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[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Duggan is one I will one day try. His ratings are so up and down and my library doesn't have the ones I want to try.

[Jane]

I'm really enjoying this one, so far, but others he's written I do NOT like.

[happy]

Keeping in the Roman Empire Genre - just starting Harry Sidebottom's latest

[Linda]

Pam of Babylon by Suzanne Jenkins. Started today, and kept thinking the book was so familiar. Ms. Jenkins wrote Don't You Forget About Me which was the first book of a three book series. The present book is second in series. No wonder it was familiar. DYFAM garnered four stars from me despite the many errors and a genre for which I do not care. (Notice how I manipulated that sentence so that it would not end with a preposition.) This present book is shaping up the same as the first book despite my reading snobbery.

[Holly]

I'm reading The Secundus Papyrus and it's a bit slow for my taste. Lots of details but not enough action.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Holly wrote: "I'm reading The Secundus Papyrus and it's a bit slow for my taste. Lots of details but not enough action."


Lol. Holly the font that author has opted for makes it look like a sci fi. More the type of font I'd expect on a Star Trek book. :-)

[Jane]

I've started , Tim Severin's Viking #2 and am enjoying it so far-- 3 chapters in. I have , his Viking #3 on my TBR list.

[Holly]

Holly wrote: "I'm reading The Secundus Papyrus and it's a bit slow for my taste. Lots of details but not enough action."

I thought that too. It reminds me of The Name of the Rose which I struggled to get through. If you like that one, you'd probably like this one too.

[Holly]

Jane wrote: "I've started , Tim Severin's Viking #2 and am enjoying it so far-- 3 chapters in. I have , his Viking #3 on my TBR list."

This looks good! I've added to my list which is getting very long! Good thing I have a lot of business trips to do this month.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Good luck with them, Holly. They are well written, just don't expect much in the way of dialogue. As the author is a very good non fiction writer, he kind of takes that non fiction style approach with his fiction also.
If you are prepared for that, then you will be fine.

[Jane]

I've just finished #3. Yes, Holly, they are well written, and you really learn a lot. There was enough dialog and enough action for me. It was interesting to learn about Constantinople, the Varangian Guard, the Lapplanders, European history at that time--they even had King MacBeth of the Scots and his story was more historically accurate than Shakespeare [I have a Short History of Scotland by Hume Brown I double checked]. I'm so glad Severin explained much of the Norse mythology.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

And Holly, in regards to the author of those Viking books, we have a discussion thread on him here to. :-)
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9...

[Dawn]

Hmmm, it's been a few weeks since I posted here so I have a few books to mention.....

I have finished Gateway, Mercury's Rise, Embassytown, The Poisoned Chalice, Conspiracies of Rome and Love Songs From A Shallow Grave

And I'm in the middle of Feast of Souls, Excession, Night Soldiers and When Parents Text: So Much Said...So Little Understood

[Simona]

Are you liking Feast of Souls? I tried it but I never finished the book.

[Dawn]

I think I like the idea of it more than the actual product. I love the author but the story isn't involved enough, not like some of her others. It's only a trilogy so I'll probably read them all just to find out what happens.

[Bobby]

Finally reading again. Still on the road working the Stanley Cup. Halfway through Malevil

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I am halfway through our group read Pompeii.
I like it much.

[Marty]

I'm starting Confessions of a Pagan Nun tonight. It looks really good.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

That was has a great cover. I always look twice at that cover. I will be interested in what you think, Marty. I have heard mixed feedback on it.

[Dawn]

I finished When Parents Text: So Much Said...So Little Understood which was pretty funny. And finished Feast of Souls which has such a fabulous concept but it's missing something.....

I haven't decided what to start......I can't even narrow it down to a short or long and I'm torn about what genre to pick from.....hmmmmm

[Simona]

Dawn wrote: " And finished Feast of Souls which has such a fabulous concept but it's missing something...."

I agree!

[Jane]

Am reading , which is fantastic so far. I was up until 3 a.m. reading last night; I couldn't put it down and am about 60% finished. I think you really get into a character more if a book's written in 1st person, as this one is.

[Bryn]

My Name is Red 16thC Istanbul. Enjoying the detail on the Turkish & Persian world, and the narrative is fun (in voices that include a dog, a tree and a murdered corpse), but can't say I'm involved in the story.

Dersu the Trapper (Recovered Classics) True adventures in what Russia called its Far East. Great stuff. He lets old Dersu of the Gold people star.

