January 2011: What Are You Reading?

cw gortner · Post by **cw gortner** » Sat January 29th, 2011, 3:14 am

[quote=""Brenna""]I cannot wait to read C.W Gortner's version. Just waiting for it to come out in paperback![/quote]

Hope you enjoy it. I read Devil's Queen; I liked parts of it quite a lot, but yes, it's very dark. I take a different approach, but I appreciate reading others' perspectives.

Started The Owl Killers and really liking it, though I'm swamped right now with Tudor Secret promo. A huge thanks, btw, to Margaret for her great review of the book and for featuring me on her site. If you're interested, click here.

annis · Post by **annis** » Sat January 29th, 2011, 4:51 am

I loved the Tales of the Otori, and have Lian Hearn's latest novel (straight HF) Blossoms and Shadows on my TBR pile. An unfortunate cover, though - couldn't be more uninspiring.

Currently reading a rousing historical adventure set around the 1879 Zulu War- Zulu Hart, by Saul David.

Brenna · Post by **Brenna** » Sat January 29th, 2011, 3:54 pm

[quote=""cw gortner""]Hope you enjoy it. I read Devil's Queen; I liked parts of it quite a lot, but yes, it's very dark. I take a different approach, but I appreciate reading others' perspectives.[/quote]

Well knowing how much I loved The Last Queen, I have no doubt I will love it! I just wish it didn't take so long to come out in paperback!! But then again, it's something to look forward to. I already have Tudor Secret in my shopping cart!

LoobyG · Post by **LoobyG** » Sat January 29th, 2011, 4:56 pm

Just read 'All Together Dead' and 'From Dead to Worse' by Charlaine Harris in the Sookie Stackhouse series, and while I'm waiting for the next two to arrive from the magic land that is Amazon I've started 'Angelique in Revolt' by Sergeanne Golon. Very much in the need for comfort reading at the moment

Jemidar · Post by **Jemidar** » Sun January 30th, 2011, 10:25 am

[quote=""Elysium""]Started The Tudor Wife by Emily Purdy. Jane is annoying me already...[/quote]

She does that a lot!! And it doesn't get better as the book progresses

.

Jemidar · Post by **Jemidar** » Sun January 30th, 2011, 10:42 am

My January reads so far have been:-

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Loved it!

)
Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone (Light fun NF read.)
The Thirty-nine Steps by John Buchan (Good, but not necessarily HF

.)

And am currently reading:-

The Queen of Last Hopes by Susan Higginbotham (Wonderful as always, and should finish it tonight

.)
Catherine de Medici by Leonie Frieda (Good, but will probably take me a while to finish.)
Virgin & the Crab by Robert Parry (Really struggling with this one. It may yet hit the wall

.)

SCW · Post by **SCW** » Sun January 30th, 2011, 1:11 pm

The Model Occupation by Madeleine Bunting. Non fiction account of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. I'm surprised there haven't been more novels written about this period in history.

EC2 · Post by **EC2** » Sun January 30th, 2011, 1:56 pm

[quote=""annis""]I loved the Tales of the Otori, and have Lian Hearn's latest novel (straight HF) Blossoms and Shadows on my TBR pile. An unfortunate cover, though - couldn't be more uninspiring.

Currently reading a rousing historical adventure set around the 1879 Zulu War- Zulu Hart, by Saul David.[/quote]

Thanks for the Hearn website. Useful to read while reading the novel. Across the Nightingale Floor slightly reminds me of the style of George R.R. Martin or Guy Gavriel Kay. Still enjoying it plenty.
I've just looked up the reviews of Zulu Hart on Amazon.com, and they're mixed.
Saul David was the historian who worked on William Marshal's story for BBC2's Timeteam - I wasn't keen, although understand he was constrained by pressures of documentary TV.

Ariadne · Post by **Ariadne** » Sun January 30th, 2011, 3:26 pm

I find myself reading fewer and fewer series, but I'd read and loved all five books of the Tales of the Otori. I preordered Blossoms and Shadows from the UK (didn't want to pay postage from Australia!) so have a little while longer to wait for it. I don't think it has a US publisher yet.

Perdita · Post by **Perdita** » Sun January 30th, 2011, 4:29 pm

Just started Death and the Virgin by Chris Skidmore, about the mystery of who killed Amy Dudley