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Currently reading Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli

Just started Please Look After Mom- Kyung-Sook Shin

I read that. It was good.

Lynne wrote: "Have just finished the Kings curse, Philippa Gregory and the queens gambit by Elizabeth freemantle. Away to start changeling also by Philippa Gregory."

I also finished recently, I love her books. I am watching The White Queen on Netflix. I wish they didn't have so many Henry's, Edwards, and Katherine's then, I had to make my own chart to keep these people and events in some kind of order.

I'm now reading The Boys in the Boat and I highly recommend it. It's about the U of Washington crew team that won the gold in the 1936 Olympics. I am also taking a fabulous class on Dante's Purgatorio. We studied the Inferno last year. I am retired so I have the luxury of reading a lot and attending classes through our UCSC Lifelong Learners program. The lecturer for this class is incredible.

I've been doing lots of reading centered in Europe lately. It's time to travel somewhere else. I decided to try Shanghai Girls. I'm still reading this month's group read Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

So far I've read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence and Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter this year. And based on my 2015 Reading Challenge marker, I'm two books behind (busy with work, as usual). Currently reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog.

I just finished The Giver and I loved it! Being a children's novel It was a fast read but well worth it. Currently reading The Girl that was Saturday Night- takes place in Quebec Ontario and it is also a good read.

The Haunting of Gad's Hall by Norah Lofts. I think she started off trying to write about devil worship and got carried away by 19th c farming.

I'm reading dissolution by C J Sansom. My
First reading of this author and the Shardlake series.

I'm reading dissolution by C J Sansom. My
First reading of this author and the Shardlake series.

I'm reading The Secret Keeper. It's my first book by Kate Morton. I'm also working through Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman. Next will be Of Irish Blood. I was lucky enough to be the first person on my library's hold list for a new book!

Sharon wrote: "Lynne wrote: "Have just finished the Kings curse, Philippa Gregory and the queens gambit by Elizabeth freemantle. Away to start changeling also by Philippa Gregory."

I also finished recently, I lo..."

I have often felt they weren't very original with names back then, it can be cinfusing at times. I like your chart idea.

Margaret wrote: "I'm reading dissolution by C J Sansom. My
First reading of this author and the Shardlake series."

Good book it was my first of the series also. I am currently reading Island of the Swans would recommend it I am enjoying it.

I am reading The Girl on the Train and finding it hard to put down.

Right now I'm reading a police procedural, Hardcastle's Quartet, based in England during the time of the Great War. Hardcastle is a civilian detective based in the the London Police Department, not military.

I just read The Pale Blue Eye, I'm a big Louis Bayard fan and this one did not disappoint

also finished Murder as a Fine Art
which was also very good

I'm reading Sons of Natal by Ian Carr

Margaret wrote: "I'm reading dissolution by C J Sansom. My
First reading of this author and the Shardlake series."

I found Dissolution to be a little slow but the next books in the series are fantastic!

Started a second chunkster - Winter of the World. I don't know what I was thinking, since I'm already listening to another long book - Citadel. I'm going to break it up with a light chick lits - First Frost, followed by some YA. That's something about really long books that bothers me - I keep reading and reading and never feel like I've finished anything. Often by the time I get to the end, I'm just so glad it's over.

On the other hand, there's so many books out there that I want to read that are long (600+ pages), that I just have to buckle down and read or I'll never know what I've missed!

I'm almost finished The Gallery of Vanished Husbands. I like it a lot so far.

Sorry, I've been MIA lately--family/life stuff. I finished Heirs of Alexandria the second in an alternative history series, Meridian by Alice Walker, and Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World. Started Legacy of Alexandria and The Dream Lover: A Novel of George Sand.

Chunkster. I love the long sagas: Kristen Lavransdatter, Dorothy Dunnett' s incredible Lymonde chronicles, I'm on book 5 and The House of Niccoli. I am in a book club (30 years this month) so I save the long books for summer. My entire family and I reread the Patrick Obrian series over and over.

Just started

Reading Graham Shelby's "Knights of Dark Renown." It's an easy read with a strong basis in historical fact, but (as so often with historical fiction), the portrayal of society is flawed. Squires off doing what they like, lords without squires at all, women choosing their husbands etc. The Knights of Dark Renown

I'm taking my time with Wayfaring Stranger since it's a James Lee Burke novel. Great writer. It's a different type of story for him, covering decades of midcentury American history and power, but it's equally dark. It slows in the middle act but it's picking up again. Glad I stuck with it.

Finished Harbour Street .
My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/1182428374

I'm reading sons of Natal by Ian Carr. I'm reading it because I grew up in Natal, now Kwa Zulu Natal. I am enjoying it though it is a bit slow

I have just started my first Jean Plaidy book The Shadow of the Pomegranate. This one is about Katherine of Aragon and Henry VIII.

Enjoying Falls the Shadow .

Loving the The House on Tradd Street right now!

Started The Mascherari: A Novel of Venice.
And am still wading through "The Screwtape Letters," which is fun philosophy. No need to rush through C.S. Lewis.

дshləigh wrote: "I have just started my first Jean Plaidy book The Shadow of the Pomegranate. This one is about Katherine of Aragon and Henry VIII.

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Looking forward to your comments. I know Plaidy is a favorite of many, but I haven't read any of her books.

just finished " cuckoo`s calling " and really enjoyed

Kayla wrote: "Loving the The House on Tradd Street right now!"

I loved that too. I went right to the bookstore when I finished it and bought the second novel in the series.

I just started Push Not the River.

I am reading A Constellation of Vital Phenomena --- I love the writing style! It's about a small village in Chechnya.

I'm currently reading A Burnable Book by Bruce Holsinger. I will start reading In the Shadow of Lady Jane by Edward Charles at work and my next book will likely be Pompeii by Robert Harris. First book I've read by Harris so looking forward to starting that. I'm also curious about Lady Jane after reading about her briefly in The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir last month. In that book it seemed as though Jane had little say in anything but also that she never really comprehended just how much trouble she was in once confined in the Tower by Mary.

My idea with the Lady Jane book is to read from one of my favourite periods in history, the Tudors, without touching on Catherine of Aragon or Anne Boleyn. So many books I've read of this period focus on the first two queens of Henry VIII and the others only get a brief mention. I'd love to know more about Anne of Cleves and Jane Seymour, etc.

Finished "The Red Lily Crown" and starting "All the Light We Cannot See"

I just finished Lila. Here's a link to my review: /review/list...

Finished The Book of Lost and Found this is my review.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/1151649092

Finished The Quiet Game . My review: /review/show...

Now reading: The Scottish Banker of Surabaya

Tammy wrote: "Kayla wrote: "Loving the The House on Tradd Street right now!"

I loved that too. I went right to the bookstore when I finished it and bought the second novel in the series."

I understand completely. I've already put the next book on hold at the library!

I've finished The Haunting of Gad's Hall and now I have to choose between Madselin (another Norah Lofts) and C.J.Sansom's Lamentation

FInished The Girl Who Came Home

Reading: The Ashford Affair

Faith wrote: "дshləigh wrote: "I have just started my first Jean Plaidy book The Shadow of the Pomegranate. This one is about Katherine of Aragon and Henry VIII.

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It was pretty good, I liked it. I have not read anything focused on Katharine of Aragon & Henry VIII time together.

I enjoyed Katharine's part in this book. I gave it 3�'s

Finished The First Rule of Ten
My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/1196646...

Just started: The Gift of Rain