Since I have no memory whatsoever, and haven't had motivation/time to really post, I guess I should start back into it - thanks largely to actual time to read, and a pretty decent used bookstore.

Last week's lunchtime fare was Dissolution by C.J. Sampson. More Tudor history, but a mystery! This takes place shortly after Queen Jane Seymour's ( Read more... )

Change in plan: currently reading A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray ( Read more... )

To begin soon....

Well, I have a stack of books beside my desk, and need some motivation to read them, so if you'd be interested in chittering about any of these, please let me know, and we'll revive literatae.

Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
A Presumption of Death, Jill Paton Walsh & Dorothy L. Sayers
Vittorio the Vampire, Anne Rice
Lost, Gregory Maguire
Tudor Women, Alison ( Read more... )

I just ordered "The Wives of Henry VIII" by Antonia Fraser, so I will be recieving and reading it shortly, and I can't wait to discuss it with you guys ( Read more... )

eilonwe suggested that I join up--is there still time for me to jump in on the Wives, or should I wait for the next one?

Welcome to Literatae - a community of highly-opinionated and voracious book-consumers. Okay, so some of us aren't that opinionated or that voracious, but we do love discussing what we read.

I'm Jen (or Syn or synique, since remembering real life names can be difficult on the internet) and I am the executive operative of this mission. Your mission, if ( Read more... )