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[C.P.]

The Cuckoo's Calling: not HF, let alone A&M HF, but lots of fun, especially at $3.99. Amazon's strong-arming of Hachette does have some advantages for the rest of us....

[Mona]

Shutter Island is on audio, Starship Troopers in the page-turning format.

[Jesse]

happy wrote: "I finished the NON FICTION Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World - good general audience look at the battle

Currently readingJeff Shaara's new one

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Oh happy, I'm jealous. Shaara was the first author I became a fan of in high school and want to read the new one so bad. I loved how he kept the same style as his father from The Killer Angels.

[Gretchen]

C.P. wrote: "The Cuckoo's Calling: not HF, let alone A&M HF, but lots of fun, especially at $3.99. Amazon's strong-arming of Hachette does have some advantages for the rest of us...."

That has been on my tbr list for quite sometime. I'm still having a hard time coming to terms with J.K Rowling writing something that wasn't Harry Potter. I couldn't even finish The Casual Vacancy.

[Jane]

Eboracvm: Carved in Stone / Graham Clews

[Kimber]

The Botticelli Secret / Marina Fiorato

[C.P.]

Gretchen wrote: "C.P. wrote: "The Cuckoo's Calling: not HF, let alone A&M HF, but lots of fun, especially at $3.99. Amazon's strong-arming of Hachette does have some advantages for the rest of us......"

It's not bad, although nowhere near as enthralling as Harry Potter.

[Gretchen]

C.P- I have had several people tell me The Cuckoo's Calling was an excellent book but once it was revealed who the author really was, it was difficult not to compare to the writing of Harry Potter. I think that's a little unfair to Rowling but should be expected when you write a global phenomenon like Harry Potter.

After thinking long and hard, I finally decided I would start Dark Fire. So far it seems I made a good decision. The second book in the series definitely moves along at a more rapid pace than the first. It helps me enjoy Sansom's writing more when I'm not bogged down with some of the details that come with writing the first in a series of novels.

[C.P.]

Gretchen wrote: "C.P- I have had several people tell me The Cuckoo's Calling was an excellent book but once it was revealed who the author really was, it was difficult not to compare to the writing ..."

That's not my issue with it. It's reasonably well written, but I am now ¼ through, and only the detective and his sidekick are recognizable characters. Everyone else blends into a kind of paparazzi haze.

I assume there must be a mystery, but even the main character doesn't (yet) think so; he's investigating because he needs the cash. In short, I'm still reading because the author is J. K. Rowling. If she were not, I'd have given a huge sigh and moved on.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Started the new one by Robyn Young. Kingdom

[Darcy]

I started everyone's favourite kind of historical fiction (hahahaahah!)

Written in My Own Heart's Blood

[Sandra]

Finally started . I want to take my time reading it to prolong the enjoyment.

[Dawn]

Sandra wrote: "Finally started . I want to take my time reading it to prolong the enjoyment."

Good luck with that, I read it in one day. Couldn't stop once I started! :)

[Dawn]

I've started
The Black Tower
Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome
&
Imperium: A novel of Ancient Rome

[happy]

The first one has been added to the TBR

I liked both of the other two.

I'm about half way done with The Smoke at Dawn, and it is shaping up to be a 4+ star read. So far, I've liked more than the previous books in this set.

[Dawn]

I just picked up Imperium to read a few paragraphs to see what it would be like and ended up reading 4 chapters. Bodes well for that one.

[Kimber]

The Wild Irish about Irish pirate Grace O'Malley and her long standing conflict with Elizabeth I. The book centers on a fictional? meeting between the two around the time the Earl of Essex was a rising star at court. Interesting so far but the Irish vernacular is laid on a bit thick.

[Gretchen]

Dark Fire turned out to be an excellent choice. I enjoyed the second of the Shardlake novels a million times more than Dissolution. I love when an author can make you care about what is going to happen to a historical figured despite already knowing the outcome. I lost my Kindle which means I can't finish Becoming Marie Antoinette until I find it back. I decided I need an Egyptian vacation with Daughter of the Gods: A Novel of Ancient Egypt. I received an arc a while back. My sense of obligation requires I read it sooner rather than later.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I really liked Dissolution, but I REALLY liked the books that came after it. That's why I always recommend Dissolution. Because I think it is a very good first book in an excellent series.

[Gretchen]

I tend to struggle with books that are the first in the series. I feel like a lot of times the author gets bogged down in the details and establishing the characters without telling a good story. I am glad I pushed through this time. I made sure to order all the available books so I don't have to suffer a lag between books.

[Jaime]

I am racing to see as to which of the two books in which I am heavily invested calls my attention tonight: or .

[Linda]

LETHAL FORCE by John Day. Reading for Author.

[Darcy]

Adding link on Linda's behalf Lethal Force

[Jesse]

to complete the trilogy

[Victor]

Just finished by Lavie Tidhar. Not his-fic but it has a ton of Historical as well as Literary figures from the Victorian era.

Just started by George MacDonald Fraser. He seems to be the opposite of Richard Sharpe.

