What Are You Reading? August 2012

Brenna · Post by **Brenna** » Thu August 9th, 2012, 12:45 pm

I am giving The Master of Verona another go as I put it aside last year. Nothing wrong with the writing; I just wasn't in the mood. Instead of reading the paperback addition I have, I uploaded it onto my Kindle when it was free and am about 35% the way through. Thoroughly enjoying it even if I can't keep the characters straight!

fljustice · Post by **fljustice** » Thu August 9th, 2012, 3:35 pm

Stayed up late to finish Love by Toni Morrison. Totally blown away by her writing, story telling and character development. Her stories are always onion-like, you peel back layer after layer, each chapter deepens the characters and adds details to the story. Makes me want to reread immediately so I can admire the craft even more.

Tanzanite · Post by **Tanzanite** » Fri August 10th, 2012, 7:09 pm

Received an unexpected copy of Gregory's The Kingmaker's Daughter and started it yesterday. Not very far yet.

Brenna - I really enjoyed The Master of Verona as well.

annis · Post by **annis** » Fri August 10th, 2012, 10:52 pm

Posted by Brenna

I am giving The Master of Verona another go as I put it aside last year.

This is a favorite of mine, and I was very pleased to see David release a couple of sequels on Kindle earlier this year- Voice of the Falconer and Fortune's Fool.

Back in 2009 Master of Verona was Book of the Month here - you might be interested in checking out that discussion
http://www.historicalfictiononline.com/ ... php?t=1422

MLE (Emily Cotton) · Post by **MLE (Emily Cotton)** » Fri August 10th, 2012, 11:21 pm

Just got my copy of Great Harry's Navy and am in research heaven.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat August 11th, 2012, 1:03 am

Now Face to Face by Karleen Koen

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Sat August 11th, 2012, 1:05 am

Apple Turnover Murder by Joanne Fluke

(more cozy mysteries, one day I'll try one of the recipes)

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Sun August 12th, 2012, 12:51 am

Just starting on Omamori by Richard McGill. Huge tiny-fonted saga set in Japan, beginning in the 1930s. Silk trade, old partnership dating to the 1870s between two family dynasties - one American, the other Japanese. This is shaping up nicely...

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Sun August 12th, 2012, 3:29 am

These mysteries aren't long enough, or I read fast.

Now to Oolong Dead by Laura Childs.

Margaret · Post by **Margaret** » Sun August 12th, 2012, 4:08 am

The new Karen Maitland, The Falcons of Fire and Ice. Maitland really knows how to hook a reader with an opening chapter. And her style is fresh and vivid. But do we really need another novel about the Spanish Inquisition? I'm only in the opening chapters, though - it's possible the falcon theme will lift this novel out of the somewhat clichéd Inquisition setting.