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What are you reading?
[quote=""Ariadne""]Finishing up Tony Pollard's Minutes of the Lazarus Club and will start Louis Bayard's The Black Tower after I finish the Pollard... ran out of reading material while on break and had to go buy something, and couldn't resist it at 50% off (Barnes & Noble sale).[/quote]
How did you like the Tony Pollard? It was one of those books I bought on a "blind buy" a little while ago and I enjoyed the story. However, some parts of it were a little over the top.
I enjoyed The Black Tower a lot.
How did you like the Tony Pollard? It was one of those books I bought on a "blind buy" a little while ago and I enjoyed the story. However, some parts of it were a little over the top.
I enjoyed The Black Tower a lot.
Currently reading Brian Thompson's immensely entertaining (non-fiction) book
"Imperial Vanities; The Adventures of the Baker Brothers and Gordon of Khartoum"
Victorian high adventure and eccentricity- the British Empire at large.
"Imperial Vanities; The Adventures of the Baker Brothers and Gordon of Khartoum"
Victorian high adventure and eccentricity- the British Empire at large.
[quote=""Kasthu""]How did you like the Tony Pollard? It was one of those books I bought on a "blind buy" a little while ago and I enjoyed the story. However, some parts of it were a little over the top.
I enjoyed The Black Tower a lot.[/quote]
For me the Pollard was a good but not excellent read. I enjoyed the atmosphere and historical detail, though admit he lost me during some of the long-winded bits about Victorian engineering. (And yep, some sections were way over the top!) Part of the issue, too, was that when you take an ordinary sort of protagonist and place him amid a company of extraordinary minds like Brunel, Darwin, etc., his personality can appear bland in comparison. I thought that was the case here; his narrative voice didn't carry the story for me. On the other hand, I'm only 60pp into Black Tower and already know that's not going to be a problem with this one.
I enjoyed The Black Tower a lot.[/quote]
For me the Pollard was a good but not excellent read. I enjoyed the atmosphere and historical detail, though admit he lost me during some of the long-winded bits about Victorian engineering. (And yep, some sections were way over the top!) Part of the issue, too, was that when you take an ordinary sort of protagonist and place him amid a company of extraordinary minds like Brunel, Darwin, etc., his personality can appear bland in comparison. I thought that was the case here; his narrative voice didn't carry the story for me. On the other hand, I'm only 60pp into Black Tower and already know that's not going to be a problem with this one.
finally finished The Thistle and the Rose, I found that I have no sympathy or affections for Maragaret Tudor and few for the rest of them. She came across as a wanton girl who wanted what she wanted and hell be damned if she wouldn't get her way, that kind of attitude frustrates me to no end but it could be different as this is the only book I've read on her.As to what I will read next I will have to see tomorrow as I need a break tonight, I can say that it wont be Tudor era though.