WWW Wednesday Dec29th.

hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

1.I'm currently reading The QI Book Of The Dead byJohn Llyod & John Mitchinson.I'm dipping in and out of this.

















2.I've not finished anything in a while i took a break from reading .

3.Next to read is probably The Leopard Unleashed by Elizabeth Chadwick.











Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

WWW Wednesday. Nov245h

hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading









To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

1. I'm currently reading (well listening to really,its and audiobook) The Test Nebador book1 by J.Z.Colby.I won this in a GoodReads draw.

















2.I've recently finished The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale.
Really good .

















3.Next? I don't really know ,I'm not in the reading mood for some reason.There's also a lot of other things going on.I probably won't get much reading done for now.

Musing Mondays.{Nov.1}

hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading







This weeks musing asks ... Do you have any special reading that you do as it gets closer to Christmas? If so, tell us about it! And, if not, tell us why not!

I don't really do any special Christmas/holiday reading.( I do have to watch the Patrick Stewart A Christmas Carol movie at least once though!)
I like making the Christmas cake though i suppose i could count recipe books .lol

Teaser Tuesday Oct5th

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser :

" An hour is not enough time to fall in love, but an hour is all they had that day.Gaborn had won her heart in far less time, and shown Iome her own heart more clearly in the process."

pg 120 The Sum of All Men by David Farland.

WWW Wednesdays Oct6th.

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To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

* What are you currently reading?
* What did you recently finish reading?
* What do you think you’ll read next?
1. I'm currently working my way through "The Sum Of All Men" by David Farland.

Very good read! Rather LOTR like,i'm enjoying it .

"About Ferrin—

Ferrin are small egg-laying mammals about the size of an opossum. Fierce hunters, they were brought to the lands of Rofehavan to control rat populations in castles. The Ferrin have a crude intelligence and can use some tools, such as primitive spears and pry bars. They are notorious scavengers, stealing food, buttons, coins, and cloth—anything that they think is pretty or valuable. By the time that people discovered that Ferrin were a greater nuisance than the rats they hunt, the ferrin population had spread out of control."

runelords.com/illustratedrunelords/
2. I've just finished "The Star's Tennis Balls" by Stephen Fry .

3. Next? I have "Making History" and "the Fry Chronicles" by Stephen Fry .



I'm on a bit of a "Stephen Fry kick". lol

Teaser Tuesday Oct5th.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My first teaser is from "The Star's Tennis Balls" by Stephen Fry :
"It all began sometime in the last century, in an age when lovers wrote letters to each other sealed up in envelopes.Sometimes they used coloured inks to their love, or they perfumed their writing-paper with scent."

Teaser Tuesdays

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teasers this week are from 3 books : The Sum Of All Men:RuneLords{1} by David Farland ,



Teaser: page5

"Dreys had thought he'd disturbed a ferrin as it hunted for mice or for some other bit of cloth to were.He'd turned , expecting to see a pudgy rat-shaped creature run for cover, when the assassin , sprang from the shadows."

The Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry,


Teaser: page1

"You know i support my staff ,Ted.You know i venerate your work."
"I know no bloody such thing.I know you have been told by people cleverer than you that i am a feather in your greasy cap."

and The Liar By Stephen Fry.
Teaser: page1

" Have you ever contemplated ,Adrian , the phenomenon of springs?"
"Coils, you mean?"
"Not coils, Adrian, no Coils not .Think springs of water.Think wells and spas and sources.Well-springs in the widest and lovelyest sence."

I've been busy job hunting and doing a careers information course so the 3 are to make up for not being around much.

Teaser Tuesday

hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teasers :

" The day grows warm, lady," said the priest ,mopping his shining red face with a corner of his claret coloured gown.He moistened his thick lips and glanced towards the manor house. "Twill soon be Prime."
Kathrine took the hint."Come in and break your fast with me Sir Robert.I believe there's still some mead left from the feast. "

page123 of Kathrine by Anya Seton

Q is for ?

