What are you reading October 2011?

Berengaria · Post by **Berengaria** » Sun October 9th, 2011, 7:27 pm

Reading a sample of Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln I like his style of writing and think I might buy it. I like being able to procure samples, so that I don't buy books that I never read. I am using the Kindle for PC.....quite like it!

Steve Anderson · Post by **Steve Anderson** » Sun October 9th, 2011, 9:12 pm

Just finished Blood on the Tracks by Cecelia Holland, a concise history (Kindle Single ebook) about the relatively unknown Great Railroad Strike of 1877 in the US. It's gritty and relevant. Good material for a novel.

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Sun October 9th, 2011, 11:19 pm

Just finished the Kindle sample of Lionheart. Enjoyed it, but Misfit's right, it might be better to buy the physical book, as I foresee having to do a lot of flipping back and forth, especially since I can only read it in spurts. I suppose I could mark the character list, though.

Veronica · Post by **Veronica** » Mon October 10th, 2011, 2:20 am

[quote=""Elysium""]Finished The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander and now reading The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton. My first Morton book and I'm liking it.[/quote]

I finished The kitchen boy the other week - what did you think about it?

Reading The forgotten garden myself at the moment but The house at Riverton (if I remember the title correct) is even better.

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Mon October 10th, 2011, 4:05 am

I've finished two books recently:
"A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby" by Mary S. Lovell (357pgs, 1995) (10/6)* - What an amazing life this woman led.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Digby

"The Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria" by Brigitte Hamann, trans. Ruth Hein (405pgs, 1986) (10/6)* - Despite all the gifts of beauty and privileges she had, she was such sad woman, her life sounded awful, her murder actually sounded like a blessing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_El ... of_Austria

SM

Veronica · Post by **Veronica** » Mon October 10th, 2011, 5:19 am

You've woken my interest SonjaMarie. Will have to keep these characters in mind for the future.

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Mon October 10th, 2011, 5:49 am

[quote=""Veronica""]You've woken my interest SonjaMarie. Will have to keep these characters in mind for the future.[/quote]

Just to make sure, you do know both books were NF right?

SM

Veronica · Post by **Veronica** » Mon October 10th, 2011, 5:58 am

[quote=""SonjaMarie""]Just to make sure, you do know both books were NF right?

SM[/quote]

Yep. That's what you read most of the time isn't it?

Once in a while I pick them up too.

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Mon October 10th, 2011, 6:25 am

[quote=""Veronica""]Yep. That's what you read most of the time isn't it?

Once in a while I pick them up too.[/quote]

Yes, NF is my usual reading material, but when you said characters, it made me wonder

SM

Veronica · Post by **Veronica** » Mon October 10th, 2011, 8:18 am

[quote=""SonjaMarie""]Yes, NF is my usual reading material, but when you said characters, it made me wonder

SM[/quote]

Ah right, English is my second language.