What are YOU currently reading? (8)

[Jonaitis]

His Dragon's Majesty (UK: Temeraire) by Noami Novik. It is historical fantasy/fiction kind about a world like our own but with dragons, set in the 19th century during the time of Napoleon.

 

[Sif]

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun by J.R.R. Tolkien. It is Tolkien's version of the Volsung Saga written in poetic form with a few additions of his own. It was published posthumously

 

[Bumble Bee]

Oath of Fealty

 

[frogalone]

Alert-James Patterson, a thriller

 

[bèlla]

I’m doing a Georgette Heyer marathon. Her books are set in the Regency period.

I started with The Corinthian and now I’m reading Sylvester.

 

[bèlla]

Faro’s Daughter by Georgette Heyer

 

[Sif]

The Kalevala by Elias Lonnrot. It is an epic poem of Finnish folklore/mythology. It served as a major inspiration of Tolkien in creating Middle Earth. The main hero, Väinämöinen, clearly inspired the character of Gandalf. Tolkien used the story, Kullervo, the Son of Evil, as the inspiration of the story The Children of Hurin.

 

[Cimorene]

The Kalevala by Elias Lonnrot. It is an epic poem of Finnish folklore/mythology. It served as a major inspiration of Tolkien in creating Middle Earth. The main hero, Väinämöinen, clearly inspired the character of Gandalf. Tolkien used the story, Kullervo, the Son of Evil, as the inspiration of the story The Children of Hurin.

That sounds really cool!

 

[ChristianGirl_96]

I recently finished Once in a Lifetime by Chrissie Manby. It is about this lady Dani and her teen daughter Flossie who experiences heartbreak after a bad relationship. I recommend it if you love romance.

 

[jsimms615]

Deep Freeze by John Sandford

 

[Sif]

I am currently in the middle of the Mars Trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars) by Kim Stanely Robinson.

It is "Hard" Sci Fi in that it goes into great detail on exploring Mars and how it could be terraformed. However, the most interesting aspect of the story is the social, economic and political aspects of colonizing and terraforming Mars

 

[NIrelandGillian]

Slowly ploughing my way through The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien's biography by Humphrey Carpenter makes very interesting reading. Also reading Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham. Free online I have and am enjoying Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

Gillian

 

[NIrelandGillian]

The Kalevala by Elias Lonnrot. It is an epic poem of Finnish folklore/mythology. It served as a major inspiration of Tolkien in creating Middle Earth. The main hero, Väinämöinen, clearly inspired the character of Gandalf. Tolkien used the story, Kullervo, the Son of Evil, as the inspiration of the story The Children of Hurin.

Very interesting. I'm still reading Lord of the Rings and Rogue Lawyer, but finished A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Also reading Daylight Must Come by Alan Burgess, which is about Helen Roseveare's 20 years serving as a missionary in the Congo.

Gillian

 

[Bumble Bee]

Terra Incognita

 

[thehehe]

I'm also on a Tolkien period (but I'm always on a Tolkien period) to prepare myself to Christmas, as each year, I'm reading the Christmas letters he wrote to his children to entertain them.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

A Christmas Carol

 

[Bumble Bee]

A Woman of Consequence

 

[Sif]

The Accursed Tower by Roger Crowley. It details the siege of Acre by Islamic forces in 1291.

Roger Crowley has several great history books. 1453 about the siege of Constantinople by Mehmed the Conqueror, Empires of the Sea about the siege of Malta and Battle of Lepanto, City of Fortune a history of Venice and The Conquerors about Portugal's conquest of India's Western Coast

 

[gerbilwoman]

Coming Out as Sacrament by Chris Glaser

 

[Bumble Bee]

Woman of Consequence