Queen Phillipa of Hainault.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Philippa

Philippa of Hainault (24 June 1314 – 15 August 1369) was the Queen consort of King Edward III of England from her marriage on 24 January 1328 until her death at the age of 55, which was the result of an illness closely related to dropsy.

She acted as regent on several occasions when her husband was away from his kingdom, and she often accompanied him on his expeditions to Scotland, France, and her native Flanders. Philippa won much popularity with the English people for her kindness and compassion which was demonstrated in 1347 when she successfully persuaded King Edward to spare the lives of the Burghers of Calais. It was this popularity that helped maintain peace in England throughout Edward's long reign.

The eldest of her 14 children was Edward, the Black Prince, who was a renowned military leader.

The Queen's College, Oxford was founded in her honour.

WWW Wednesdays

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To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

* What are you currently reading?
* What did you recently finish reading?
* What do you think you’ll read next?

1.I'm currently reading (or should that be rereading?) Kathrine by Anya Seton and The White Queen by Phillipa Gregory,{I won a copy of The Red Queen in a draw so doing reread!}


















2.I just finished The Lady Of Hay by Barbara Earskine





















3.Reading next? not sure I'll read The Red Queen when it arrives !

Musing Mondays

hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading

This week’s musing asks…

What books are you wishing for MOST right now?

I'm currently waiting and wishing for the 3rd and final book of M.K Hume's King Arthur trilogy.



















I'm wishing for Medieval Intrigue:Royal Murder and Reignal Legitmacy by Ian Mortimer.

WWW Wednesday

Hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading
To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

* What are you currently reading?
* What did you recently finish reading?
* What do you think you’ll read next?

What am i reading? ,nothing at the moment!Taking a bit of a break.
What did i finish reading? My library books .http://marshalslion.blogspot.com/2010/08/www-wednesdays.html
What do i think I'll read next ? I don't really know ,i have some on my immediate to get list.

Teaser Tuesdays

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

The Last Days Of New Gate by Andrew Pepper.
From page3:

A metallic glint preceeded the thrust of a knife blade,as a voice ,a female voice,shouted his name.
"Pyke".
It may have saved his life.

WWW Wednesdays

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To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

* What are you currently reading?
* What did you recently finish reading?
* What do you think you’ll read next?

I'm currently reading some library books , The Girl Of His Dreams by Donna Leon, and Kill-Devil and Water by Andrew Pepper.
I recnetly finished Leonardo's Swans by Karen Essex.
What will i read next? I have just started reading King Arthur's Bones:Medieval Murders.
{This book has 5 authors!}

The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

hosted @ Historical Tapestry
























Last week i posted a Teaser Tuesday for this book,I thought I'd offer a little more info on Sir Robert Peel.
"Peel, whilst Home Secretary, helped create the modern concept of the police force, leading to officers being known as "bobbies" (in England) and "Peelers" (in Ireland) to this day". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Peel
"Early in his political career Peel was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland and , under an administration which refused calls for Catholic emancipation,introduced the Irish constabulary to maintain civil order." from "Bloomers,Biros & Wellington Boots" by Andrew Scholl.

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

from King Arthur's Bones :Medieval Murders.
My teaser :"I knew it must be the place!" he said.
"You have made a discovery?"
"About six or seven feet down,we have found ...well they have found....come and see."
pages4 and 5.

Musing Mondays

This week’s musing asks…

What book tops your TBR (to be read) pile right now? Is it something you own, or something you have to borrow, or something you’ll be purchasing? Why do you want to read it so badly?

My TBR had been topped by To Defy A King EC , which i had to wait for the bookstore to reopen to get! I'll probably reread this a few times, i generally race through when i first get a book i've waited ages for.
Next on TBR is the third and last M.K Hume King Arthur, although if it doesn't appear i won't mind .The end of Warrior of the West would serve as a very good ending of the tale!

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries!

July28 to August 8th.




Kill-Devil And Water by Andrew Pepper, The Girl Of His Dreams by Donna Leon


King Arthur's Bones:Medieval Murders

Leonardo's Swans by Karen Essex.
I have a strange habit of starting series a few books in! lol .