What are you reading? March 2014

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Fri March 7th, 2014, 11:16 pm

I envy everyone who has King's Ransom already. Let me now how it is.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Sat March 8th, 2014, 4:28 pm

Got two going, My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart (a re-read) and Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale.

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Mon March 10th, 2014, 4:40 pm

I'm just about to start The Winter Folly by Lulu Taylor.

Ludmilla · Post by **Ludmilla** » Mon March 10th, 2014, 7:24 pm

Just finished Why Kings Confess by CS Harris. This is the 9th in the series. It's a decent contribution to the series, but I wouldn't rate as one of my favorites. I'm glad the author finally advanced the timeline a little (by roughly four months). This time the mystery involves the sad fate of the French Dauphin.

One of the characters that turned up in this investigation was a French courtier who liked to dress as a woman. This reminded me of the Chevalier d'Eon (whose life, I think, exemplies how truth can be stranger than fiction). Now I'm racking my brain trying to remember what historical (or maybe it was historical romance) where d'Eon played a role. I know I read one with d'Eon not too long ago, and it's driving me crazy trying to remember.

Berengaria · Post by **Berengaria** » Thu March 13th, 2014, 1:29 am

[quote=""Susan""]City of Jasmine by Deanna Raybourn, but I have Sharon Penman's A King's Ransom waiting in the wings. I got my autographed copy last night!

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Oh, how I wish I lived closer to large cities! What a great photo! I have downloaded my copy on my Kobo and re-read the last part of Lionheart so that I am once again immersed in the time and people.

Brenna · Post by **Brenna** » Thu March 13th, 2014, 3:22 pm

Re-reading Lionheart as I am picking up Ransom from the library tomorrow! So excited!!!

fljustice · Post by **fljustice** » Thu March 13th, 2014, 4:41 pm

Finished Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie. This one is a category buster--a completely made up world, vaguely Early Renaissance setting, no magic or mythical creatures, and women have a much more equal status than our own history warrants. The best I can come up with is a fantasy without any traditional fantasy elements. The story is Game Of Thrones-like, in that it is a brutal, multiple point of view/setting book, which likes to torture its characters and readers. It's also fat--890 pages--which speeds by in page-turning action. A satisfying read. (Warning: the book is filled with graphic physical violence and the occasional sex scene, so people with more delicate sensibilities beware.)

Put aside Queen's Gambit to finish Best Served Cold and will go back to that one. Haven't settled on my commuting book yet.

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Thu March 13th, 2014, 5:23 pm

I have started Ransom! Yay for libraries!

MLE (Emily Cotton) · Post by **MLE (Emily Cotton)** » Thu March 13th, 2014, 6:00 pm

Finished Year of the Horsetails (excellent military HF on the Mongols.) Now reading the Red Lily Crown, Elizabeth Loupas' latest opus. Good so far.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Fri March 14th, 2014, 4:17 pm

[quote=""Berengaria""]Oh, how I wish I lived closer to large cities! What a great photo! I have downloaded my copy on my Kobo and re-read the last part of Lionheart so that I am once again immersed in the time and people.

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I saw her Monday night, what a lovely talk she gave and the stories she told. At the beginning she acknowledged two of her FB fans who traveled very far to come and see her. One from Alaska and the other from Vancouver (which I assume was Vancouver B.C., since her next stop was Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA is a short hop on the other side of the Columbia River.