What Are You Reading? February 2012

princess garnet · Post by **princess garnet** » Wed February 22nd, 2012, 12:49 am

Queen Hereafter by Susan F. King

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Wed February 22nd, 2012, 9:36 am

I've just started the first of Charlaine Harris's Lily Bard books, "Shakespeare's Landlord".

EC2 · Post by **EC2** » Wed February 22nd, 2012, 11:12 am

[quote=""Madeleine""]I've just started the first of Charlaine Harris's Lily Bard books, "Shakespeare's Landlord".[/quote]

Let me know if it's any good. I started the other series with 'Grave' in the titles but wasn't as sold as I was on the Stackhouse novels.

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Wed February 22nd, 2012, 11:43 am

Yes I've heard the "Grave" books aren't as good as the Sookie series. I read another Lily Bard over Christmas and quite enjoyed it - they're straightforward crime novels, and quite short; my current one is only 218 pages long, so they make for nice quick reads. They're a bit more dark-toned than the Sookies, as Lily is recovering from a horrible attack on her, not a spoiler as it's mentioned in the blurb and on the first pages of the book.

LoobyG · Post by **LoobyG** » Wed February 22nd, 2012, 1:24 pm

I've read the first book in the Grave series, 'Grave Sight' but I didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as the Sookie series - I found it darker, and something was lost for me

I've also tried the Aurora Teagarden series which I thought I'd love as Aurora is a librarian, but it was a DNF.

Leyland · Post by **Leyland** » Wed February 22nd, 2012, 1:45 pm

[quote=""Ludmilla""]We took an extended weekend with the kids and went skiing in NC (well, hubby and kids did -- I watched). Driving through that area reminded me that Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier has been languishing on my shelf. I'm about 75% through and really like it so far. The story is a bit rambly (but not without a purpose and very much in the storytelling tradition) and the history is very interesting. A real slice of pre-Civil War, frontier life and I'm - as usual - in awe of Frazier's prose.[/quote] I'm with you on Thirteen Moons taking a while to complete. I had a borrowed copy and returned it before finishing, but intend to start over and finish it one day.

I'm a third through Camp Follower and am seriously enjoying this novel! The characters remind me of Lucia St Clair Robson's in Mary's Land. Descriptive prose filled with realisitic and gritty battle/skirmish violence and travel danger in 1780 Carolina colony. A brief travel part of the novel set in George Town, SC, really interested me since I lived there through my school years and have seen the same buildings used in the novel, still in existence .

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Wed February 22nd, 2012, 2:10 pm

[quote=""LoobyG""]I've read the first book in the Grave series, 'Grave Sight' but I didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as the Sookie series - I found it darker, and something was lost for me

I've also tried the Aurora Teagarden series which I thought I'd love as Aurora is a librarian, but it was a DNF.[/quote]

The Aurora books are being issued in the UK soon, I've pre-ordered one and might give another one a try too.

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Wed February 22nd, 2012, 4:52 pm

I shall be starting Girl Reading by Katie Ward tonight.

MLE (Emily Cotton) · Post by **MLE (Emily Cotton)** » Wed February 22nd, 2012, 5:01 pm

rereading 'Zorro because i was on m siser's nighsand and he novel I brough stinks

Brenna · Post by **Brenna** » Thu February 23rd, 2012, 12:15 am

I finished Kate Quinn's Daughters of Rome. It was an easy read, although not light in any way. Nicely done though. Back to rereading Brian Wainwright's Within the Fetterlock.