I'll be away from home and on my Kindle for a week so I started a public domain, The Charterhouse of Parma -- we've just had Waterloo.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I like the look of Dersu the Trapper.

[Marty]

Terri wrote: "That was has a great cover. I always look twice at that cover. I will be interested in what you think, Marty. I have heard mixed feedback on it."

So far so good - although it can be a bit choppy, jumping from her past life to her present life with fair frequency. I'm hoping to finish it tonight.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Cool. Thanks for that.

[Bryn]

Terri wrote: "I like the look of Dersu the Trapper."

I bet you'd like it. Though it's an account of his explorations, he makes a story of it: I was scared when they were stalked by a tiger. Written with a bit of novelist's flair, too.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

The only thing I could see putting me off is the despair I always feel when I hear of the astronomical numbers of kills trappers and sport hunters did in those days. Especially on species that are now endangered or critically endangered.

[Bryn]

Ah yes. Me too, but the Trapper of the title is the indigenous guy, and he's a big conservationist, as we'd say. And the Russian officer/scientist listens to him and learns.

Mind you, I'm depressed by the state of the indigenous peoples, degraded between China and Russia. Dersu feels like 'the last of' who isn't.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Bryn wrote: "Ah yes. Me too, but the Trapper of the title is the indigenous guy, and he's a big conservationist, as we'd say. And the Russian officer/scientist listens to him and learns.

Mind you, I'm depress..."
With you there. Loss of indigenous cultures and peoples depresses me too. ie lost tribes of the Amazon that are hanging in there despite being still hunted and slaughtered by illegal miners and timber getters. :/

[Darcy]

Marina wrote: "Started .
It's one of those books written in a more "modern" way, like Riches' or Quinn's.
It's the story of Catherine de Valois, told by her loving nursmaid."

I'm reading about some of her offspring in


I'll also be starting sometime today.

[Mark]

can see why readers are loving this one.

[Simona]

I am really happy that you're reading this one, Mark. He's such a good writer. The second one, The Wise Man's Fear, is just as good.

[Anne]

The Columbus Affair I am about 2/3 of the way through this book. I love Steve Berry's thrillers and so far, this one does not disappoint.

[Mark]

Simona wrote: "I am really happy that you're reading this one, Mark. He's such a good writer. The second one, The Wise Man's Fear, is just as good."

me too, i can understand peoples complaints are about the main character been too perfect that's its irritating. to me its the narrative been from the older him that seems to give that impression.

[Darcy]

Marina wrote: "Darcy wrote: "I'm reading about some of her offspring in "



Surely you mean predecessors :)
In any case, The Iron King is awesome, as is the whole series."

erm...yes, that's what I mean *mental head slap*

[Jane]

Just finished
Enjoyed it. It must be the granddaddy of more recent Viking novels, such as Low, Severin or Cornwell. Written in the style of the old sagas.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

It is a classic that Long Ships. I haven't been able to find it, so I wait. Don,t know when I'll ever get to read it.

[Jane]

I was lucky one of the library branches had it, tucked away in their basement, yellowing pp. and all. No one had checked it out since 1999.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Wow. Not since 1999. That is a shame. It is supposed to be a classic of the historical fiction genre. Inspired many authors to write HF.

Poor sad little yellow book in the basement. :(

[Bobby]

Had this one for awhile...time to read it.

[happy]

FWIW I thought it was pretty good

[Jane]

So did I!
Title puzzles me though: Semper Fidelis made me think of U.S. Marines in the Roman Empire! :)

[Simona]

Jane wrote: "So did I!
Title puzzles me though: Semper Fidelis made me think of U.S. Marines in the Roman Empire! :)"

LOL I think it was actually the opposite...:)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Jane wrote: "So did I!
Title puzzles me though: Semper Fidelis made me think of U.S. Marines in the Roman Empire! :)"
Me too! Whenever I see that title I think its about the Marines and then have to look closer to realise it isn't.

[Jane]

Well, I guess the Marines wouldn't wear those accoutrements on the cover! :)

[Anne]

Just started by Glenn meade-a thriller that goes back to Stalinist Russia. I have read a number of his books and he is now in my favcrites group of thriller writers. he always had excellent historical facts included in his stories.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Jane, I live in Australia. :)

[happy]

Jane wrote: "So did I!
Title puzzles me though: Semper Fidelis made me think of U.S. Marines in the Roman Empire! :)"

My first thought also, even though I was pretty sure what it was about :)

[Laura]

I'm reading A Farewell to Arms I'm really enjoying this.