What are you reading?

femmeandstrong · 11-11-2012, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SomethingBeautiful

Currently the weekly flyers, because I haven't found a new book to focus on.

LOL ..sb...

reg the flyers...

ur a riot...

Gráinne · 11-14-2012, 02:11 PM

A Dangerous Inheritance, by Alison Weir. This is pure historical trash, although I enjoy her biographies.

It's parallel stories of Katherine Plantagenet, illegitimate daughter of Richard, Duke of Gloucester (and soon to be King), and Katherine Grey, sister of Lady Jane Grey. Both were real people, though I'm sure much license has been taken as to their personalities and characters.

Katherine Plantagenet is more a convenient character narrating the unfolding story of Richard, his sister-in-law the Queen, and his nephews. He of course has gone down as the wickedest uncle in history, killing his nephews and allegedly several other kin to snatch the throne for himself. Or was he??

The image of the hunchbacked homicidal power-mad Richard came out of the Tudors and Shakespeare. Henry Tudor, with only a flimsy claim to the throne, won the Battle of Bosworth and became Henry VII. That tenuosity would have ramifications throughout all the Tudor reigns and afterwards. Richard's much more sympathetic in the book. Others, including Henry, also had motive to brush aside the boy-king and his brother like mosquitos.

Katherine Grey was caught up in a plot by a powerful duke to prevent the Roman Catholic Mary Tudor (Henry VIII's daughter) from becoming Queen, after the Protestant Edward VI died. Part of this was marrying her to the son of one of his cronies, and there are teasing scenes of almost-consummation, but in reality the marriage was never consummated and ultimately annulled. Later, she brought down the rage of her cousin Elizabeth when she clandestinely married without the Queen's consent and had two sons, to boot. She died under house arrest. Her role in the book is to discover her distant relative Katherine Plantagenet and what happened to the nephews.

Books like this usually just make me mad, as they are almost like fanfiction instead of reality. But, once in a while, a little trash is a good thing.

MegBluEyz · 11-14-2012, 11:04 PM

Reading is one of my favorite past times. I have been disappointed lately that schools are not using paper books anymore. There is so much value in turning the page of a book and the smell of it. Like in old bookstores.
I continuously read The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and keep it in my nightstand. It is a book for ones life.

VintageFemme · 11-14-2012, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MegBluEyz

Reading is one of my favorite past times. I have been disappointed lately that schools are not using paper books anymore. There is so much value in turning the page of a book and the smell of it. Like in old bookstores.
I continuously read The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and keep it in my nightstand. It is a book for ones life.

I feel exactly the same. I'm very sad to see books disappearing slowly. And like you, I've been reading The Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh continuously for many, many years. It is a book for ones life as well.

Medusa · 11-14-2012, 11:13 PM

I had to put "The Twelve" by Justin Cronin down for a couple of weeks due to school but I picked it back up tonight.

I also have "Survivor" by Chuck Palahniuk and an old Thanatochemistry book (the science of embalming human bodies) going.

Greyson · 11-14-2012, 11:49 PM

Letters For My Brothers: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect

Edited by Megan M. Rohrer and Zander Keig

MegBluEyz · 11-15-2012, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by VintageFemme

I feel exactly the same. I'm very sad to see books disappearing slowly. And like you, I've been reading The Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh continuously for many, many years. It is a book for ones life as well.

It is good to know that I am not the only one who feels a loss of paper books. I do somehow believe that the classics will remain timeless. I have not read, The Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh and will peruse it. I was recommended, The Untethered Soul, By Michael Singer, a book of the journey beyond yourself and think it might be quite good.

Talon · 11-15-2012, 09:24 AM

WILD by Cheryl Strayed

"On an icy trek across the frozen Northwest, a brave new writer finds her voice."

Talon · 11-26-2012, 02:12 PM

LIARS, LOVERS, and HEROES (What the new brain science reveals about how we become who we are) By Steven R. Quartz & H.D & Terrence J. Sejnowski PH.D.

