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[happy]

Jane,

I hope you enjoy it - Roberts is a great writer, if a little old fasioned :)

[Victor]

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

Now I'm ..."

I just finished
I enjoyed it, and found it an easy read. I'm a sucker for alt-his fic though, and a fan of Shardlake. I gave it four stars and reviewed it here https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... if you wanna see.

Now I'm reading since I want more alt-his fic.

[happy]

I finished The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 excellent look at the Battle of Verdun in WW I. I highly recommend to to any interested in that war.

Currently read the second volume of Sharon Penman's Richard I set

[Jane]

Am still slogging through The Fountain of St. James Court; or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman: A Novel and might start skimming.

For change of pace: At the Palaces of Knossos by Nikos Kazantzakis, a more minor work of his

[Allison]

happy wrote: "I finished The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 excellent look at the Battle of Verdun in WW I. I highly recommend to to any interested in that war.

Currently read the second volume of S..."

Had already added it off your updates :)

[Allison]

Starting For the King's Favor/The Time of Singing, #4 in Elizabeth Chadwick's William Marshall series.

[Kimber]

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

I just finished all three. Highly recommend them. She stretches what could be reality a bit (a female poisoner working for the Pope?) but it's still one heck of a good story and one of the few I've read that isn't from the point of view of one of the Borgia family. There is some slight romance, a quite a bit of non-romantic sex but also a lot of information about the conditions, religion and politics of the time.

[Bobby]

Just finished . A big change in genres for me... reading something written by a soldier from WWI. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Might have to try some more John Dos Passos.

[Andy]

Zoo Station starting

[Jane]

Am reading Pontius Pilate and
Corrag

[Jane]

Finished both and started An Accidental King by Mark Patton

[Kimber]

Doing some 'light' historical mystery reading. Wales in the 1100's with Sarah Woodbury's Gareth and Gwen series. Started with a novella The Bard's Daughter and already on the fourth of five The Fourth Horseman. Very entertaining.

[Bobby]

finally!

[Dawn]

Started and finished:


The Under Dog and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
The Golden Rose by Kathleen Bryan
The Immorality Engine by George Mann

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Currently reading A History of Ancient Britain - every bit as good as the documentary series and, of course, much more in depth.

[Kimber]

Dawn wrote: "Started and finished:


[book:Agnes G..."

How did you like Agnes Grey in relation to the writings by the other Bronte sisters?

[Dawn]

I've read three now, Jane Eyre, Villette & Agnes Grey.

Rochester really makes Jane Eyre, without that dramatic character, the others don't hold up as well. Sweet and well written but not really engaging.
Villette and Agnes Grey were remarkably similar in style and substance.
That said, I haven't read Wuthering Heights yet, so one more sister to try. And Anne might be better with a longer book, I still haven't read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall either.

[Dawn]

Finished Crooked House
Started Hickory Dickory Dock & Geist

[Allison]

Halfway thru not HF but kinda funny :)

[Kimber]

Dawn wrote: "I've read three now, Jane Eyre, Villette & Agnes Grey.

Rochester really makes Jane Eyre, without that dramatic character, the others don't hold up as well. Sweet and wel..."

Wuthering Heights,Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall were my favorites. Villette is probably the next and from there.... Well the Bronte sisters (except for Emily - Wuthering Heights) included a lot of their personal experiences in their novels. Anne was a governess, Charlotte went to school on the Continent and fell in love with her professor, who was married. It makes some of the novels extremely similar and to me those first three are the ones that stand out even though Jane does include Charlotte's early years at boarding school. I think you'll like the next two. :D

[Dawn]

I think I also own Shirley. So I'll have to read that one sometime as well. We'll see how it goes. I have quite the list of classics to read but I usually have to try really hard to fit in even 12 a year.

[Dawn]

I've finished by Sam Eastland

and I'm starting The Bridal Wreath

[Mark]

Half a King its very good.

[Mark]

getting some serious reading of the gaulish/roman conflict. ;)

[Darcy]

Asterix!!!

[Andy]

The British ones really good too - finally got around to reading it the otehr night, made me chuckle a lot, with the French taking the rise outta the Brits, What!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Mark wrote: " getting some serious reading of the gaulish/roman conflict. ;)"
I love Asterix.

