What Are You Reading? October 2012

MLE (Emily Cotton) · Post by **MLE (Emily Cotton)** » Thu October 25th, 2012, 2:37 pm

I'm finishing a beta read for a friend. And for my night-stand books, I got a pile of E. Nesbit's children's works free on kindle. Everybody mentions them, but I have never read any, so I think of it as kind of cultural education in nineteenth-century children's literature.

The only time I ever thought of books contained second person (you this, blah blah, and you that) writing was those 'choose you own adventure' series. But now I can cite another example: 19th century British children's books.

Nesbit WAS 19th century, wasn't she?

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Thu October 25th, 2012, 3:03 pm

Edith Nesbit was born in 1858 but I think most of her books were published in the early 1900s - at least her well known ones. I loved The Treasure Seekers and Five Children & It as a child! And, of course, she wrote The Railway Children, another lovely story.

emr · Post by **emr** » Thu October 25th, 2012, 7:49 pm

The Housekeeper + The Professor by Yoko Ogawa. Very nice so far.

princess garnet · Post by **princess garnet** » Fri October 26th, 2012, 5:13 pm

The Brontes by Juliet Barker (2nd ed)
Originally published in 1994, this book about the Brontes has been revised and updated. This was released in August here in the US this year.

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Fri October 26th, 2012, 8:03 pm

Before the Dawn- Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors by Nicholas Wade

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Sat October 27th, 2012, 10:36 am

I will be starting The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry, the first in the Charlotte & Inspectory Thomas Pitt mysteries, later on today.

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Sat October 27th, 2012, 11:22 am

[quote=""Vanessa""]I will be starting The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry, the first in the Charlotte & Inspectory Thomas Pitt mysteries, later on today.[/quote]

My aunt recommended Anne Perry to me, and I've got the first in her other series, William Monk, called The Face of a Stranger, and I'm also ordering some of her Christmas novellas, so I'll be interested to see what you think of her books.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat October 27th, 2012, 12:37 pm

[quote=""Madeleine""]My aunt recommended Anne Perry to me, and I've got the first in her other series, William Monk, called The Face of a Stranger, and I'm also ordering some of her Christmas novellas, so I'll be interested to see what you think of her books.[/quote]

I discovered the Anne Perry mysteries about 20 years ago and loved them. There are a few Pitt and Monk ones I have not read. I especially like the Thomas Pitt series. I haven't read the WWI series at all and I have read a few of the Christmas ones.

The most interesting thing about Anne Perry is that she is a convicted murderer. Her real name is Juliet Hulme and at age 15 she and a friend murdered the friend's mother. The story was told in the film Heavenly Creatures (1994) with Kate Winslet playing the Hulme role.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Perry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker%E2% ... lme_murder

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Sat October 27th, 2012, 1:07 pm

I've read the first Christmas novella by Anne Perry - A Christmas Journey. And I've read Sheen on the Silk, a stand alone historical fiction novel. I enjoyed them both. Sheen on the Silk is a little long-winded, I would say. I have a few of the Thomas Pitt mysteries on my TBR pile - I've been slowly building them up via BoochMooch, funnily enough.

Yes, I did know who she was. I believe she lives in Scotland now. And the other girl lives down south. Both have different names but I know the other one teaches horse riding. Quite amusing in its way that Anne Perry writes murder mysteries! Not that I condone what they did, but I accept that some people should have a second chance. Who knows what goes through teenagers' minds! I have one and I haven't a clue what goes on in hers.

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Sat October 27th, 2012, 2:37 pm

Yes I knew who she was too. I agree, it's quite ironic that she's a successful crime writer now.