January 2011: What Are You Reading?

fljustice · Post by **fljustice** » Wed January 19th, 2011, 5:56 pm

Just started At Home by Bill Bryson. His usual readable style and quirky facts.

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Wed January 19th, 2011, 6:56 pm

[quote=""Vanessa""]I have Black Swan Rising on my TBR pile - sounds a different sort of read![/quote]

I really enjoyed it.

SM

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Wed January 19th, 2011, 6:57 pm

I finished last night "Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena, from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory" by Stacy Horn (246pgs, 2010). Not quite what I was expecting, it mainly concentrated on the lab's studies into ESP and psychokinesis, the head of the lab wasn't all that interested in stuff he couldn't see in a lab or replicate, like ghosts.

SM

Elysium · Post by **Elysium** » Wed January 19th, 2011, 8:10 pm

I'm reading She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor and I've loved it so far.

Brenna · Post by **Brenna** » Wed January 19th, 2011, 10:27 pm

Finished The Last Great Dance on Earth and started Penelope's Daughter by Laurel Corona. So far, so good. I also started Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers on Kindle.

cw gortner · Post by **cw gortner** » Wed January 19th, 2011, 11:46 pm

[quote=""Jack""]Just got Confessions of Catherine de Medici by Christopher Gortner. Starting it this weekend. Also reading The Moses Expedition by Juan Gomez-Jurado.[/quote]

Hope you enjoy Catherine! I'd be interested to hear your impressions on the Jurado book too

Forgot to add, I'm reading Elizabethan London by Liza Picard, for the fourth time, for research; and for fun, I'm almost finished with Rory Clement's Revenger, which won the CWA award and is marvelous. Next up: Karen Maitland's The Owl Killers.

Alisha Marie Klapheke · Post by **Alisha Marie Klapheke** » Wed January 19th, 2011, 11:58 pm

Next up: Karen Maitland's The Owl Killers.[/QUOTE]

I enjoyed that book. When you finish reading it, I would love to hear your thoughts on the ending.

CrimsonPetal · Post by **CrimsonPetal** » Thu January 20th, 2011, 2:09 am

I Am the Chosen King by Helen Hollick

Oye, what a big book.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Thu January 20th, 2011, 3:04 am

[quote=""CrimsonPetal""]I Am the Chosen King by Helen Hollick

Oye, what a big book.[/quote]

Hehe, it's actually quite *small* compared to Harold, the original version. That is a doorstopper

Tanzanite · Post by **Tanzanite** » Thu January 20th, 2011, 11:00 pm

Haven't read a Plaidy for a while so I"m going to read Madonna of the Seven Hills (gotta start preparing for The Borgias on Showtime in a few months!).