[Darcy]

Flashman! :)

[Linda]

Thank you, Darcy!
LL

[Edward]

Brian wrote: "Just finished The Hollow and now about to read my first Bernard Cornwell. I'm starting with The Last Kingdom."
Trying to finish up my classic collection and get back to B. Cornwell (Saxon Tales); I'm sooooo jealous. :)

[Jane]

The first section of Raptor / Gary Jennings nearly put me off this one completely, but I'm glad I'm continuing for the cross-continents journey and for the observations on religion, politics, etc. Set in time of Theodoric and Ostrogoths.

[Pamela]

Just reading The Caravaggio Conspiracy which I'm aiming to finish before starting our July reads on Tuesday! Excited!

[Darcy]

Linda wrote: "Thank you, Darcy!
LL"

Anytime :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Brian wrote: "Just finished The Hollow and now about to read my first Bernard Cornwell. I'm starting with The Last Kingdom."


Hope you like it Brian!

[Gretchen]

I have moved on from Tudor era mysteries for the time being. Only because that pile of books has temporarily disappeared. I finished Daughter of the Gods: A Novel of Ancient Egypt and enjoyed it. I'm moving from one ancient civilization to another. I started Empress of the Seven Hills. I am head over heels in love with Vix and Sabina. I hate when I become attached to fictional characters. Normally it doesn't end well.

[Kimber]

I've left the Tudors for the moment as well but I moved further forward rather than farther back. Reading The French Mistress: A Novel of the Duchess of Portsmouth and King Charles II by Susan Holloway Scott and after that will read two others by Scott: Duchess: A Novel of Sarah Churchill and The Countess and the King: A Novel of the Countess of Dorchester and King James II.

[Allison]

I need to get back to the Tudors!! Somehow my favorite genre has been pushed aside, haven't read any HF in a while!!

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Allie wrote: "I need to get back to the Tudors!! Somehow my favorite genre has been pushed aside, haven't read any HF in a while!!

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I really like Lehane's writing, Allie. If you aren't already aware of it, he has a HF book called The Given Day. It was very good IMO.

[Allison]

I was not aware, thank you!

I've read his Mystic River and Shutter Island and liked them both. I picked this one up on a kindle sale not knowing it was #4 of a series. D'oh!

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Allie wrote: "I was not aware, thank you!

I've read his Mystic River and Shutter Island and liked them both. I picked this one up on a kindle sale not knowing it was #4 of a series. D'oh!"

Don't worry. I read Gone, Baby, Gone before I read any of the other books in that series, and didn't feel lost at all. It's one of those series where you can jump in at any point, and not feel lost.

[Allison]

Yeah I've already read 160 pages of it and it seems pretty independent. It just messes with my mind!! :P

[happy]

I finished Shaara's The Smoke at Dawn

It is excellent - 4.25/4.5 stars

It starts in the afertmath of Chickamauga and ends with the defeat of Bragg at Missionary Ridge.


Now I've got 3 of Edward Marston's Railway Detective series to read, becauser they ILL and due back soon :)

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[Suzanne]

I'm about half-way through, and enjoying, The Bloodless Boy, which is an accomplished debut historical mystery set in the 1680s London of the Royal Society. It's nicely written and with a plot that keeps you guessing about the 'why' as well as the 'who'.

[Paul]

I am reading the third Gisborne novel by Prue Batten..Gisborne: Book of Kings...tried searching for it but it is not in Goodreads yet.

[Dawn]

I'm reading Prince of Fools

[Alicja]

Reading: and finishing up and (again).

All are such amazing reads I feel like I'm floating in literary heaven.

[Alicja]

Dawn wrote: "I'm reading Prince of Fools"

Let us know if you like it. Its on my tbr list.

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The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

[Lisa]

I recently started reading The Ill-Made Knight , and Shōgun . I bought Shogun a year and a half ago when my daughter moved to Japan. I wanted to read something "Japanese" and I remembered watching the mini series (and enjoying it) years ago. However, I just couldn't bring myself to start reading it since I don't generally enjoy Asian historical fiction. I usually steer myself toward British hist fic. I wish it didn't take me so long to finally convince myself to start reading it. Shogun took me in from the first page. Although I am enjoying The Ill-Made Knight, it's going to have to go on the back burner for a bit while I sink my teeth into Shogun.

[Andy]

Should add Child of Vengeance seeing as im back for a fix of h/f, a bit late for the A&M read but still I got there eventually.....

Shogun is highly rated by many Lisa, im sure you'll enjoy it!

[Gretchen]

It was a good thing my girls and I decided to take the wagon to the library today. Between the books they picked out and the books that came in for me, we had it nearly full! It made for an interesting trip when it started to rain on our way back home. I finished Becoming Marie Antoinette and not a moment too soon. Not only was the book dreadful but today the library had Roman Blood, The Autobiography of Henry VIII with Notes by His Fool, Will Somers, and The Schoolmaster's Daughter. There were a few other books too. Those three are all July read for various groups. I will try to get those cleared away first.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Alicja wrote: "Reading: and finishing up and (again).

All are such amazing reads I feel like I'm..."

The Persian Boy is one of my all time favourite books.