[quote=""LadyB""]I really enjoyed The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, I think I will pick up others in the series.
I'm now reading A Wheel of Stars by Laura Gilmour Bennett. A time-travel historical romance set in the Languedoc region of France, it's perfect reading for me at the moment because I will be visiting friends in Toulouse and Carcassonne in a few weeks' time (and I've already read and loved EC's Daughters of the Grail).[/quote]
I really enjoyed The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, too. Lovely warm-hearted feeling about it.
Re time-travel in the Languedoc, have you read Labyrinth by Kate Mosse? It's set in the Languedoc area and the historical part of the plot is set in the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars.
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It's May, what are you reading?
PATHS OF EXILE - love, war, honour and betrayal in Anglo-Saxon Northumbria
Editor's Choice, Historical Novels Review, August 2009
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Editor's Choice, Historical Novels Review, August 2009
Now available as e-book on Amazon Kindleand in Kindle, Epub (Nook, Sony Reader), Palm and other formats on Smashwords
Website: http://www.carlanayland.org
Blog: http://carlanayland.blogspot.com
[quote=""marklord""]I am reading Latro in the Mist by Gene Wolfe - it's an omnibus edition of two novels - Solider in the Mist and Solider of Arete. A must for anyone interested in Ancient Greece and Greek mythology. I really like Wolfe's fantasy and science fiction so when I realised he has also done some historical fantasy I jumped at the change to read it.
Wolfe's books aren't exactly page-turners. The writing can be awkward at times, but if you read them carefully and slowly they're very rewarding.[/quote]
I very much enjoyed that one. For those unfamiliar with the story line, the main character has a brain injury as a result of battle and can only remember things for about 24 hours--BUT he can see and talk to gods and demigods. He keeps a journal so he can keep track of his life while he searches for a cure. It makes for a very unreliable narrator, but a fascinating read. Wolfe wrote a third book Soldier of Sidon taking Latro to Egypt, but I haven't read that one yet.
Wolfe's books aren't exactly page-turners. The writing can be awkward at times, but if you read them carefully and slowly they're very rewarding.[/quote]
I very much enjoyed that one. For those unfamiliar with the story line, the main character has a brain injury as a result of battle and can only remember things for about 24 hours--BUT he can see and talk to gods and demigods. He keeps a journal so he can keep track of his life while he searches for a cure. It makes for a very unreliable narrator, but a fascinating read. Wolfe wrote a third book Soldier of Sidon taking Latro to Egypt, but I haven't read that one yet.
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[quote=""Carla""]I really enjoyed The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, too. Lovely warm-hearted feeling about it.
Re time-travel in the Languedoc, have you read Labyrinth by Kate Mosse? It's set in the Languedoc area and the historical part of the plot is set in the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars.[/quote]
I haven't read Labyrinth, but I'm now wishing I'd chosen it instead of Wheel of Stars! I'm about 3/4 through now but it's been a struggle tbh, slow plot, unrealistic love stories and characters. What's keeping me going are the descriptions of the landscape, which do make it sound very appealing. If I have time though I might get Labyrinth in before my trip.
Re time-travel in the Languedoc, have you read Labyrinth by Kate Mosse? It's set in the Languedoc area and the historical part of the plot is set in the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars.[/quote]
I haven't read Labyrinth, but I'm now wishing I'd chosen it instead of Wheel of Stars! I'm about 3/4 through now but it's been a struggle tbh, slow plot, unrealistic love stories and characters. What's keeping me going are the descriptions of the landscape, which do make it sound very appealing. If I have time though I might get Labyrinth in before my trip.
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Action for a change
I had a lame attack on Bernard Cornwell. Tried his Stonehenge and The Winter King from The Warlord Chronicles. Being a true lover of history and Arthuriana I couldn't get through a dozen pages of each. Sank in slow and viscid narration with unclear ends.
Turned to action for a change and swallowed Pacific Vortex by Clive Cussler from his Dirk Pitt series. Now following the line with Mediterranian Caper .
Turned to action for a change and swallowed Pacific Vortex by Clive Cussler from his Dirk Pitt series. Now following the line with Mediterranian Caper .
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I couldn't really get into the Warlord Chronicles either, perhaps the Saxon Chronicles instead.
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}
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I found 'Kevin' quite a gripping story but it's not what I would call an enjoyable book, more horrifying!
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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