Book Shopping Today: 2013 Edition

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Wed October 9th, 2013, 1:40 pm

Murder in the Dark by Lesley Cookman.

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Fri October 11th, 2013, 4:43 am

From the library....

Thomas Beckett- Warrior, Priest, Rebel by John Guy
Time and Change by Sharon Kay Penman

EC2 · Post by **EC2** » Fri October 11th, 2013, 3:33 pm

[quote=""Nefret""]From the library....

Thomas Beckett- Warrior, Priest, Rebel by John Guy
Time and Change by Sharon Kay Penman[/quote]

I thought John Guy's biography of Becket was excellent. If you're a Henry II fan though, it's not comfortable reading because he doesn't pull any punches and some of them are hard. I agreed with him though.

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Fri October 11th, 2013, 3:41 pm

[quote=""EC2""]I thought John Guy's biography of Becket was excellent. If you're a Henry II fan though, it's not comfortable reading because he doesn't pull any punches and some of them are hard. I agreed with him though.[/quote]

I found at my school library, it was a new book... and I thought "I'm reading Henry II fiction, I should read this too."
Read as much of it I could last before class started. Looks like it will be an interesting read.

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Tue October 15th, 2013, 6:40 pm

The Memory of Midnight by Pamela Hartshorne.

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Thu October 17th, 2013, 9:44 am

The Misbegotten by Katherine Webb.

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Sun October 20th, 2013, 2:30 pm

Anne Somerset's biography of Queen Anne. Also have Peter Ackroyd's book about the Tudors and Greg King and Sue Woolman's The Assassination of the Archduke for review for the Historical Novel Society.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun October 20th, 2013, 7:00 pm

[quote=""boswellbaxter""]Anne Somerset's biography of Queen Anne. Also have Peter Ackroyd's book about the Tudors and Greg King and Sue Woolman's The Assassination of the Archduke for review for the Historical Novel Society.[/quote]

They all sound like books I'd like, but I haven't been reading much NF lately. I'll put them on my "books I want" list. I've bought a few royalty NF books in Kindle form. I'd been resisting doing that, but my huge royalty book shelf does not have room for one more book. Is your NF book out in Kindle yet?

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Mon October 21st, 2013, 1:55 am

[quote=""Susan""]They all sound like books I'd like, but I haven't been reading much NF lately. I'll put them on my "books I want" list. I've bought a few royalty NF books in Kindle form. I'd been resisting doing that, but my huge royalty book shelf does not have room for one more book. Is your NF book out in Kindle yet?[/quote]

Yes, the Kindle edition is available now in both the UK and the US. The hardback is out in the UK; it will be out in the US in January.

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Wed October 23rd, 2013, 8:45 am

The Sleeping and the Dead by Ann Cleeves
The Silence by Alison Bruce

Both contemporary crime.