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[Alicja]

Currently working through , , and .

[Allison]

Kimberlibri wrote: "Linda wrote: "The Other Queen by. Philippa Gregory. I do not remember reading her before. This book is long and not her best by all accounts."

I agree. That said, it's not a bad b..."

Oh I'm reading it at some point, I bought the whole series! lol. I also bought Kate Emerson's "Secret" Series just haven't started on those either.

[Dawn]

I'm listening to The Fat Years

[Linda]

It dull and exciting at the same time. In the beginning the players tell the reader who they are and how they got there. Then some action starts and stops to allow the players to tell the reader who they are and how they got there. The reader sees how circumstances and the players' actions changed them. That 's how I read it, anyway.

[Linda]

Kimberlibri said it better than I did. Thank you, Kimberlibri. I have 33 pages more to read. I expect the action will move quickly, now. If someone doesn't 'feel a draft' soon, I am getting my axe(sp) and doing the job myself.

[Linda]

Oh, I nearly forgot to mention the history of WWI and WWII being aired on the History Channel now in the States.

[Matt]

I'm reading All Quiet on the Western Front right now. It's a different genre for me, as I typically do not read historical fiction that involves gunpowder, but I am enjoying the read.

[Erica]

Dona wrote: "Just finished two of B. Cornwell's series. The quest for the holly grail and the warrior chronicles. Not sure where I want to go next or maybe just continue with Cornwell??? Prior to these I read..."

I suggest Sons of Zeus by Noble Smith. I loved it and the second book in the series Spartans at the Gates: A Novel .

[Dawn]

Dona wrote: "Just finished two of B. Cornwell's series. The quest for the holly grail and the warrior chronicles. Not sure where I want to go next or maybe just continue with Cornwell??? Prior to these I read..."

I'll suggest Niccolò Rising, a series by Dorothy Dunnett. They can be dense and a bit confusing but well worth the effort.

And Hild by Nicola Griffith. Really wonderful book that may be the start of a series but at present it works quite good as a standalone.

[Dawn]

And welcome to the group Dona. Just an FYI, we ask that you add the links to the authors or books you put in your posts. Makes it easier for everyone to see exactly what you're talking about and when you link, they show up as a list on the right side of the thread so it creates a bit of a shortcut. :)

Thanks!

[Gretchen]

I have to announce that I finally finished Dissolution! It took a month and I read four other books in that time but I finished. I was pleasantly surprised in the end and I think I will continue on with some of the other books in the series.

[Bobby]

Dawn wrote: "Dona wrote: "Just finished two of B. Cornwell's series. The quest for the holly grail and the warrior chronicles. Not sure where I want to go next or maybe just continue with Cornwell??? Prior to..."

Just picked up yesterday from the library.

[Dawn]

Ohh, I hope you like Hild Bobby. None of my friends have read it yet and I'm waiting to see if anyone else likes it as much as I did! :)

[Allison]

Gretchen wrote: "I have to announce that I finally finished Dissolution! It took a month and I read four other books in that time but I finished. I was pleasantly surprised in the end and I think I wi..."

What a change!! Glad you ended up liking it :) I was nervous...I know we have similar tastes and I have the whole series waiting patiently in my tbr.

[Victor]

Just finished by Eiji Yoshikawa, I gave it 4 stars, and reviewed.

Now I'm starting by C.J. Sansom

[happy]

Victor wrote: "Just finished by Eiji Yoshikawa, I gave it 4 stars, and reviewed.

Now I'm starting [bookc..."

I'm interested in what you think of Dominion, please lest us know

[Gretchen]

Allie wrote: "Gretchen wrote: "I have to announce that I finally finished Dissolution! It took a month and I read four other books in that time but I finished. I was pleasantly surprised in the end..."

I'm definetly going to move on in the Shardlake series eventually. I have Fiona Buckley's Ursula Blanchard series waiting to be read too. I love summer. I get so much reading done while the kids run around outside. House cleaning, not so much. Clean houses are slightly overrated anyway. Right now I'm trying to finish out Daughters of Rome for a reading challenge.

[happy]

I finished An Instrument of Slaughter - decent mystery and a quick read - 3.75 stars, set against the begining of conscription in Britian in early 1916 and the murder victim is a conscientious objector. Currently reading the third book in the series

[Allison]

happy wrote: "Victor wrote: "Just finished by Eiji Yoshikawa, I gave it 4 stars, and reviewed.

Now I'm ..."

I second Happy, Victor!

[Paul]

Though it is not on Goodreads yet, I am reading The Assassin's Tale by S.J.A. Turney...the third book of The Ottoman Cycle.

[Dawn]

Okay Paul, I've added both the Paperback and Kindle editions to Goodreads, so you can rate The Assassin's Tale when you're finished. :)

[Dawn]

It doesn't do to only have 1 book on the go so I started 4 more. Good thing I went to the library and picked up 10 books last week! :)

The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
Sloop of War
The Legion
Murder for Christ's Mass

[happy]

I finished Five Dead Canaries. Again not bad, I didn't like quite as much as the previous one. The ending seemed a little more contrived than usual. 3.5 stars rounded down to 3 for GR

My current read continues my WW I streak

Alistair Horne's classice look at the battle of Verdun

[Mark]

Bone-Crusher: A Godric MacEuan Novella just finished. And just started Skin Game.

