What Are You Reading? March 2013

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Sun March 3rd, 2013, 12:20 pm

[quote=""Lady of Bennachie""]I finished River of Destiny last night. I really enjoyed it, in fact I was so glued to it that I ended up reading the last half in one go, I hadn't even noticed the late hour by the time I finished. Normally when a novel has a historical time frame as well as one set in the present, I find the historical one more interesting, but in this case it was the opposite. I suppose the present-day story was fleshed out a lot more than the two historical ones, though.

I'm not sure what to read now, I think I'll probably start The Mist on Bronte Moor by Aviva Orr. I feel very up for the idea of a time-travelling YA novel just now.[/quote]

Glad you liked River.... I also usually prefer the historical story too; in this case I liked the Victorian part (Emily:eek

and felt that could have been a book in itself, but the Viking one didn't do much for me.

Lisa · Post by **Lisa** » Sun March 3rd, 2013, 2:11 pm

[quote=""Madeleine""]Glad you liked River.... I also usually prefer the historical story too; in this case I liked the Victorian part (Emily:eek

and felt that could have been a book in itself, but the Viking one didn't do much for me.[/quote]

Yeah the Viking part was the least interesting for me too. I did enjoy the Victorian part, but every time I came to the little horse shoe I thought "oh no" because I was pretty sure I knew what was coming, and felt bad for the characters

I guess that's the sign of a good book!

princess garnet · Post by **princess garnet** » Sun March 3rd, 2013, 9:39 pm

Still reading Heir of Novron by Michael J. Sullivan
This is the 3rd and final novel in the trilogy and the thickest one!

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Mon March 4th, 2013, 9:31 am

[quote=""Lady of Bennachie""]Yeah the Viking part was the least interesting for me too. I did enjoy the Victorian part, but every time I came to the little horse shoe I thought "oh no" because I was pretty sure I knew what was coming, and felt bad for the characters

I guess that's the sign of a good book![/quote]

Yes the Victorian section did have an ominous feel to it, I felt so sorry for them

I'm also now reading "Sacred Hearts" by Sarah Dunant.

Brenna · Post by **Brenna** » Mon March 4th, 2013, 12:58 pm

Finished Dietrich's Pyramids now on to Kate Quinn's The Empress of the Seven Hills.

fljustice · Post by **fljustice** » Mon March 4th, 2013, 5:21 pm

Participating in a writing challenge to finish a novel this month, so reading non-fiction. Still enjoying Walden[/In and Team of Rivals.

EC2 · Post by **EC2** » Mon March 4th, 2013, 5:44 pm

Same feelings about River of Destiny

enjoyed it a lot. I am still working my way through A Game of Thrones the whole lot written so far. So I will still be gone for some time. Half way through book 2 at the moment.

Alisha Marie Klapheke · Post by **Alisha Marie Klapheke** » Tue March 5th, 2013, 12:42 am

I just finished Code Name Verity, a WWII Young Adult book. Fantastic. I highly recommend it.

rebecca · Post by **rebecca** » Tue March 5th, 2013, 12:52 am

[quote=""Alisha Marie Klapheke""]I just finished Code Name Verity, a WWII Young Adult book. Fantastic. I highly recommend it.[/quote]

I have that on my kindle and it is receiving rave reviews...I will have to get around to reading it soon! But I do so prefer books!

Bec

annis · Post by **annis** » Tue March 5th, 2013, 6:10 pm

Posted by Alisha Marie

I just finished Code Name Verity, a WWII Young Adult book. Fantastic. I highly recommend it.

In a similar vein and also highly recommended, Mal Peet's Tamar.