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12:05 pm
February 24, 2010
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Anyanka said:
Sharon said:
I'm not sure of the kind of classics you are looking for and right now my mind is a blank. Le Morte d'Arthur, by Sir Thomas Malory. I don't know why this book came to mind but it is a great read. A book that was written much later that I love is, The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley. It tells the story of Arthur and the women in his life. It is told by the women and it becomes most believable even though there is mysticism involved. You will believe.
I haven't read Le Morte d'Arthur for years, I don't think I hvae a copy still……good excuse for buying more books
I was given Mists of Avalon by a friend who knew I liked her Darkover books. I enjoyed but I found the rest of the series incredibly bitty in quality, rather like the Darkover novels which were written after her death.
Well I'll be darned….I didn't realize Mists of Avalon was one in a series of books.
11:29 am
November 20, 2009
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Just starting Wolf Hall. Anyone know a good Thomas Cromwell biography?
11:31 am
October 31, 2010
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I'm currently reading Water for Elephants. So far, it's good, but I haven't gotten to read much. The movie comes out at the end of April starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson. I adore Reese Witherspoon, but this role seems a little unusual for her (but so did playing June Carter Cash and she certainly pulled that one off). Not sure how I feel about Rob, yet. Sometimes he does a really good job, but sometimes he does things and I think, “I can't believe that a director actually allowed that to get released to theaters!”
After this I'll probably skip to some classical fiction. I downloaded a lot of stuff last night to my Kindle: Madame Bovary, The Age of Innocence, The Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast. I also downloaded the first of Rick Riordan's The Kane Chronicles.
"We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams…"
8:02 pm
January 9, 2010
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MarkM said:
Just starting Wolf Hall. Anyone know a good Thomas Cromwell biography?
I've read Robert Hutchinsons' bio on Cromwell. I was a little disappointed in it as it didn't really go into Anne's rise and fall as much as I would've liked but it provides a good overview on Cromwell. There's John Scofields' book on Cromwell as well, though I've yet to read it. But stick with Wolf Hall – that book is totally worth the effort and I can't wait for the follow up!
At the moment I'm reading 'A Discovery of Witches' by Deborah Harkness about an academic American witch who discovers a bewitched manuscript in the Bodleian library in Oxford. It also has vampires and daemons in it!!!!
11:14 pm
October 31, 2010
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Just found out that James Frain will also be in Water for Elephants. In case the name rings a bell, but you can't place it, Frain played the role of Cromwell in The Tudors. And I LOVE his interpretation of Cromwell. Completely balled like a baby when he was executed.
Also starring in the movie, Christoph Waltz who won the Academy Award a couple of years ago for his role in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Bastards.
That's a lot of talent on one screen and the book is actually REALLY good even though I can't pin-point why exactly. But now I HAVE to see the movie.
"We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams…"
3:08 pm
January 17, 2011
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KatherineThe Virgin Queen by Jean Plaidy…..just got this from the library today and I'm gonna start this tonight.
3:22 pm
February 24, 2010
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I finished The Secret Life of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer. I left a brief synopsis over at The Elizabeth Files. I enjoyed it very much.
4:10 pm
June 5, 2010
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Sharon said:
I finished The Secret Life of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer. I left a brief synopsis over at The Elizabeth Files. I enjoyed it very much.
I finished it this morning during my commute FROM work. I'll check out the post over on The Elizabeth Files…and if any of you would like to discuss it, I'd love to hear your thoughts and all. 🙂
Henry: Mistress Anne, will you teach the king of England how they dance in the French court?
Anne: There is nothing that France can teach England, your majesty.
King Henry VIII: Well said. Well said.
– Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
5:47 pm
June 7, 2010
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I just finished reading Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Both were pretty good. The later was short at 60 pages or so. I was expecting a longer story from Stevenson, since I am a fan of Treasure Island. Scott's book does not deal directly with Rob Roy MacGregor, but still was a great read.
"By daily proof you shall find me to be to you both loving and kind" Anne Boleyn
6:45 pm
November 18, 2010
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TinaII2None said:
and thankfully not Philippa Gregory meets Twilight either!
That sounds like a hideously bad fanfic slash plot….
It's always bunnies.
8:01 pm
January 9, 2010
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That's a bit harsh on writers of fanfic slash, LOL!!!!!!
9:04 pm
November 18, 2010
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I offer MY IMMORTAL (http://myimmortalrehost.webs.c…..ers122.htm) as possibly the touchstone for bad fanfic.
