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Feb 2009 - What are you reading?
- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4237
- 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
Oooh, please let me know how you enjoy The Elephant Keeper, EC, as I bought that the other weekend. I have a 'thing' about elephants!! 

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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
Reading "With Speed and Violence" by Fred Pearce, an NF book that currently is telling me how Peruvian potato farmers can predict El Nino weather in Australia. Scary stuff.
Reading "Shadow of the Moon" by Douglas Jones, where I'm learning about Scots-Irish hard times leading to migration to America.
Waiting for library reserves: (1) "Wesley the Owl," and (2) "Horizon: Sharing Knife" by Bujold.
Reading "Shadow of the Moon" by Douglas Jones, where I'm learning about Scots-Irish hard times leading to migration to America.
Waiting for library reserves: (1) "Wesley the Owl," and (2) "Horizon: Sharing Knife" by Bujold.
I've really enjoyed Lois McMaster Bujold's "Chalion" and "Sharing Knife" series.
She reminds me a bit of another favourite author, Liz Williams.
Just finishing off Lion Feutchwanger's "Josephus", first in a trilogy about the ambiguous Jewish historian of the first century AD. It covers the role of josephus in the first Jewish-Roman War (66-73 AD). It's a little dated in style, but what a brilliant and absorbing story! I'll have to get onto seeing if i can track the next book in the series, called "The Jews of Rome".
Next on the list, "Cathedral of the Sea", by Ildefonso Falcones.
She reminds me a bit of another favourite author, Liz Williams.
Just finishing off Lion Feutchwanger's "Josephus", first in a trilogy about the ambiguous Jewish historian of the first century AD. It covers the role of josephus in the first Jewish-Roman War (66-73 AD). It's a little dated in style, but what a brilliant and absorbing story! I'll have to get onto seeing if i can track the next book in the series, called "The Jews of Rome".
Next on the list, "Cathedral of the Sea", by Ildefonso Falcones.
[quote=""Vanessa""]Oooh, please let me know how you enjoy The Elephant Keeper, EC, as I bought that the other weekend. I have a 'thing' about elephants!!
[/quote]
Will do. I'll post a mini review when I'm done. I'm enjoying it quite a lot so far.

Will do. I'll post a mini review when I'm done. I'm enjoying it quite a lot so far.
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
- diamondlil
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 2642
- Joined: August 2008
[quote=""annis""]I've really enjoyed Lois McMaster Bujold's "Chalion" and "Sharing Knife" series.
She reminds me a bit of another favourite author, Liz Williams.
Just finishing off Lion Feutchwanger's "Josephus", first in a trilogy about the ambiguous Jewish historian of the first century AD. It covers the role of josephus in the first Jewish-Roman War (66-73 AD). It's a little dated in style, but what a brilliant and absorbing story! I'll have to get onto seeing if i can track the next book in the series, called "The Jews of Rome".
Next on the list, "Cathedral of the Sea", by Ildefonso Falcones.[/quote]
I've never heard of Liz Williams before. I have heard lots of good things about Cathedral of the Sea! I am hoping to read it one of these days but it hasn't come into my library yet!
She reminds me a bit of another favourite author, Liz Williams.
Just finishing off Lion Feutchwanger's "Josephus", first in a trilogy about the ambiguous Jewish historian of the first century AD. It covers the role of josephus in the first Jewish-Roman War (66-73 AD). It's a little dated in style, but what a brilliant and absorbing story! I'll have to get onto seeing if i can track the next book in the series, called "The Jews of Rome".
Next on the list, "Cathedral of the Sea", by Ildefonso Falcones.[/quote]
I've never heard of Liz Williams before. I have heard lots of good things about Cathedral of the Sea! I am hoping to read it one of these days but it hasn't come into my library yet!
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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- juleswatson
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- Joined: January 2009
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Just starting The Eagle and the Raven by Pauline Gedge, a book she did years ago about Boudicca and the Romans. People rave about it, but I avoided it for some time so there was no cross-pollination with my own. It was out of print but has just been re-released if anyone wants it!
Author of Celtic historical fantasy
New book "THE RAVEN QUEEN" out Feb 22 2011: The story of Maeve, the famous warrior queen of Irish mythology.
Out now, "THE SWAN MAIDEN", the ancient tale of Deirdre, the Irish 'Helen of Troy'
http://www.juleswatson.com
New book "THE RAVEN QUEEN" out Feb 22 2011: The story of Maeve, the famous warrior queen of Irish mythology.
Out now, "THE SWAN MAIDEN", the ancient tale of Deirdre, the Irish 'Helen of Troy'
http://www.juleswatson.com
- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4237
- 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
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
currently reading: My Books on Goodreads
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
[quote=""juleswatson""]Just starting The Eagle and the Raven by Pauline Gedge, a book she did years ago about Boudicca and the Romans. People rave about it, but I avoided it for some time so there was no cross-pollination with my own. It was out of print but has just been re-released if anyone wants it![/quote]
I read this one years ago and enjoyed it at a 9 out of 10 level back then.
I read this one years ago and enjoyed it at a 9 out of 10 level back then.
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
[quote=""juleswatson""]Just starting The Eagle and the Raven by Pauline Gedge, a book she did years ago about Boudicca and the Romans. People rave about it, but I avoided it for some time so there was no cross-pollination with my own. It was out of print but has just been re-released if anyone wants it![/quote]
I've wanted to read this one but haven't bought it yet. It isnt at my library so I would have to get my own copy. What are your thoughts about it so far?
I've wanted to read this one but haven't bought it yet. It isnt at my library so I would have to get my own copy. What are your thoughts about it so far?
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