Book Shopping Today (2011 edition)

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Mon April 4th, 2011, 2:54 am

[quote=""Ariadne""]Let us know how you get on with Lady Kate. Glad you got it cheaply as I paid full price for mine and didn't make it far (sigh). I'll say more later. It's a collector's item of sorts, so I should be able to unload it on a Wars of the Roses fanatic easily enough

Jan Westcott is good, though - rather rose-tinted and romanticized, but I've enjoyed what I read of hers.[/quote]

I couldn't make it far with Lady Kate either (fortunately, it was cheap on Kindle). The first couple of chapters were more genealogy than plot.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Mon April 4th, 2011, 3:12 am

[quote=""Ariadne""]Let us know how you get on with Lady Kate. Glad you got it cheaply as I paid full price for mine and didn't make it far (sigh). I'll say more later. It's a collector's item of sorts, so I should be able to unload it on a Wars of the Roses fanatic easily enough

Jan Westcott is good, though - rather rose-tinted and romanticized, but I've enjoyed what I read of hers.[/quote]

Speaking of which, I knew I had a good price on it and there were two at the same price and I was panicked I'd get a *no longer in stock* email and the other would be gone and I ordered both. It was a GC so I'm not out cash. I will shortly have two copies so if anyone is willing to negotiate please contact me

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Mon April 4th, 2011, 3:13 am

[quote=""boswellbaxter""]I couldn't make it far with Lady Kate either (fortunately, it was cheap on Kindle). The first couple of chapters were more genealogy than plot.[/quote]

You need to add DNF or similar to your shelves at Goodreads so we know these things

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Mon April 4th, 2011, 11:26 pm

[quote=""Misfit""]You need to add DNF or similar to your shelves at Goodreads so we know these things

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Sometimes the books I finish are worse than the ones I don't finish. I've been known to set aside novels that aren't really bad--just bland--while finishing novels that are truly bad, but entertainingly so.

I got George Goodwin's Fatal Colours, NF about the Battle of Towton, in the mail today. I got a good chunk of it read during dinner--it's well written and fair to both sides.

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Wed April 6th, 2011, 4:20 am

The Big Spenders: The Epic Story of the Rich Rich, the Grandees of America and the Magnificoes, and How They Spent Their Fortunes by Lucius Beebe
The Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital by Dan Cruickshank
Tutankhamun: The Last Secret by Christian Jacq

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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Wed April 6th, 2011, 8:30 pm

The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison by John Emsley

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boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Sat April 9th, 2011, 3:21 am

More deep-discounted Borders purchases:

Dearest Cousin Jane by Jill Pitkeathley

Queen Hereafter by Susan Fraser King

For a Queen's Love by Jean Plaidy

1536: The Year That Changed Henry VIII by Suzannah Lipscomb

My husband said, "Well, that ought to hold you for a while." I just sighed forbearingly.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Sat April 9th, 2011, 12:06 pm

My husband said, "Well, that ought to hold you for a while." I just sighed forbearingly.

You mean he was serious?

Brenna · Post by **Brenna** » Sat April 9th, 2011, 3:50 pm

[quote=""boswellbaxter""]More deep-discounted Borders purchases:

Queen Hereafter by Susan Fraser King

My husband said, "Well, that ought to hold you for a while." I just sighed forbearingly.[/quote]

I am picking up Queen Hereafter at the library today!

My husband always says that should keep me and yet amazon.com packages continue to arrive!

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Sun April 10th, 2011, 4:16 am

Victorian House by Judith Flanders

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