[Bobby]

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The Ill-Made Knight. Really good so far.

[Linda]

A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled Hosseini. After reading The Kite Runner, I have wanted to read this author again just to make certain THE KITE RUNNER was not a fluke.

[Linda]

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

[Kimber]

Done with the Tudors for now and moving on to France. Reading Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV and not quite sure what to make of it so far. Lot's of perspective switching...sometimes from sentence to sentence. We'll see...

[Gretchen]

Louis XIV must be a popular subject. I'm currently readingGirl on the Golden Coin: A Novel of Frances Stuart.

[happy]

I don't know if I would consider this currently reading, but when we were cleaning out my father-in-laws home the other day and found some old cook books to add to my collection including a 1941 edition of



It has been fun leafing through it. I don't think some of the recipes could be made today - I have no idea of some of the ingrediants. She also really like paprika instead of black pepper.

Whenever I start looking a cookbooks Mrs Happy always seems to ask if we REALLY need another cookbook.

She didn't have any comments this time :)

[Dawn]

I know Terri considers cookbooks very valid reading material!! :)

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Dawn wrote: "I know Terri considers cookbooks very valid reading material!! :)"

She's not the only one. :)

[Dawn]

'Tis true. I don't understand myself but then I'm a very indifferent cook. :)

[Darcy]

Depends on the cookbook for me. If it's just recipes, then I don't really count them as being 'read', but most cookbooks have narratives in them, or tips you may not get elsewhere. I figure if I learned something, it counts as reading.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Darcy wrote: "Depends on the cookbook for me. If it's just recipes, then I don't really count them as being 'read', but most cookbooks have narratives in them, or tips you may not get elsewhere. I figure if I le..."

My thoughts exactly, Darcy. If I don't get an interesting new idea or tip, I consider it a wasted effort. :)

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Dawn wrote: "'Tis true. I don't understand myself but then I'm a very indifferent cook. :)"

I love cooking. Since I've become mostly vegetarian, a whole new world of cooking has opened up for me. :)

[Gretchen]

I finished Girl on the Golden Coin: A Novel of Frances Stuart. I'm going to start reading the June group read Corrag and probably have To Shield the Queen on the back burner.

[Alicja]

My current reads:


My airplane read for when the girlfriend is passed out asleep while insomnia plagues me during the ten hour flight is !! So excited!

[Lia]

Alicja, ten hour flight? Sounds like you are crossing the Atlantic. Have a save and nice trip. :)

[Dawn]

Lucky girl is going to visit family in Poland!!

[Kimber]

Leaving behind the French and entering the world of the Italians with Sara Poole's Poison - a series about the Borgias.

[Alicja]

Dawn wrote: "Lucky girl is going to visit family in Poland!!"

Yup, Miami to Gdansk through Frankfurt and Munich (because that was the cheapest flight!). At least I won't be alone...

[Gretchen]

Kimberlibri wrote: "Leaving behind the French and entering the world of the Italians with Sara Poole's Poison - a series about the Borgias."

I really enjoyed all of Sara Poole's Borgia novels.

[Dawn]

Alicja wrote: "Dawn wrote: "Lucky girl is going to visit family in Poland!!"

Yup, Miami to Gdansk through Frankfurt and Munich (because that was the cheapest flight!). At least I won't be alone..."

I was wondering why so long....but I guess being so South is like being so far West. If only we lived in New York or Montreal, so much faster and cheaper! To fly that is! :)

[Alicja]

Dawn wrote: "I was wondering why so long....but I guess being so South is like being so far West. If only we lived in New York or Montreal, so much faster and cheaper! To fly that is! :)"

Yeah, I think its 2.5 hours until we are somewhere in the vicinity of New York before we even turn east.

I finally finalized (lol) my reading list for the trip, at least the physical copies I'll be dragging in my suitcase.

I'm taking with me as I've mentioned before Alexander: God of War and in addition Tyrant, The Persian Boy, Luck in the Shadows, and Parable of the Sower. At least I'll have my escape from family when I get disowned and have to curl up in a hostel for the rest of my stay.

[Dawn]

I started The House of Mirth yesterday and I've started Corrag for the group read.

[Kimber]

Gretchen wrote: "Kimberlibri wrote: "Leaving behind the French and entering the world of the Italians with Sara Poole's Poison - a series about the Borgias."

I really enjo..."

So far, I have too Gretchen. I read in the follow up that she thinks there maybe as many as 12 or so novels to write about Francesca. I hope she continues!

[Dawn]

Hmmm, I think I'll have to try that one. Mystery and Borgia just seems my kind of book.

[Jane]

Sorry to say this Upstate New Yorker has never read Rabble in Arms by Kenneth Roberts: American Revolution, Battle of Saratoga in 1777, Benedict Arnold before he turned traitor. Started last night.