What Are You Reading? January 2012

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Mon January 16th, 2012, 12:16 pm

[QUOTE=lauragill;96039]The Journeyer by Gary Jennings.
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I really loved that book! A door stopper, certainly, but I never got bored with the story.

Now reading Penelope Lively's The Photograph (not HF)

LoobyG · Post by **LoobyG** » Mon January 16th, 2012, 7:45 pm

[quote=""TiciaRoma""]I picked a library audio book to listen to in my car. March, by Geraldine Brooks. It's the story of what's happening to the father in Alcott's Little Women. Very interesting.[/quote]

I really enjoyed March, it's been some years since I read it but I remember thinking that Brooks depicted Mr March very like I imagined him to be

lauragill · Post by **lauragill** » Mon January 16th, 2012, 9:02 pm

[quote=""Ash""]

lauragill;96039 wrote:The Journeyer by Gary Jennings.
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I really loved that book! A door stopper, certainly, but I never got bored with the story.

Now reading Penelope Lively's The Photograph (not HF)

I notice how lots of reviewers complain about the sexual content, but that was pretty par for the course in 80s fiction, because The Assyrian was like that, too.

I see the same complaint nowadays, too, for any sex in a book. Hard to believe that American readers are okay with graphic violence, but not sex.

TiciaRoma · Post by **TiciaRoma** » Tue January 17th, 2012, 2:16 am

[quote=""LoobyG""]I really enjoyed March, it's been some years since I read it but I remember thinking that Brooks depicted Mr March very like I imagined him to be

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Yes, I can fit him into Alcott's story, too. I like thinking about the characters beyond what the author tells you. I liked reading Scarlett, Mrs. DeWinter, and Rhett Butler's People, too. None were as wonderful as the original novels, but all were interesting. It's a little like comparing the same character (historical figure) and events as portrayed by different authors.

annis · Post by **annis** » Tue January 17th, 2012, 4:14 am

Posted by lauragill

I see the same complaint nowadays, too, for any sex in a book. Hard to believe that American readers are okay with graphic violence, but not sex.

Funny, I was just thinking the other day that the sex that was such an integral part of older historical adventures seems to have been banished in favour of gore-fest, which is apparently more PC these days. I hate to think what that says about the modern mindset...

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Tue January 17th, 2012, 5:06 am

The Road to Avalon by Joan Wolf

Brenna · Post by **Brenna** » Tue January 17th, 2012, 1:52 pm

[quote=""Nefret""]The Road to Avalon by Joan Wolf[/quote]

Ohhhh a goody! Enjoy!

I started Edward III by Michael Packe. A recommendation on here and so far so good!

sweetpotatoboy · Post by **sweetpotatoboy** » Tue January 17th, 2012, 2:35 pm

No HF at the moment, but I've just started Snowdrops by A. D. Miller; very good so far. And also in the middle of a re-read of Mists of Avalon.

fljustice · Post by **fljustice** » Tue January 17th, 2012, 3:27 pm

[quote=""sweetpotatoboy""]And also in the middle of a re-read of Mists of Avalon.[/quote]

Loved that book! Will have to reread again someday soon.

Alisha Marie Klapheke · Post by **Alisha Marie Klapheke** » Tue January 17th, 2012, 9:26 pm

I may have already mentioned this but I just finished Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater. Fantastic. Seriously. Take a chance and read it. Now I'm getting started on SKP's Lionheart. Is there an app for all of her characters and who they're related to? Ha.