What Are You Reading? June 2011.

MLE (Emily Cotton) · Post by **MLE (Emily Cotton)** » Fri June 24th, 2011, 4:38 am

I'm reading Queen by Right, which was in the huge stack o' books I came back from the HNS conference with. It's decent so far. Not really grabbing me yet.

Kasthu · Post by **Kasthu** » Fri June 24th, 2011, 11:31 pm

Just finished the stunning (and sadly out of print) A Pin to See the Peepshow, and I'm on to some summer reading: Deanna Raybourn's new Lady Julia Grey mystery, the Dark Enquiry.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Sat June 25th, 2011, 1:31 pm

Finished up The Immgrants by Howard Fast. Meh. There are better California sagas out there. I've started The Virgin King by Joseph Fullam, an alternate Tudor history. It's rather different...

Divia · Post by **Divia** » Sat June 25th, 2011, 4:14 pm

I've started The Miracles of Prato while I contiune to read The Lost Crown.

Brenna · Post by **Brenna** » Sat June 25th, 2011, 8:23 pm

I started Christi Phillip's The Rosetti Letter last night. So far moving right along.

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Sun June 26th, 2011, 2:09 am

I've finished "The Sickly Stuarts: The Medical Downfall of a Dynasty" by Dr. Frederick Holmes (217pgs, 2003)*. An interesting and well written look at the medical problems of this troubled dynasty. Despite the medical terminology and such, I found this book easy to read and understand.

SM

Brenna · Post by **Brenna** » Sun June 26th, 2011, 2:19 am

Literally spend the entire day reading The Rossetti Letter because I couldn't put the darn thing down. Hubby and I are headed out of town for a ball game tomorrow and I reserved Phillip's second book at a B&N next to the stadium! Pathetic book nerd? Why yes, yes I am!

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Sun June 26th, 2011, 2:42 am

[quote=""Brenna""]Literally spend the entire day reading The Rossetti Letter because I couldn't put the darn thing down. Hubby and I are headed out of town for a ball game tomorrow and I reserved Phillip's second book at a B&N next to the stadium! Pathetic book nerd? Why yes, yes I am![/quote]

A stadium with a Barnes and Noble next to it? That's my kind of stadium!

annis · Post by **annis** » Sun June 26th, 2011, 3:35 am

Martin Farrell by Janni Howker. A YA tale set on the Anglo-Scottish border during an unspecified time when the great Border reiver clans held sway. Howker has created a dark Border ballad/folk-tale of her own, complete with some supernatural elements. Wow - I'm blown away by this short but stunningly written novel about dark deeds coming home to roost - it certainly lifted the hair at the back of my neck.

Whether the teenagers of my acquaintance would appreciate it is another story, but I'm impressed!

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Sun June 26th, 2011, 9:14 am

I've just started The Family Tree by Carole Cadwalladr. It's contemporary fiction which also harks back to the 1970s. Ford Capris and moonboots! LOL. Those were the days!