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What are you reading? March 2014
- Nefret
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 2977
- Joined: February 2009
- Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
- Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
- Location: Temple of Isis
I envy everyone who has King's Ransom already. Let me now how it is. 

Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
Got two going, My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart (a re-read) and Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4237
- Joined: August 2008
- Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
- Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
- Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
- Preferred HF: Any
- Location: North Yorkshire, UK
I'm just about to start The Winter Folly by Lulu Taylor.
currently reading: My Books on Goodreads
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
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.
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
- Avid Reader
- Posts: 307
- Joined: July 2010
- Location: northern Vancouver Island, BC Canada
[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.

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.

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.
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.
- MLE (Emily Cotton)
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 3562
- Joined: August 2008
- Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
- Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
- Location: California Bay Area
[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.

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.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be