Leyland's Log

Leyland · Post by **Leyland** » Sun March 1st, 2009, 1:00 am

#8 The White Mare by Jules Watson. Absolutely loved it and will now order the rest of the trilogy. Warriors, mystics, bards and ancient Scotland herself - just doesn't get any better!

diamondlil · Post by **diamondlil** » Sun March 1st, 2009, 7:09 am

I am so glad you loved it! I really enjoyed the whole trilogy.

Leyland · Post by **Leyland** » Mon March 2nd, 2009, 4:32 pm

#9 The Slightest Provocation by Pam Rosenthal. I never got all that interested in this story and I'm fairly sure it's because Regency Romances just aren't my thing. I ended up skimming a lot.

Leyland · Post by **Leyland** » Thu March 26th, 2009, 2:24 am

#10 Sepulchre by Kate Mosse. I enjoyed this gothic historic thriller set in the 1890's and 2006 (parallel stories). It could have been about one hundred pages shorter and have been just as interesting a read for me, but I did love the lush descriptions of the Midi and Carcassonne. I thought more paranormal activity would have been present from the description, but the lack of it didn't really disappoint me too much.

Leyland · Post by **Leyland** » Sun March 29th, 2009, 2:41 pm

#11 The House on Tradd Street by Karen White. A fun and light chick lit'ish story set in Charleston SC mingling mystery and imagination. Ghosts and events happening to characters in the 1930's mix with a modern story about a young medium who hates seeing ghosts everywhere, especially when she unexpectedly inherits a disintegrating house built in 1848 that she doesn't want.

I had fun reading the parts set in different places on the Charleston peninsula since I'm very familiar with the historic district.

Leyland · Post by **Leyland** » Sat April 4th, 2009, 10:18 pm

#12 The Falcons of Montabard by Elizabeth Chadwick. Excellent storytelling and characterization! I'm still hearing the sounds of battle, feeling the heat and choking on the dust of Outremer. Definitely not one of EC's to be missed - I loved it as much as The Marsh King's Daughter and The Wild Hunt.

By the way, Cecelia Holland's Jerusalem is the only other novel set in Frankish ruled Outremer that I liked as much.

Telynor · Post by **Telynor** » Mon April 6th, 2009, 11:23 pm

[quote=""Leyland""]#12 The Falcons of Montabard by Elizabeth Chadwick. Excellent storytelling and characterization! I'm still hearing the sounds of battle, feeling the heat and choking on the dust of Outremer. Definitely not one of EC's to be missed - I loved it as much as The Marsh King's Daughter and The Wild Hunt.

By the way, Cecelia Holland's Jerusalem is the only other novel set in Frankish ruled Outremer that I liked as much.[/quote]

By coincidence, this is my pic for the EC novel this month (I'm parcelling them out at not more than one a month so I won't run out of them -- I hope!)

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Mon April 6th, 2009, 11:50 pm

[quote=""Telynor""]By coincidence, this is my pic for the EC novel this month (I'm parcelling them out at not more than one a month so I won't run out of them -- I hope!)[/quote]

My very first EC, and most definitely was not my last. Sabin is quite the hottie, isn't he?

Leyland · Post by **Leyland** » Tue April 7th, 2009, 12:35 am

Sabin rocks! I loved reading the fun loving and carefree young man's transformation into a seriously grown up hottie throughout the story. Between him and Grace Ingram's Red Adam, I'm spoiled forever for favorite medieval types. Oh, mustn't forget the greatest knight though. Him, too!

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Tue April 7th, 2009, 12:50 am

I'm seriously tempted to make a comment about him crawling out of his braies and ..........

OK, I'll behave. I adored watching him grow him young womanizing hell-raiser to loving husband and father. Would very much like to bring one home just like that