G'day

[<Nerd!]

Hi all.

29, 6ft, brown hair and eyes, turn-ons include....

Wait... what.

Oh it's not that kind of site?

Okay I was gonna put a reading log in but it timed out before I finished and couldn't be bothered retyping it. I'll kick one off with my current reading list later, but as far as the last few months are concerned, I've churned through:

"Gallipoli Sniper": John Hamilton

"The Rum Diary": Hunter S Thompson

"The Forest of Hours": Kerstin Ekman

"Sharpe's Revenge": Bernard Cornwell

"Deception Point": (cough) Dan Brown

"Sharpe's Havoc": Bernard Cornwell

"Slave Ship": Marcus Riedekker

"African Diaspora - A Reader": Various

"The Whale Road": Robert Low

Feel free to post in here or PM if you want a review of anything on the list.

-Steve

[SarahWoodbury]

Welcome to the list! Let's see . . . it's 9:22 pm here which makes it sometime in the morning where you are and it's dark the whole world in between. I think we're the only ones up!

[<Nerd!]

Hey Sarah,

Thanks for the welcome from the Oregon Country!

Yeah waiting all day for replies, is indeed the sorry lot of a Southern Hemisphere board-poster. Though by the looks there are a few on here already.

I'm just so glad I found this site! In this market (Aus) there's not a book exchange (er' second-hand bookstore) around that can support a dedicated historical fiction section.

So getting an impartial review of a title before I have to shell out for a brand new copy will hopefully head off any more expensive additions to the "chaff" shelf.

Do you have a particular corner of the genre (fantasy/crime/romance-historical fiction) or period that you stick to?

[Carine]

Hello there ! Welcome here !

[annis]

Hi- good to see you here. There are lots of good things about this site, but one of the few not-so-good ones is that if you take too long over a post you get booted :( It's a good idea to do the Word document thing and then copy 'n' paste onto the forum if you're doing a longer post.

[juleswatson]

Hey Steve, welcome here. You will save yourself money getting reviews of books pre-purchase...but lose it all again buying books you never knew about. Being in the UK I also get up and see I missed lots of good conversations, but then us Brits get a whole one or two in before all the Americans get up! It's great fun.

[Vanessa]

Hi Steve

Hello and welcome - hope you enjoy it here!

[Amanda]

G'day fellow aussie!

As for book exchanges, if you're in the western Sydney area, Parklea markets have a great seller that has a special historical fiction section. Only open on the weekends, but they have a website as well for ordering:

www.parkleabooks.com.au

Other than that I order online mostly these days as the book prices locally just come close to competing.

Welcome aboard!

[sweetpotatoboy]

Welcome - good to have you here!

[Carla]

Hello and welcome!
I second what annis said -if you're posting something more than a few lines, it's well worth typing it in Word or similar first, just in case the forum times out on you.

[Misfit]

Hi and welcome aboard. I never get booted, am I doing something right for a change?

[Carla]

Misfit, no system would dare to boot you :-)

[diamondlil]

I don't think I have ever been booted either!

Welcome to the boards Steve! There are definitely a few Aussies on board here.

[MLE]

Welcome aboard.

[zsigandr]

Hello and welcome!

[Madeleine]

Hi and welcome, it's great fun having all these different time zones!

[boswellbaxter]

Welcome! Glad to have you here.

[SarahWoodbury]

Hey Steve:

I read anything. Some of my favorites are Sherwood (Parke Godwin); 1632 (Eric Flint); Anything by Sharon Kay Penman (SKP to everyone here); anything by Ellis Peters/Edith Pargeter (Brother Cadfael et. al.). I like anything time travel and historical fantasy; I like historical romance much of the time, as long as it actually has a genuine plot. I like Bernard Cornwall except when my eyes glaze over with the war scenes. You'll find lots of different tastes and book recommendations here!

Sarah

[Marc]

Hi all,
It's an immense pleasure to have you all here..Wishing you a Good day!