...Very interesting..

11-26-2012, 04:31 PM

Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night. Awesome book, wonderfully tight writing style. It's my first Vonnegut and I'm hooked. I have Breakfast of Champions next.

Still reading the odd article in the one book and a chapter here and there in a couple of others. I should stop being a flea brain and settle down to savour them individually.

WolfyOne · 11-26-2012, 05:54 PM

I'm out of books I want to read and was going through what I had here that I didn't read, so I've picked this book up 4 times over the last year to read and always put it away when I get a book I really want to read...with that said, I'm reading Wicked Lies by Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush. I think I'm finally getting past what I consider boring parts.

I really need to go to Amazon and find some whodunits I haven't read yet, used and cheaply priced, so I can grab a few of them.

Duchess · 12-04-2012, 03:41 PM

Caroline is the story of an extraordinary woman--beautiful, strong and mischievous. Putting her looks and wit to good use, the young Caroline seduces her friend Harry and his sister Adelaide. Once married to Harry, and living comfortably with him and Adelaide, Caroline enlarges and enlivens their menage by creating an "academy" for young -- and not so young -- women requiring in initiation into the rites of love.

homoe · 12-04-2012, 06:51 PM

Love Finds You in Victory Heights, Washington

Fiction ~Set in Seattle, it's a story about some of the women working at Boeing durning the war.

11-14-2012, 02:11 PM	#2
Gráinne Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Neither, nada, out of the box Preferred Pronoun?: My name always works Relationship Status: Happy whatever happens Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Little Rock Posts: 1,866 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,119 Thanked 7,391 Times in 1,459 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	A Dangerous Inheritance, by Alison Weir. This is pure historical trash, although I enjoy her biographies. It's parallel stories of Katherine Plantagenet, illegitimate daughter of Richard, Duke of Gloucester (and soon to be King), and Katherine Grey, sister of Lady Jane Grey. Both were real people, though I'm sure much license has been taken as to their personalities and characters. Katherine Plantagenet is more a convenient character narrating the unfolding story of Richard, his sister-in-law the Queen, and his nephews. He of course has gone down as the wickedest uncle in history, killing his nephews and allegedly several other kin to snatch the throne for himself. Or was he?? The image of the hunchbacked homicidal power-mad Richard came out of the Tudors and Shakespeare. Henry Tudor, with only a flimsy claim to the throne, won the Battle of Bosworth and became Henry VII. That tenuosity would have ramifications throughout all the Tudor reigns and afterwards. Richard's much more sympathetic in the book. Others, including Henry, also had motive to brush aside the boy-king and his brother like mosquitos. Katherine Grey was caught up in a plot by a powerful duke to prevent the Roman Catholic Mary Tudor (Henry VIII's daughter) from becoming Queen, after the Protestant Edward VI died. Part of this was marrying her to the son of one of his cronies, and there are teasing scenes of almost-consummation, but in reality the marriage was never consummated and ultimately annulled. Later, she brought down the rage of her cousin Elizabeth when she clandestinely married without the Queen's consent and had two sons, to boot. She died under house arrest. Her role in the book is to discover her distant relative Katherine Plantagenet and what happened to the nephews. Books like this usually just make me mad, as they are almost like fanfiction instead of reality. But, once in a while, a little trash is a good thing. __________________ The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one. ~Erma Bombeck

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MegBluEyz Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Butch Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 352 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,072 Thanked 825 Times in 156 Posts Rep Power: 6654895	Reading is one of my favorite past times. I have been disappointed lately that schools are not using paper books anymore. There is so much value in turning the page of a book and the smell of it. Like in old bookstores. I continuously read The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and keep it in my nightstand. It is a book for ones life.

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Daktari Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a My Photo Gallery	Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night. Awesome book, wonderfully tight writing style. It's my first Vonnegut and I'm hooked. I have Breakfast of Champions next. Still reading the odd article in the one book and a chapter here and there in a couple of others. I should stop being a flea brain and settle down to savour them individually.

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