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[Bryn]

@Lariela, I'd love to hear back from you on Sand Daughter, I've got quite interested in it.

[happy]

I'm just about finished with Templar's Acre

My next read is Conn Iggulden's



I've got it out from the library and I've already renewed it once :)

[Linda]

Happy, I hope you like EMPEROR as much as I did. I am re-reading, or was re-reading, TRINITY by Leon Uris, on Internet Archive when disaster struck at the site. They are down due to either scheduled maintenance or fire. I was reading THE HAJ by Leon Uris on IA when the system shut down. There is a hex on Mr. Uris and me.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Finished The Splintered Kingdom

Started The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA

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Terri wrote: "Finished The Splintered Kingdom

Started The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mol..."

That one sounds interesting. Added it.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I have high hopes for it. It seems well written.

[Dawn]

About time you read some military non-fiction. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Gawwd. I have missed the genre. I have been pining for it. I got so weighed down trying to get on top of my HF list that I had to put my other fave genres aside.

Now that I know my library is open Saturday mornings and I can get there, I hope to get back into those other fave genres again. :)

[Jane]

Now I'm finished with Hero of Rome [and really liked it] I've started Far from the Madding Crowd, reread, quite a departure!

[Eileen]

Jane wrote: "Now I'm finished with Hero of Rome [and really liked it] I've started Far from the Madding Crowd, reread, quite a departure!"

I listened to Far from the Madding Crowd, read by Nathaniel Parker, who actually played the book's hero in the Masterpiece Theater rendition. He did a marvelous job of both. Loved the book, too.

[Mark]

[Linda]

Jane and Eileen, FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD seemed a book before its time to me. If you have time, let me know what you think. It may likely be that I am a person behind my times! lol

[Jane]

I'm only 2 chapters in so I don't know enough yet. At least the language isn't as flowery and overwrought as Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes. I think the heroine is supposed to be a strong character and that was unusual in a Victorian book; that was forward-looking for those days.

[Eileen]

Linda wrote: "Jane and Eileen, FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD seemed a book before its time to me. If you have time, let me know what you think. It may likely be that I am a person behind my times! lol"

I think Thomas Hardy's books were thought to be edgy for the times. Nowadays, I think a lot of writers have stolen his plot twists, so they seem more mundane.

I was never assigned any of Hardy's books in high school or college and only discovered them in the last few years. Even though they are well over 100 years old, I have enjoyed all of them immensely.

[Jane]

And I like that his language is more understandable--well, there's the Wessex dialect you have to get used to...

[Eileen]

Jane wrote: "And I like that his language is more understandable--well, there's the Wessex dialect you have to get used to..."

I recall seeing some of his novels in various libraries when I was growing up and they looked all dusty and antiquated, which did not attract me. But you are right, his language is accessible, and even the Wessex dialect not too much of a problem.

[Jane]

No -- not really -- I just have to do like I did with Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II with Cumberland dialect, just read Hardy's dialogue aloud for awhile till I get the hang of it.

[Linda]

I finished re-read of TRINITY on Internet Archive. Think I will read Mother Goose stories to clear my head. TRINITY is long, the IA is hard to navigate, we took turns crashing, but the read was worth it. Going on to REDEMPTION by Leon Uris now.
Thanks for the insight about Thomas Hardy. I can almost see clearly now.

[Dawn]

I'm still on my Agatha Christie kick. So I'm reading Murder on the Orient Express

I have a three day weekend so I'm hoping to finish Ivanhoe (which is a great book) & The Spring of the Ram (which isn't as good as the first one).

[Darcy]

Here are Linda's books Trinity & Redemption

:)

[Marc]

I'm reading the second book of the Raven series be Giles Kristian. It is very entertaining,. I have really got into reading about the Norse /Vikings. I look forward to reading books fromTim Severin and Robert Low.

[Dawn]

Welcome Marc, you've come to the right place to talk about Vikings! If you haven't found them already, you can find the following books and authors Sons of Thunder, Tim Severin, Robert Low all discussed here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

If possible we ask that you add the links to the books and/or authors in future. Thanks

[Marc]

Terri wrote: "Still reading
had two busy days and had to ut it up. Started it again this morning."
I'm almost done, ti's Avery good series so far!

[Linda]

Reading REDEMPTION by Leon Uris. As yet, there is nothing on the Nook that I can touch to turn titles blue. I won't give up trying to find that bit of magic.lol

[Mark]

for linda.:)

[Jane]

Just finished Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes--online version--14th century Italy.

Have just started Within the Hollow Crown: A Valiant King's Struggle to Save His Country, His Dynasty, and His Love,am enjoying after the one chapter I've read so far.

