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Have been into historical novels lately
Read two by Maureen Ash set in era of William Rufus—son of William the Conqueror that were mysteries solved by a Saxon (conquered people) embroiderer —may be more in this series “Death Riddle” and “The King’s Riddle”
Available as Kindle Unlimited on Amazon if you are Unlimited member
And also by Ash a series w/Templar Knight as detective—Sir Bascot de Marins called Templar Knight Mysteries
Set during King John’s reign with the Lady of Haye as recurring character—if you like historical novels this is a good era
First was “Alehouse Murders” #2 “The Death of a Squire”
There are quite a few in this series—some are Kindle Unlimited
I read the first two on Open Library—that is hit or miss since not all are available there
Hoping I can use either Amazon or Open and read for free the entire series
Good writing, historically accurate and I love a mystery...
One aspect I have noticed as I continue with this series is that she does not have her characters drift from behaviors that are normal for that era
I mean they don’t do PC things that are out of context for their personalities and the time period...
The main character is a Templar—very religious man but w/o some of the prejudices common to the time like hatred of Jews because while a Saracen slave his life was saved by a Jewish slave...
So he had a personal connection—and because that man died helping free him, he also felt gratitude that carried over once he was free...but he also didn’t make a big production of his POV—it was stealthy...
Same man was investigating a murder, found a witness who was a homeless beggar child of about 5–a girl—
Living w/her slightly older brother in the open, sheltered only by leaves and other debris...and in this book it has already snowed heavily several times...I wondered how they survived in that cold...
He gave her a couple of silver pennies for her info and at the end his cloak for additional warmth—
But made no efforts to find her a better living situation, refer her to one of the churches in town, or ask the castellian Lady de Haye to intervene...
That type of intervention just wasn’t done back then...
So historically very accurate—and all the more interesting for that attention to detail...
Just finished The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis for my book club, which was a very short (<200 pages) yet interesting read. Having read the highly acclaimed (and recommended here) Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne over vacation, I was interested in reading some of his other books. The even more highly acclaimed Heart's Invisible Furies was available from BOMC for $9.99, so I added that to my books for this month. It was their "Book of the Year" for 2017. It arrived yesterday, and last night, after finishing Childbed Fever, I picked it up, just intending to read a couple pages to see how it was. I ended up reading over 50 pages. So I guess I'm reading that one now, even though there were a few other books in my TBR pile that I had anticipated reading next.
I was interested about mental and autoimmune health issues and vaccines. I've started reading Gut and Psychology Syndrome book. I found it very interesting. It is easy to read, there is a lot of good information about how your digestive system should work and what it looks like when it is deficient.
I'm enjoying my switch to some lighter fiction as I read A Place of Execution by Val McDermid. I've read a few others by this author and this one is good too.
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"Universe in Flames" by Christian Kallas, a 5 book set. It is a Starwars type space opera. I am 35% through the set and it is OK.
What is worse than a mediocre book? A long mediocre book. If it were totally bad I would have given up by now. But I have invested enough time in it that I refuse to give up. However I will be glad to finish so I can move onto something hopefully better.
The Dinner was fabulous. I think what I like best about it was the order in which the author chose to tell the story. I don't feel I would have liked nearly as much if was told in a linear timeline.
I chose Love and Louis the XIV by Antonia Fraser for my next audio book.
I'm returning the Falco book because I didn't realize it was a mystery series.... not my cuppa tea.
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Finished the book yesterday, too and also liked it a lot.
Started Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods and will also start The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton this weekend.
Loved "A Walk in the Woods"!
Up next is "My Brilliant Friend" by Elena Ferrante. I am on page 80 and totally hooked!
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I think I'll be through in one or two days. Very good story.
