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[Victor]

I just finished by Lyndsay Faye. I didn't really like it, but I thought the ending was well done.

Now i'm reading by Caleb Carr

[Bobby]

Jane wrote: " The Horse Goddess / Morgan Llywelyn"

Loved Hope this is as good.

[Jane]

Just started No Cause for Concern / David Wishart

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

twelvejan [Alexandria] wrote: "Do I continue with Funeral Games or should I pick up something else. "

Go with your gut. Or, close your eyes and point. :)

[Jane]

Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper / Harriet Scott Chessmana

The Letters of Pliny / Pliny the Younger

[Alicja]

twelvejan [Alexandria] wrote: "Do I continue with Funeral Games or should I pick up something else."

Funeral Games will be a painful read, it will make you cry at the sheer stupidity, greed, and incompetence that tore Alexander's empire apart. You have to be in the right frame of mind for that one.

[Dawn]

Another Agatha down and another one started. This time I've started The Labours of Hercules

[Jaime]

I am finishing up reading the 40th Anniversary Edition of The Exorcist.

[happy]

finished The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend

Very good look at the making of the movie and the people behind it - from the events that inspired it (the 1836 raid and captivity of Cynthia Anne Parker), the man who wrote the novel the movie is based on, Alan LeMay to finally the people who made the movie - John Ford and John Wayne

I gave it 4 stars. Now I've got to find and read the novel.



Currently reading David Weber's latest in his Safehold series

[happy]

If anyone is interested, my thoughts on The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jane]

Edwin: High King of Britain / Edoardo Albert

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Still reading vegetarian cookbooks. :)

[Dawn]

Finished How Firm a Foundation by David Weber and loved it so much I'm heading straight into the next book in the series Midst Toil and Tribulation

[happy]

Dawn, I'm really enjoying the 7th book in the series



When you finally get to it, I think you'll really enjoy it. The action has shifted to the ground war from the naval war however.

[Dawn]

I like that, it was going to happen eventually and it should be interesting how Charis does with that.

[Dawn]

Unsurprisingly I have started another Agatha Christie book, They Do It with Mirrors
And I've also started The Song of Troy for the monthly group read.

[Bobby]

[Allison]

Finished Martyr ⭐⭐⭐

Posted my thoughts in the July 2012 thread :)

[Dawn]

And now you're reading??

[Kimber]

Just finished . Still deciding what to read next.

[Allison]

Dawn wrote: "And now you're reading??"

Started based on a few GR pals recommendation. Its really not for me but a super easy read.

Not sure yet what historical fiction I'll be picking up next.

[Allison]

Kimberlibri wrote: "Just finished . Still deciding what to read next."

Your thoughts? Its in my tbr.

[Gretchen]

Just finished one of this month's group reads A Burnable Book. I also recently finished Queen's Gambit. I am going to start reading Mistress of Rome next. I have recently read Kate Quinn's Borgia novels and I am completely hooked on Kate Quinn's writing.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I am still reading A Burnable Book

[Rick]

Sharon Kay Penman’s “When Christ and His Saints Slept”. This is my second time reading this and it is proving to be good reading again. I really enjoy how she develops the characters and creates, for me at least, an enjoyable sense of the history of England/France.

[Dawn]

Started Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie

I got a dozen Agatha books for my birthday so you're going to be seeing many more of these.

[Gretchen]

Rick wrote: "Sharon Kay Penman’s “When Christ and His Saints Slept”. This is my second time reading this and it is proving to be good reading again. I really enjoy how she develops the characters and creates, f..."

I loved all three of Penman's books on Henry II and Eleanor.

[Jesse]

[Allison]

Started

I have three books going at once but can't really get past the first few pages of any of them. This freaks me out...I am a one book at a time kind of girl! Hoping this book will change that since I love the miniseries "Band Of Brothers" so much.

[happy]

Jesse wrote: ""

I thought this was one of his better ones

[Mark]

happy wrote: "Jesse wrote: ""

I thought this was one of his better ones"

Never read those ones yet.

