I absolutely adored this book.  It's one of the few historical novels (if I can call it that!) of Anne that really explored her personality and complicated feelings for Henry, IMO.  I loved the themes of reincarnation and Henry and Annes' relationships through different time periods, so that it makes it much more than just your standard historical novel.  Particularly moving were the parts where Anne is slowly learning to forgive Henry, so that by the end when they meet up again you maybe think that this time their relationship will have a happy ending.  It was beautifully written, too.

I totally recommend this book to absolutely everyone!!!!!!

Stonehenge….

I've just started reading 'Threads'.

So far, I like:

• The idea behind the book. Reincarnation always interested me as a philosophical topic, because it raises so many questions. The concept of each of us being the sum total of experiences lived over all of our lifetimes easily mirrors known reality: we are the sum toal of experienced lived in our (known) lifetime, which could be broken into several subchapters, or 'lives' (am I making sense)
• The exploration of how Anne (and Henry) would have behaved in different historical and social contexts
• The experiences Anne's spirit goes through when leaving her body after her execution:

• the connection with Henry, who senses her touch whislt they curse each other.
• the encounter with the spirit of an ex servant, now her guide

I like less:

Some out of character assumptions concerning Anne's character and family life:

• Anne states she remembers her sister Mary as being 'the star of the family', whislt she herself would always have struggled to get a look in. This does not fit with anne being given the opportunity to get the best education. It does not fit either with her known (and sometimes careless) self-confidence. A childhood spent struggling to be loved would have dented self confidence forever.
• Anne further on described her brother george as being a little spiteful of her when they both make their debut at court. The reason would have been that Anne would not have been, at first, interested in politics. This does not fit with what we know of Anne as an independant lady with a very intellectual mind and opinions strongly expressed from the start.

Good choice Anyanka, hope you enjoy it!  Santa brought me some Amazon gift cards so I've just ordered Nell Gavins new novel, Hang On, which is set in the 1970's about a mixed-up girl who falls for a roadie for a rock band…. !

Well, I didn't see this post cause I haven't been to the book club section yet and I already posted a topic about Threads in the Movie/Book section. My mistake

Anyways I know historical inaccuracies make us Anne fans pull at our hair but in this book Nell Gavin clearly states that the book is pure fiction and shouldn't be used as a historic reference. And I apprecaite that because we have other authors that act like they know it all and are somehow time travelers. The best part of this book is that it is so different from any other Anne Boleyn book and it's so inspiring and touching. And I really love the message the book gives which is that you should treat others the way you want to be treated and the book also plays with the idea of Karma. It's a real neat book and worth the read.

WARNING: The book is pretty long and You might cry, I sure did.

I really think every Anne fan should give this book a try, I do admit it's a little slow in the beginning but it's a really good book…Just sayin'.