What Are You Reading? June 2013

annis · Post by **annis** » Tue June 25th, 2013, 12:30 am

Posted by fljustice

About half through with Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of Land--his usual dark twisted tale, but he's so good!

So looking forward to this - I have a copy in the mail.

Currently reading Sumerford's Autumn by new-to-me author Barbara Gaskell Denvil. A spirited tale of deceit, treachery, intrigue, thwarted love and Perkin Warbeck, set during the reign of Henry VII. Maybe late medieval really is the new Tudor?

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Tue June 25th, 2013, 8:27 am

Just finished "The Kashmir Shawl" and now onto "Real Murders" by Charlaine Harris, more escapism in the American South.

princess garnet · Post by **princess garnet** » Tue June 25th, 2013, 9:07 pm

Andover in the Civil War by Joan S. Patrakis (NF)
Local history about the town during the Civil War era where I went to college nearby.

sweetpotatoboy · Post by **sweetpotatoboy** » Tue June 25th, 2013, 9:12 pm

I finally finished "Antony and Cleopatra" by Colleen McCullough. My thoughts here:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/349090231

Now reading a non-HF by Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell), "No Night Is Too Long", for a book group. The odd thing is that I saw the fantastic TV adaptation 11 years ago and it has been entrenched in my mind ever since. I can't seem to just appreciate the book for what it is as there are some differences.

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Tue June 25th, 2013, 9:51 pm

The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. How about that for a title!? LOL. Contemporary story and a translation.

Lisa · Post by **Lisa** » Wed June 26th, 2013, 7:22 am

Shields of Pride by Elizabeth Chadwick.

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Thu June 27th, 2013, 8:07 am

The Cadaver Game by Kate Ellis.

EC2 · Post by **EC2** » Thu June 27th, 2013, 6:09 pm

The Splintered Kingdom by James Aitcheson. Follow up to Sworn Sword which I enjoyed very much. Very good so far.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Thu June 27th, 2013, 6:15 pm

I just finished off a couple of fluffy wall-paper romances, both very forgettable, although the Virginia Henley had some laugh out loud moments with Elizabeth Tudor. I also zipped through EC's The Summer Queen last weekend - loved it. Easily top book of the year so far, with a couple of long-lost gothics taking second and third place.

Not sure what I'm going to pick up next.

Oh, had a real giggle at the romance I finished off this morning. According to the dates at the chapter headings, part II began in October 1814. Then a few chapters later for a famous battle the chapter carried a January 1814 date

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu June 27th, 2013, 6:57 pm

Paris by Edward Rutherfurd