[Kimber]

Allie wrote: "Kimberlibri wrote: "Just finished . Still deciding what to read next."

Your thoughts? Its in my tbr."

It is definitely different from the usual about Jane Grey and The Duke of Northumberland. The perspective alternates between Jane Dudley, wife of the former Earl of Warwick now Duke, and Frances Grey, wife of Henry, Duke of Suffolk, and mother of Jane Grey. The timeline runs from the childhood of Jane all the way up to the death of Jane Dudley. John Dudley, usually treated as a power hungry, greedy influence on King Edward VI, seen in a different light and the Duke of Somerset, friend of the common people, is not the saint he's alleged to be in other works. I like to read works about the same period of history from different and unusual perspectives and Higginbotham's recreation of the time seems unique and factual. Definitely give it a try.

[Allison]

Thanks! I haven't read a book from Frances Grey's perspective yet. Interesting.

[happy]

Finished Like a Mighty Army, In spite of problems I have with his spelling of names, which has been on going through out the series, I really enjoyed it. One note - the action has almost totally shifted to the land battle. It was a 4 star read for me.

for my next read, I'm heading back to WW I

The War That Ended Peace: The Road To 1914

[Linda]

The Men Who Killed the Luftwaffe: The U.S. Army Air Forces Against Germany in World War IIby Jay Stout

[Jane]

Marius' Mules: Caesar's Vow / S.J.A. Turney.

Enjoying this series very much. I've found what works best for me is to read chapter by chapter or one or two sections at a time and to stretch it out.

[Erica]

Just started The Pagan Lord. I heart Uhtred!

Also reading The Secrets of Montrésor on my kindle.

[Kimber]

Erica wrote: "Just started The Pagan Lord. I heart Uhtred!

I've also read The Secrets of Montrésor and enjoyed it for the story and characters but thought that overall it felt a bit...Pollyanna-ish is the only way I can describe it. I'd love to hear your thoughts when you're done with the series.

[Kimber]

Now starting Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore and looking forward to it!

[Allison]

Kimberlibri wrote: "Now starting Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore and looking forward to it!"

Another interesting looking one you've got there.

[Andy]

Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl An alternate vision of the War of Independance

[Dawn]

I have decided to read The Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian

[Darcy]

Dawn wrote: "I have decided to read The Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian"

Not one of my favourites, but still the writing is exceptional.

[Bobby]

Rick wrote: "Sharon Kay Penman’s “When Christ and His Saints Slept”. This is my second time reading this and it is proving to be good reading again. I really enjoy how she develops the characters and creates, f..."

One of our favorite writers. Wife and I got to meet her at a small, intimate book signing last month. About 20 people. Very cool.A King's Ransom

[Gretchen]

I finished Mistress of Rome and loved it! Now I'm going to start Dissolution as part of a group read for another group.

[Kimber]

Gretchen wrote: "I finished Mistress of Rome and loved it! Now I'm going to start Dissolution as part of a group read for another group."

Sweet. Mistress of Romeis on my TBR. Finished up Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore and now reading The Purple Shroud: A Novel of Empress Theodora.

[Linda]

I have pulled The Pagan Lord by BC one more time to read it.

[Linda]

A quote from THE PAGAN LORD startled me because I had never thought about it.

"Old age was bringing the death of dreams."

That is a cheerful thought, but it is true.

[Allison]

I guess I'll start right after dumping all over the first book in the thread. Its due at the library and need to read an "R" book for a bunch of challenges anyway. Hopefully I'll like it enough since I bought the rest of the series on my kindle :/

[C.P.]

Finished Silent in the Grave for the Reduce the TBR Challenge. It was okay, until the heroine decided to confront the murderer without confiding in anyone else. Guess how that turned out?

That particular plot point, unless well explained, always drives me nuts, so
I have to wait a while to give a fair review.

Starting Kuraj, recommended by our own Bryn Hammond, for the same challenge.

And I will be reading The Whooper Swan for the rest of my natural life.... ;-)