What are you reading?

pixiedust · Post by **pixiedust** » Mon October 20th, 2008, 12:16 pm

The Wise Woman - Philippa Gregory

EC2 · Post by **EC2** » Mon October 20th, 2008, 12:32 pm

Paths of Exile by our own Carla Nayland - and loving it!

diamondlil · Post by **diamondlil** » Mon October 20th, 2008, 8:04 pm

Mudbound by Hillary Jordan

Carla · Post by **Carla** » Tue October 21st, 2008, 5:08 pm

Just finished The Blood of Flowers, by Anita Amirrezvani. I really enjoyed it - I didn't know anything much about 17th century Iran before reading it, and the author did a great job of bringing the culture to life. I'll post a detailed review soon.

Carla · Post by **Carla** » Tue October 21st, 2008, 5:09 pm

[quote=""EC2""]Paths of Exile by our own Carla Nayland - and loving it![/quote]

Hey, thank you! I hope you enjoy the rest of it!

LCW · Post by **LCW** » Tue October 21st, 2008, 5:47 pm

[quote=""Carla""]Just finished The Blood of Flowers, by Anita Amirrezvani. I really enjoyed it - I didn't know anything much about 17th century Iran before reading it, and the author did a great job of bringing the culture to life. I'll post a detailed review soon.[/quote]

I purchased this book on the recommendation of a friend of mine we don't always agree on every book choice (she raved about The Red Tent and I hated it) and I read some so so reviews on it. That's made me shove it to the bottom of the pile for now. Your comment is making me think again about that. I'm looking forward to the review!

annis · Post by **annis** » Tue October 21st, 2008, 7:34 pm

"Of the Ring of Earls" by Juliet Dymoke, pub. 1970. I hadn't realised that anyone apart from EC had written about Waltheof until I discovered this book on an online auction site. And that famous bearskin appears almost first thing!

I've added this title to the "historical fiction" section of the Wiki article (I added EC's "Winter Mantle" some time ago).

EC2 · Post by **EC2** » Tue October 21st, 2008, 7:57 pm

[quote=""annis""]"Of the Ring of Earls" by Juliet Dymoke, pub. 1970. I hadn't realised that anyone apart from EC had written about Waltheof until I discovered this book on an online auction site. And that famous bearskin appears almost first thing!

I've added this title to the "historical fiction" section of the Wiki article (I added EC's "Winter Mantle" some time ago).[/quote]

I read that one many moons ago. A good follow up if you can get hold of it is Henry of the High Rock. There aren't that many novels about Henry I.
Yes re the bearskin cloak. Waltheof was supposedly descended from a polar bear! Not sure about the genetics involved but there you go....

diamondlil · Post by **diamondlil** » Tue October 21st, 2008, 8:04 pm

[quote=""Carla""]Just finished The Blood of Flowers, by Anita Amirrezvani. I really enjoyed it - I didn't know anything much about 17th century Iran before reading it, and the author did a great job of bringing the culture to life. I'll post a detailed review soon.[/quote]

I really enjoyed this book when I read it last year!

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Tue October 21st, 2008, 9:16 pm

[quote=""Carla""]Just finished The Blood of Flowers, by Anita Amirrezvani. I really enjoyed it - I didn't know anything much about 17th century Iran before reading it, and the author did a great job of bringing the culture to life. I'll post a detailed review soon.[/quote]

I really enjoyed this one, too, Carla.