What Are You Reading? Sept. 2020

[princess garnet]

Starting a new thread for the month!
From the library: The Last Castle by Denise Kiernan (NF)
The story of Biltmore Estate and George and Edith Vanderbilt.

[princess garnet]

Finished: An Ivy Hill Christmas by Julie Klassen
Her 1st Christmas novella! The story takes place a year after the Ivy Hill series ends. Richard Brockwell reluctantly returns to Ivy Hill after a long absence for the Christmas season.

[Vanessa]

I’m reading Endless Skies by Jane Cable, a contemporary story with a hint of the supernatural.

[Vanessa]

I’m now reading The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock by Jane Riley, a contemporary story set in a funeral parlour! It’s a little quirky and quite humorous.

I’ve joined a competition on Pigeonhole for The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett. It’s the prequel to Pillars of Earth which I so enjoyed reading a few years ago. It’s just the first three staves and then 50 lucky readers get their names picked out of a hat to read the rest. The first stave is being released at 6pm this evening.

[princess garnet]

Finished Mortal Arts by Anna Lee Huber ("Lady Darby Mysteries" #2)
Having been to Scotland twice, it adds to my reading pleasure of the series. I've got the other books in the series on hold from the library; I'll get them as they're returned and quarantined. No rush!
I believe there were forum members who've read the Lady Darby novels and enjoyed them. The latest and #8 installment A Stroke of Malice was released in April.

The author has more novels planned in the coming years!

[Madeleine]

I've just ordered "A Study in Death" in the Lady Darby series, the only one which is available in the UK at a "regular" price. I've often looked at this series but they don't seem to be widely available here.

[red805]

Finished one of our board icon books - Shogun. It was amazing, non-stop action & history. The audiobook narration was excellent I thought. Probably would not have read (ok, listened to) it without this message board, so thanks!

[Madeleine]

I'm about to start "Bone China" by Laura Purcell.

[princess garnet]

Current read: Clash of Crowns by Mary McAuliffe (NF)
How Duke Rollo of Normandy and William the Conquerer's actions affected their Plantagenet successors in France and England. The book begins on Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine then goes back to the Normandy dukes and their relationship with the French monarchy.

Finished: Marie Antoinette's World by Will Bashor (NF)
Great idea but a horrible book. Just skip it!

[red805]

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson. Interesting take on our nation's horriffic history of racial violence. About halfway through.