What Are You Reading? November 2011

Mythica · Post by **Mythica** » Sat November 12th, 2011, 5:58 pm

Queen Emma and the Vikings: A History of Power, Love, and Greed in 11th-Century England - only about 1/4 done and really, really good so far.

catlvr14 · Post by **catlvr14** » Sat November 12th, 2011, 8:29 pm

I finished Forever Amber earlier this month. Very good, although there were times when Amber sure tried my patience!

Just finished People of the Sea, by the Gears. I love pre-historic fiction and for some reason I collected all their books, around 20 or so. This is the 4th or 5th one I've read and the only one I've really liked.

Now it's on to Hugh and Bess by Susan Higginbotham.

TiciaRoma · Post by **TiciaRoma** » Sat November 12th, 2011, 11:30 pm

I finished Joan Wolf's Born of the Son (#2 in her Dark Ages trilogy). It was very good. I'm so glad someone mentioned it here!

My audio book (in the car) now is Empress Orchid (by Min), HF about the last Chinese empress. It started off a little slowly to my taste, but has picked up nicely to the point where I took an extra loop or two around the block so I could finish the part I was listening to.

I have to confess that, as much as I'd like to love Martin's Game of Thrones, which has received rave reviews from readers near and dear to me, I gave it yet another try yesterday and no go. I just can't get myself interested in reading about kingdoms and characters that aren't anchored to reality.

I think I'll go ahead and read the third in Wolf's trilogy--The Edge of Light-- starting tonight!

annis · Post by **annis** » Sat November 12th, 2011, 11:52 pm

Just started on PD James historical mystery/Austen pastiche Death Comes to Pemberley (see earlier post by BB.) Off to a promising start- James has captured Austen's gently ironic tone beautifully.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Sun November 13th, 2011, 12:16 am

Blew right through Eden Rising (gah-I finally get a HEA and the woman still makes me cry). Starting American Eden and the action switches to Alabama and other American locales. Only one more in the series after this and then I get my life back

scubachick420 · Post by **scubachick420** » Sun November 13th, 2011, 12:07 pm

[QUOTE=TiciaRoma;93893 I have to confess that, as much as I'd like to love Martin's Game of Thrones, which has received rave reviews from readers near and dear to me, I gave it yet another try yesterday and no go. I just can't get myself interested in reading about kingdoms and characters that aren't anchored to reality.

I enjoyed this series and only found out recently that it is based (loosely) on the war of the roses.

Berengaria · Post by **Berengaria** » Sun November 13th, 2011, 6:45 pm

[quote=""annis""]Just started on PD James historical mystery/Austen pastiche Death Comes to Pemberley (see earlier post by BB.) Off to a promising start- James has captured Austen's gently ironic tone beautifully.[/quote]
I agree...read the first few pages after I downloaded it. I am putting it on my TBR list for over the Christmas break!

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Sun November 13th, 2011, 6:51 pm

[quote=""Berengaria""]I agree...read the first few pages after I downloaded it. I am putting it on my TBR list for over the Christmas break!

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I want to read that as well but the price for the book is too high at the moment, boo

SM

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Tue November 15th, 2011, 12:00 am

I finished John Schofield's biography of Thomas Cromwell and decided after that to at last pick up the copy of Wolf Hall that's been glaring at me for the last year or so. Love the dialogue and the characterizations so far.

I'm still reading Lionheart on the Kindle, when I'm in a place where it's easier to carry Mr. Kindle instead of a fat book, but it's just not grabbing me like the author's earlier books did. The characters seem a lot more muted, almost interchangeable in many cases.

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Tue November 15th, 2011, 3:22 am

I've finished a 6 books since the 1st:
"Treasures of Catherine the Great" edited by Professor Mikhail B. Piotrovski (241pgs, 2000) (11/1)* - a look a artwork, and various other items.
"Terry Jones' Medieval Lives" by Terry Jones & Alan Ereira (224pgs, 2005) (11/3)*
"The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World: A Reader's Companion to the People, Places, Events, and Everyday Life of the Victorian Era" by Melinda Corey & George Ochoa (516pgs, 1996) (11/7)* - I wish there had been a lot more images, they were few and far in between and mostly didn't make sense of who or what they showed.
"St Paul's: The Cathedral Church of London 604 - 2004" ed. by Derek Keene, Arthur Burns, & Andrew Saint (467pgs, 2004) (11/7)* - A bit boring in many parts, but great images.
"The Life and Times of Edward II" by Caroline Bingham (211pgs, Aug 23, 73, my bday) (11/7)* - A short illustrated overview of his life.
"The Italian Renaissance" by J.H. Plumb, et al (298pgs, 1961orig, 2001ed) (11/14)*

SM