What Are You Reading? March 2012

annis · Post by **annis** » Fri March 2nd, 2012, 8:00 pm

Just finished Mal Peet's Tamar, a story set around the Dutch underground resistance during the Second World, and the consequences of events which took place. A tense and powerful story- as Ludmilla said elsewhere, only YA by the skinniest margin. Only complaint- I worked out the answer to the central mystery very early on, but darn it, I'm used to that happening...

Brenna · Post by **Brenna** » Sun March 4th, 2012, 10:41 pm

Edith Pargeter's A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury. Fihally finished Wainwright's Within the Fetterlock. Still one of my all time favorites which is what it took so long to read. I wanted to enjoy every second.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Sun March 4th, 2012, 11:14 pm

[quote=""Brenna""]Edith Pargeter's A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury. Fihally finished Wainwright's Within the Fetterlock. Still one of my all time favorites which is what it took so long to read. I wanted to enjoy every second.[/quote]

I need to reread Fetterlock one of these days. Finished off Angelique in Love and a good point in the series to take a break since it ends without any cliffhangers. Going to go sailing on the SS Kroonland with She Wore Only White by Dorthe Binkert. Apprently this was published in Germany in 2008 and is now translated in English.

TiciaRoma · Post by **TiciaRoma** » Mon March 5th, 2012, 12:57 am

Queen of the Lightning by Kathleen Herbert.

and Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George

Both are set in Cumbria, though 1400 years apart.

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Mon March 5th, 2012, 1:51 am

Queen of America by Luis Urrea, sequel to Hummingbird's Daughter.The first book takes place in the late 1800s, about a young girl living in Northern Mexico who is called a saint by the Yaqui Indians because of her healing. The second book focuses on her families migration to America and their life there. Fascinating story, based on the author's family, and interesting look at the country at the turn of the century.

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Mon March 5th, 2012, 9:34 am

A Game of Sorrows by Shona MacLean, the second in the Alexander Seaton mystery series set in 1628.

fljustice · Post by **fljustice** » Mon March 5th, 2012, 3:52 pm

Finished a SF/F/H collection of poems and short stories, by a friend of mine, that is up for the Bram Stoker Award this year: How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend by Linda Addison. Creepy, funny, imaginative!

Started The Children of Tantalus: Niobe and Pelops by Victoria Grossack; enjoying it so far.

Ludmilla · Post by **Ludmilla** » Mon March 5th, 2012, 5:52 pm

Finishing up Michael Crummey's River Thieves today which is about white settlers' encounters with the vanishing Beothuk tribe in Newfoundland circa early 19th century. I picked this up after reading Crummey's Galore which turned out to be one of the best novels I've read in a long time. Most of the characters in RT are known historical figures, including naval officer/Arctic explorer David Buchan. This was Crummey's debut novel, but it reads like a work of a seasoned author.

annis · Post by **annis** » Mon March 5th, 2012, 6:17 pm

Posted by Ludmilla

Finishing up Michael Crummey's River Thieves today which is about white settlers' encounters with the vanishing Beothuk tribe in Newfoundland circa early 19th century.

I read this a few years ago and have never forgotten it- it's a most haunting story and parable about the tragedy of cultural misunderstanding.

Just about finished The Year-God's Daughter by Rebecca Lochlann, which I've enjoyed. It's set in Minoan Crete around the period just before its civilization is overwhelmed by the Mycenaeans, and is a vivid evocation of ritual kingship and the clash between the matrilinear culture of the old Goddess religions and the increasingly dominant patriarchal warrior societies represented by the masculine sun gods like Poseidon.

While checking out Lochlann's website for the timing of the next book (as it's clearly the first in a series), I discovered that she has an ambitious cycle in mind crossing the centuries. YGD is just the first of three in the Bronze Age section.

princess garnet · Post by **princess garnet** » Mon March 5th, 2012, 9:28 pm

Started Royal Flush by Margaret Irwin
It's about Charles & Henrietta Maria's youngest daughter, Minette, as she was known