's too adult for the kids today. I got my 13 year old grandson The Eagle Of The Ninth for Christmas. I don't know if he was able to read it...."

I think it depends on the child in question. I can see my little boy enjoying this in about four years time (he is six) but he is very mature in outlook. Some of his classmates who are no less intelligent would not, I think, enjoy it for some time after that.

[Gentian]

Andrew Cook

Interesting and with a wealth of detail but much less fun than the story Lockhart put about.

[Jane]

Jean wrote: "'Knight in Anarchy' looks interesting and will feed my 12th C obsession, at some stage! Oo-err - took a look at the blurb and don't like the sound of 'mutilated' :(

Just finished 'the Sealed Lette..."
Well, it was a violent time! What about drawing and quartering, e.g., what was done to Sir William Wallace? This book was no more gruesome than anything else I've read. It was written 40 some years ago, so it's not as graphic as some of today's stuff. Sealed Letter looks interesting.

[Jean]

I know it was a violent time... depends how it's presented. Sometimes I'm not good with 'brutal'!

Yes, I'd recommend 'the Sealed Letter'.I've been reading a lot of fast pacy car chase murder type novels (not brutal ones :) ) so it was good to have all those tensions and undercurrents instead :) The period feel was excellent and that stage of a women's press fascinated me. I also had a very unhealthy interest in early divorce court proceedings :)

[Dawn]

Mark wrote: "I am really interested in hearing what you think of the . It's on my bookcase to start next week. "

I let you know Mark, I should finish today. If the first third is any indication it will be a solid 3 star for me. Good story, interesting world and hopefully a good mystery.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Michal's Windowis looking like another bloody romance hiding in historical clothes.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Monica wrote: "I just cannot read any more of this. Got through 30%. It's not that the writing is terrible, it gets the point across. I feel like I'm reading stage directions more than an engaging story. It is ve..."

Ah that's a shame for you. Since you liked the cover so much it would have been good if the story met your expectations.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I am reading .

As everyone in here who knows me can attest, this is not a book I would normally go for.
I bought it on sale 3 years ago and it has been sitting on my shelf ever since.
I decided this year I would read some of those (unread) which have been on my real shelves the longest. This is one of them.

Too soon to tell whether it is going to be too Chick Lit HF for me to finish.

[Bryn]

Yes, Ms Mod, I rubbed my eyes when I saw that trundle past in my feed.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

hahaha! I knew it would shock and amaze you. And others.
Some are probably thinking I am a phoney and have loved chick lit all along. :D

[Dawn]

Holy S.... lol

I wasn't expecting to see that either.