Classics professor Mary Beard reckons most classicists get their start via Asterix. :D

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Andy wrote: "The British ones really good too - finally got around to reading it the otehr night, made me chuckle a lot, with the French taking the rise outta the Brits, What!"

Time for a spot of hot water, wot?

[Alicja]

Mark wrote: " getting some serious reading of the gaulish/roman conflict. ;)"

Nice! We have many of those comics and the movies but all translated into Polish.

[Dawn]

I think I own about a dozen of those Asterix comics. I like the one where they go and train as Gladiators. :)

[Dawn]

Have started The Picture of Dorian Gray.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Dawn wrote: "Have started The Picture of Dorian Gray."

I loved that. :D

[Benjamin]

Just finished Mortality in Wasteland: My Life as Black Death's Undertaker. Absolutely great book, well worth reading.

[Gretchen]

I woke up early this morning (before the girls) to finish my last 30 pages of Corrag. The girls decided they needed to be up early too. Any way, I finished it this morning instead of eating breakfast. Now I'm starting To Shield the Queen. I am hoping the rain we are suppose to get this weekend stays away so I can get some beach reading in while the husband has the girls fishing.

[Simona]

Dawn wrote: "I think I own about a dozen of those Asterix comics. I like the one where they go and train as Gladiators. :)"

I think I own them all, and my very favorite is the one set in Switzerland. A jewel.

[Sceadugenga]

Simona wrote: "Dawn wrote: "I think I own about a dozen of those Asterix comics. I like the one where they go and train as Gladiators. :)"

I think I own them all, and my very favorite is the one set in Switzerla..."

Asterix rules!!!! definitely my favorite comic. It's a nice touch too when watching the films in Italian because the Romans have real Roman accents and makes it funnier.

[DeepTiNkEr5]

I am reading the The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell.

[Sceadugenga]

Tony Stark wrote: "I am reading the The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell."

An Uhtred newbie!!!!!........ENJOY!!!!

[DeepTiNkEr5]

I read the book before, although it is that good. I've gotten as far as the Death of Kings. Although I think Uhtred is an arrogant P**** with no empathy. That is why I like him because he reminds me of myself!

[Sceadugenga]

Tony Stark wrote: "I read the book before, although it is that good. I've gotten as far as the Death of Kings. Although I think Uhtred is an arrogant P**** with no empathy. That is why I like him because he reminds m..."

I agree, I must have re-read it at least 3 times.

[DeepTiNkEr5]

Ah, I see. Who's your favorite character in the series?

[Allison]

Margaret wrote: "Dawn wrote: "Have started The Picture of Dorian Gray."

I loved that. :D"

Me too. Need to read it again!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Allie wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Dawn wrote: "Have started The Picture of Dorian Gray."

I loved that. :D"

Me too. Need to read it again!"

I think I have it on my Kindle. I need to check and if I have, read it again. :)

[Sceadugenga]

Tony Stark wrote: "Ah, I see. Who's your favorite character in the series?"

Uhtred is obviously my favorite, but I like Ragnar, Finan, and Pyrlig as well.

[Dawn]

Allie wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Dawn wrote: "Have started The Picture of Dorian Gray."

I loved that. :D"

Me too. Need to read it again!"

I'm almost done and I really didn't like it! I can't get over despising all the characters....what appealed so much to you guys??

[Bobby]

[Gretchen]

I finished To Shield the Queen. I'm moving to The King's Daughter. I find myself in the mood for Tudor themed series' right now for some reason.

[Allison]

Dawn wrote: "Allie wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Dawn wrote: "Have started The Picture of Dorian Gray."

I loved that. :D"

Me too. Need to read it again!"

I'm almost done and I really didn't like it! ..."


Its a great classic and an original idea! Read it in my early teens tho...I could feel completely different if I reread it now!

[Allison]

Gretchen wrote: "I finished To Shield the Queen. I'm moving to The King's Daughter. I find myself in the mood for Tudor themed series' right now for some reason."

The Tudors are always good :)

[Dawn]

Finished Shades of Milk and Honey, interesting premise but didn't like the execution.
Reading Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog, I had to read it fast for a challenge and now I'm rereading it so I know what the hell happened!!