What Are You Reading? September 2011

princess garnet · Post by **princess garnet** » Sat September 17th, 2011, 4:12 pm

Victoria Victorious by Jean Plaidy
This is my last Plaidy reissue to read...

I wish more would come out!

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Sat September 17th, 2011, 4:36 pm

I'll be starting The Distant Hours by Kate Morton later on.

Telynor · Post by **Telynor** » Sun September 18th, 2011, 7:55 am

Lessee -- The Colour of Magic by Pratchett (finally!), which was better than I thought it would be; A Dangerous Mourning by Anne Perry, and Dead and Buried by Barbara Hambly. All done, now all I have to do is get the reviews written. Now onto a fluffy Mary Balogh novel -- Lord Carew's Bride. Being distracted a bit by the Rugby World Cup, GO ALL BLACKS!

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Sun September 18th, 2011, 1:00 pm

[quote=""princess garnet""]Victoria Victorious by Jean Plaidy
This is my last Plaidy reissue to read...

I wish more would come out![/quote]

I rather liked that one. I wish more would come out too.

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Sun September 18th, 2011, 4:38 pm

Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick. I remember hearing about this when it first came out, and some of her controversial comments about 'who owns history'. Happened to see this in a bargain bin and started reading it. Its good, very good.

Gordopolis · Post by **Gordopolis** » Mon September 19th, 2011, 10:14 am

Reading H.G. Wells' 'What is Coming?'

Written in his usual entertaining narrative and well-thought out arguments it is really quite captivating and really made me feel like I was in the early days of WWI, anticipating the future without knowing it.

Brenna · Post by **Brenna** » Mon September 19th, 2011, 4:01 pm

Still balancing three books EC's The Greatest Knight and For the King's Favor and SKP's Devil's Brood. Almost done all three.

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Tue September 20th, 2011, 2:12 am

In the last 5 days I've finished 4 books:
"Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, and Oliver Reed" by Robert Seller (294pgs, 2009) (9/14) - Wow, what lives these people led, some of the antics were humourous but most of them were just sad. Peter is the last man standing.

"Overrated: The 50 Most Overhyped Things in History" by Mark Juddery (223pgs, 2010) (9/14) - Some of the overhyped things were carrots, the Great Fire of London 1666, Trojan War, spinach, the movie "Titanic", Superman and many others. Short but interesting read.

"Four Gothic Kings: The Turburlent History of Medieval England and the Plantagenet Kings (1216-1377) - Henry III, Edwards I to III" ed. Elizabeth Hallam (299pgs, 1987) (9/15)* - My mother gave me this book a few decades ago and I never read it until now. Since I cannot find a cheap book on Henry III or Edward II this will have to be my book on them for now.

"The Queen's Governess" by Karen Harper (356pgs, 2011) (9/18) - A really good novel, about Katherine Ashley, who pretty much raised Elizabeth I from a little girl.

SM

george3 · Post by **george3** » Wed September 21st, 2011, 1:14 pm

I just finished 'Vespasian: Tribune of Rome' by Robert Fabbri. I'm looking forward to the next in the series!

EC2 · Post by **EC2** » Wed September 21st, 2011, 1:43 pm

Circus of Ghosts by Barbara Ewing - enjoying it plenty now I've got into it.