Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove" - what a great read.
I'm really enjoying the style, and the book is so much more fun than the movie!
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What are you reading October 2011?
- wendy
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Wendy K. Perriman
Fire on Dark Water (Penguin, 2011)
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Fire on Dark Water (Penguin, 2011)
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http://www.FireOnDarkWater.com
[quote=""boswellbaxter""]I'm still reading Mary I by John Edwards, and am also reading The Reluctant Queen by Geraldine Evans (HF about Mary, Henry VIII's sister).[/quote]
And what do you think of The Reluctant Queen? I think I added that one to my TBR pile...but I can't remember. Oh boy the books are all starting to bleed together!
And what do you think of The Reluctant Queen? I think I added that one to my TBR pile...but I can't remember. Oh boy the books are all starting to bleed together!
Brenna
- boswellbaxter
- Bibliomaniac
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[quote=""Brenna""]And what do you think of The Reluctant Queen? I think I added that one to my TBR pile...but I can't remember. Oh boy the books are all starting to bleed together![/quote]
I finished it at lunch. It was pretty bad, I'm afraid. I'll try to post the review here later, but in the meantime, here's a link:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/219315022
I finished it at lunch. It was pretty bad, I'm afraid. I'll try to post the review here later, but in the meantime, here's a link:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/219315022
Susan Higginbotham
Coming in October: The Woodvilles
http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/
http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/blog/
Coming in October: The Woodvilles
http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/
http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/blog/
- MLE (Emily Cotton)
- Bibliomaniac
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- 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
Posted by MLE
Currently reading Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell,a contemporary adult/YA novel set in the Appalachians. Powerful, bleak and beautifully written. I believe it's been made into a movie which I'd like to see now.
Aah - that a wonderful story, but so sad.... I think it' s probably best described as faction.I'm reading NF -- Modoc: the true story of the greatest elephant who ever lived by Ralph Helfer. I have a thing for elephants.
Currently reading Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell,a contemporary adult/YA novel set in the Appalachians. Powerful, bleak and beautifully written. I believe it's been made into a movie which I'd like to see now.
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- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
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- 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
[quote=""MLE""]I'm reading NF -- Modoc: the true story of the greatest elephant who ever lived by Ralph Helfer. I have a thing for elephants.[/quote]
So do I! I have loads of elephant ornaments dotted round my house, plus jewellery. I have a lovely 2ft tall wooden Ganesha which I bought in Goa.
So do I! I have loads of elephant ornaments dotted round my house, plus jewellery. I have a lovely 2ft tall wooden Ganesha which I bought in Goa.
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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
- Madeleine
- Bibliomaniac
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- Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
- Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
- Location: Essex/London
[quote=""annis""]Posted by MLE
Aah - that a wonderful story, but so sad.... I think it' s probably best described as faction.
Currently reading Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell,a contemporary adult/YA contemporary novel set in the Appalachians. Powerful, bleak and beautifully written. I believe it's been made into a movie which I'd like to see now.[/quote]
Yes it was made into a movie a couple of years ago or so and was highly acclaimed, I think the young actress was Oscar-nominated.
Aah - that a wonderful story, but so sad.... I think it' s probably best described as faction.
Currently reading Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell,a contemporary adult/YA contemporary novel set in the Appalachians. Powerful, bleak and beautifully written. I believe it's been made into a movie which I'd like to see now.[/quote]
Yes it was made into a movie a couple of years ago or so and was highly acclaimed, I think the young actress was Oscar-nominated.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross
Reading Lionheart is helping bring together all the connections that have been nebulus in my knowledge of world history in that time period. Globalization has always been with us, in one way or another....
Thinking that Alys, Constance and Joanna are the most tragic figures in this story (haven't finished yet). They certainly represent what women were forced into during that time period. As much as I love reading about the middle ages, I am glad I live in this century!
Thinking that Alys, Constance and Joanna are the most tragic figures in this story (haven't finished yet). They certainly represent what women were forced into during that time period. As much as I love reading about the middle ages, I am glad I live in this century!
[quote=""Ash""]Reading Lionheart is helping bring together all the connections that have been nebulus in my knowledge of world history in that time period. Globalization has always been with us, in one way or another....
Thinking that Alys, Constance and Joanna are the most tragic figures in this story (haven't finished yet). They certainly represent what women were forced into during that time period. As much as I love reading about the middle ages, I am glad I live in this century![/quote]
We should start a buddy read for everyone lucky enough to have it in their little hands now!
Thinking that Alys, Constance and Joanna are the most tragic figures in this story (haven't finished yet). They certainly represent what women were forced into during that time period. As much as I love reading about the middle ages, I am glad I live in this century![/quote]
We should start a buddy read for everyone lucky enough to have it in their little hands now!
Brenna