Am nearly finished Far from the Madding Crowd, mostly character studies of Wessex rural folk and their interactions, but I can see why, after 100 years, it's a classic.

[Keith]

The Bow of Heaven - Book 1: The Other Alexander.The Other Alexander

[Jane]

Finished The Night Guest, a departure for me a psychological horror/suspense. Am still enjoying Within the Hollow Crown: A Valiant King's Struggle to Save His Country, His Dynasty, and His Love.

[Diego]

Nooooooooo!!! Why did Blood Eye end like that?? And to think I'll have to wait for next year to get a copy of the second book. And the settings of #2 and #3 of the trilogy sound much more interesting!!!

Oh well, I'll have to move on with another subject. My Gf just gave me the latest Dan Brown for my birthday, but I still have to read it's predecessor. So I'll be adding The Lost Symbol to my read list tonight.

P.S. You don't get banned from this group for reading Dan Brown, right?? =P XD

[Dawn]

Luckily for you, in this thread you can confess to reading any book! :)

[Diego]

Hahahahaha yeah, it felt like that! "I confess I read Dan Brown...Please don't hit me!"

It's like being caught eating a pizza while on diet..."but [Dan Brown has some historical elements] is a veggie pizza!!"

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LOL Diego! I'll confess that I've read a few Dan Brown books as well.

Currently reading The Sea Runners & I want to thank Jane for the recommendation.

[Jane]

Derek, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

[Lariela]

Still reading this.
Time and Chance by Sharon Kay Penman

[C.P.]

Still skimming Eugene Onegin, although I forgot to bring him downstairs to review chapters 3–4 tonight. Oops, bad group read mod!

But I'm done with Empress Theodora and 1/4 of the way through The Charter, which is pretty good. And for research (ahem), I am having tremendous fun with A Bride's Story, Vol. 01 and several of its sequels, a manga series set in 19th-century Central Asia. The stories aren't much, but the illustrations are gorgeous. What steppe fanatic can resist covers like this?

[Bryn]

Manga, C.P.? How cute.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Diego wrote: "P.S. You don't get banned from this group for reading Dan Brown, right?? =P XD.."

I am thinking about it....;)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Marc wrote: "Terri wrote: "Still reading
had two busy days and had to ut it up. Started it again this morning."
I'm almost done, ti's Avery good series so far!"

Hey Marc,
Glad you liked it. The next one is even better.

[Dawn]

C.P. wrote: "Still skimming Eugene Onegin, although I forgot to bring him downstairs to review chapters 3–4 tonight. Oops, bad group read mod!"

I didn't realize this was a book, I know the Opera though. The Met is putting it on this year.

[Eileen]

Terri wrote: "Diego wrote: "P.S. You don't get banned from this group for reading Dan Brown, right?? =P XD.."

I am thinking about it....;)"

You can read Dan Brown - just don't admit it! Don't do any reviews of his books that people might see. Pretend you never heard of The Da Vinci Code.

[Jane]

Have started Black Ships-- a sybil who leads Aeneas to Rome.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Eileen wrote: "

I am thinking about it....;)"

You can read Dan Brown - just don't admit it! Don't do..."

hahahaha!! Yes. What Eileen said. :D

[Darcy]

Would Braveheart be an exception to the rule?

*ducks and runs*

[Dawn]

Jane wrote: "Have started Black Ships-- a sybil who leads Aeneas to Rome."

I'll be interested in your opinion. That one just never captured my imagination, I though it a bit boring. It has a really good average rating though.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Jane wrote: "Have started Black Ships-- a sybil who leads Aeneas to Rome."

I thought it was okay. It didn't grab me as much as other historical/mythical novels have done.

[Jane]

Dawn wrote: "Jane wrote: "Have started Black Ships-- a sybil who leads Aeneas to Rome."

I'll be interested in your opinion. That one just never captured my imagination, I though it a bit boring...."

It seems interesting so far; I'm only a couple of pp. in. But I'll let you ladies know, when I'm finished.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Darcy wrote: "Would Braveheart be an exception to the rule?

*ducks and runs*"

Bloody Braveheart!!! Why you..*pokes Darcy in the eye*

[Jane]

I'm partly Scot background; that story was an insult to Scots everywhere and to the memory of William Wallace.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Jane wrote: "I'm partly Scot background; that story was an insult to Scots everywhere."

Mel Gibson's accent was an insult to Scots everywhere!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Jane wrote: "Dawn wrote: "Jane wrote: "Have started Black Ships-- a sybil who leads Aeneas to Rome."

I'll be interested in your opinion. That one just never captured my imagination, I though it ..."

Will be very interested to hear your thoughts.