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[happy]

NOW you tell me :D

[Michael]

I just had to flick through Terry Brown's book on the English Martial Arts by Anglo-Saxon Books, helping a mate English Martial Arts. To my absolute horror, when I looked at it on Amazon, I saw the thing is a little rare. $245? Ye Gods! It is a brilliant book, though. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/engli...

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Bryn wrote: "Have books, not kids. It's saved me expenses. :D"


I have no kids, but boy do I have a lot of animals. :-) They take most of our spare cash.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Is it $245 brilliant though, Mike? :-)
Oh I don't know. I think $50 (approx the same in USD and probably about £37) is the most I will pay for a book. Non fiction though. $15 is about all I will pay for a fiction.

[Jane]

I have just begun
and . Both are enjoyable so far, both medieval, one a novel on Bohemond I of Antioch and the other, a medieval mystery.

[Darcy]

A few of us read that Maureen Ash series.

[Jane]

Yes, that's the one. I've only read one chapter so far, but it looks like a fast read.
The other seems to be a YA novel, and seems to be mostly about some of the history leading up to the first crusade, and military tactics of that period. I guess it will continue with the First Crusade. I can't get used to the Byzantine Empire being called 'Romania.'

[Dawn]

D wrote: "A few of us read that Maureen Ash series."

Yes we do. :)

[Monica]

Dawn wrote: "D wrote: "A few of us read that Maureen Ash series."

Yes we do. :)"

I've read all six in the series. The author does a good job developing the characters over the series. Her 7th, The Canterbury Murders, is due out in mid June ;-)

[Dawn]

I finished A Burial at Sea and The Rook.

I have a few books to start this weekend in their place:

[Bobby]

I am all over the spectrum , , and

[Dawn]

I'll be interested in what you think of .

[Bobby]

So far, so good. Did you read it?

[Dawn]

Not yet. It's another of the many books on my TBR. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Will be starting in the morning Dawn. :-)

[Liza]

Terri wrote: "Will be starting in the morning Dawn. :-)"

At dawn? Lol, sorry, couldn't resist.

[Mark]

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Haha! Yes, I shall be starting Hawk Quest at dawn, Dawn. :-)
Actually I am 10 pages in...as it is dawn here.

[Darcy]

I'm about to begin The Stockholm Octavo.

[Nate]

I'm about halfway through The First Man in Rome. Really, really involving book so far. The amount of love, detail, and talent that McCullough imbues the book with is just palpable. I'm particularly impressed with her hand-drawn(!) maps and illustrations of the characters.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Nate wrote: "I'm about halfway through The First Man in Rome. Really, really involving book so far. The amount of love, detail, and talent that McCullough imbues the book with is just palpable. I'm particularly..."


She's an Aussie too you know. :-)

[Mark]

[Monica]

Mark wrote: ""

Mark, is this one in a series? If so, did you read the others, and did you like the series?

[Mark]

Monica wrote: "Mark wrote: ""

Mark, is this one in a series? If so, did you read the others, and did you like the series?"

Yes it's book 16 in the series, they are my favourite medieval mystery series. These are the ones I compare the others to.

This the first one

[Monica]

Thanks, Mark!

[Anne]

I started by James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell. I read about 80 pages last night and it is right up there with Rollins usual great books.
I am about 1/2 way through by Glenn Meade, an author I recently discovered who is fast becoming one of my favorite thriller writers.

[Linda]

IDThe Faith of Ashish is the book I am reading, thanks to Monica. It is about India in 1905, the caste system,.starvation and more. Not far into it, but I like it so far.

[Nathan]

Nate, I'm currenly reading the 6th book in that series . Among one of my favorites.

[Monica]

Moving on to book 4 in Steven Saylor's very good "Roma Sub Rosa" series before I break to read something in a different vein.
The Venus Throw

[Chris]

I'm In my other favourite genre at the moment. On page 74 already and so far living up to my high expectation of this mother daughter writing team by P.J. Tracy

[Jane]

A quick read was the Bildungsroman which I just finished--an easy read. I loved the sympathetic characters, especially the young protagonist, and the character development. Setting: Roman Army in Raetia in 10 BC.

[Nate]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it so much Nathan, I'm really excited to see her get into Caesar.

[Jane]

Monica wrote: "Dawn wrote: "D wrote: "A few of us read that Maureen Ash series."

Yes we do. :)"

I've read all six in the series. The author does a good job developing the characters over the series. Her 7th, Th..."

I haven't read all 6; I'm reading only #6. Since character development is so important, Monica, as I understand, I'll certainly be looking forward to #7.

[Bryn]

I'm swept up in Arauco: A Novel on the Spanish invasion of Chile, told half from the Spanish side, half from the Mapuche side. My favourite character is a Mapuche shaman, who's a real lesson to me, but there's a heap of adventure fun in the Spanish expedition, too.

[Bobby]

Bryn wrote: "I'm swept up in Arauco: A Novel on the Spanish invasion of Chile, told half from the Spanish side, half from the Mapuche side. My favourite character is a Mapuche shaman, who's a real lesson to me,..."

This sounds very good.

[Bryn]

'tis, I reckon, Bobby. Fab read.

[Chris]

The history of Chile has some fascinating bits. I haven't looked at the original Spanish invasion in any detail, but the fight for independence from Spain in the early 19th century involved my favourite revolutionary, Bernardo O'Higgins. Half Irish half Spanish and with a name like that how could they lose. Mind you in power he still managed to become as selfish and corrupt as most revolutionaries do if they gain power. Still awesome name though.

Looks like the book could be good. Do let us know if it remains so through to the end Bryn.

[Michael]

Finishing up a book I'm reading/critiquing for a friend, and picking up Tom Willocks's GREEN RIVER RISING. Stunning book written by a master.
Green River Rising

[Paula]

Michael wrote: "Finishing up a book I'm reading/critiquing for a friend, and picking up Tom Willocks's GREEN RIVER RISING. Stunning book written by a master.
Green River Rising"

In what era is this set Michael?

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Hi Mike,
I put Tim Willocks's book The Religion in our group read poll this month. Sadly (because I voted for it) it lost out to The Hangman's Daughter.
But I bought it anyway and hope to read it in the next two months.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I do beg pardon answering for Michael, but I think it is contemporary, Paula. :-)

[Jane]

Terri wrote: "Hi Mike,
I put Tim Willocks's book The Religion in our group read poll this month. Sadly (because I voted for it) it lost out to The Hangman's Daughter.
But I bought it anyway and hope to read it ..."

It's long, but I did enjoy it.

[Eileen]

Jane wrote: "Terri wrote: "Hi Mike,
I put Tim Willocks's book The Religion in our group read poll this month. Sadly (because I voted for it) it lost out to The Hangman's Daughter.
But I bought it anyway and ho..."

Me too! The battle scenes are graphic but the story was compelling.

[Bobby]

Sons of the Wolf Anybody ever hear of this book? Sounds interesting but never heard of the author.

[Anne]

Terri wrote: "Hi Mike,
I put Tim Willocks's book The Religion in our group read poll this month. Sadly (because I voted for it) it lost out to The Hangman's Daughter.
But I bought it anyway and hope to read it ..."

I just got "The Religion" along with "Pompeii" from the library last night.

[Bobby]

Have waiting for me at my library.

[Jane]

I had read awhile ago, but I voted for it, as I hoped others would read it and like it as much as I did.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I haven't checked, but I think both of our May group reads will be waiting for me at the library too. :-)

[Benjamin]

Im reading which is so far is really excellent.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I am about to start A Morbid Taste for Bones