It's always bunnies.
2:17 pm
June 5, 2010
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Anyanka said:
TinaII2None said:
and thankfully not Philippa Gregory meets Twilight either!
That sounds like a hideously bad fanfic slash plot….
Okay I'm going to be bleaching my brain to get THAT one out of my head! 😀 LOL
Henry: Mistress Anne, will you teach the king of England how they dance in the French court?
Anne: There is nothing that France can teach England, your majesty.
King Henry VIII: Well said. Well said.
– Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
2:25 pm
June 5, 2010
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Bella44 said:
That's a bit harsh on writers of fanfic slash, LOL!!!!!!
ROTFLMAO! Good one!
One of our local car dealerships ran a radio ad about a year ago that never failed to gross me out AND have me LOL at the same time. The ad mentions that you've been so busy you haven't had time to do “important” things, one of which is the latest installment in that vampire/werewolf teen flick. After the announcer says that, you hear a simpering female going “Oh Edward. Oh Jacob. Oh Edward. Oh Jacob.”
At least the Elizabeth book didn't have such lines as:
“Oh Robin. Oh Mordred. Oh Robin. Oh Mordred.”
“I'm the ghost of Anne Boleyn and I'm such a *****. I stole the King from my poor little sister. I murdered people and no one knows BWAHAHAHAAHAHAHA. I would have done anything to get a male heir. And I mean…anything! 
“
“I'm Philippa Gregory. I think I'm a historian. I think I'm a great writer. Isn't being delusional fun?!”
Henry: Mistress Anne, will you teach the king of England how they dance in the French court?
Anne: There is nothing that France can teach England, your majesty.
King Henry VIII: Well said. Well said.
– Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
2:41 pm
February 24, 2010
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DuchessofBrittany said:
I just finished reading Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Both were pretty good. The later was short at 60 pages or so. I was expecting a longer story from Stevenson, since I am a fan of Treasure Island. Scott's book does not deal directly with Rob Roy MacGregor, but still was a great read.
Classics. Those are two good ones. Although I have tried to read Rob Roy so many times over the years. I read it a very long time ago, but have not been able to get through it again.
My favorite classic from school was Wuthering Heights. I still read that one every now and then. Another was Jane Eyre.
3:42 pm
June 5, 2010
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Sharon said:
Classics. Those are two good ones. Although I have tried to read Rob Roy so many times over the years. I read it a very long time ago, but have not been able to get through it again.
My favorite classic from school was Wuthering Heights. I still read that one every now and then. Another was Jane Eyre.
Jane Eyre has been a favorite of mine since childhood! I think I cut my teeth on the Brontes! *g*
Just heard they've finished filming yet ANOTHER movie version of it. I wonder how many this makes?
Henry: Mistress Anne, will you teach the king of England how they dance in the French court?
Anne: There is nothing that France can teach England, your majesty.
King Henry VIII: Well said. Well said.
– Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
4:32 pm
May 20, 2010
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Talking about Charlotte Bronte… I like Jane Eyre and plan to see the new film version, but I like Villette better. Why hasn't there been a movie version of Villette yet? If there had been one in the 1940s, I think Charles Boyer would have been a perfect Paul Emanuel.
Yours as long as lyffe endures, Katheryn
5:09 pm
June 5, 2010
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Gentillylace said:
Talking about Charlotte Bronte… I like Jane Eyre and plan to see the new film version, but I like Villette better. Why hasn't there been a movie version of Villette yet? If there had been one in the 1940s, I think Charles Boyer would have been a perfect Paul Emanuel.
I've heard of Villette but have never read it, but being a movie buff and hearing you mention Charles Boyer makes me think I ought to having seen him in some movies I've really enjoyed! (Including All This and Heaven Too and Algiers and Gaslight).
Henry: Mistress Anne, will you teach the king of England how they dance in the French court?
Anne: There is nothing that France can teach England, your majesty.
King Henry VIII: Well said. Well said.
– Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
6:11 pm
November 18, 2010
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TinaII2None said:
Sharon said:
Classics. Those are two good ones. Although I have tried to read Rob Roy so many times over the years. I read it a very long time ago, but have not been able to get through it again.
My favorite classic from school was Wuthering Heights. I still read that one every now and then. Another was Jane Eyre.
Jane Eyre has been a favorite of mine since childhood! I think I cut my teeth on the Brontes! *g*
Just heard they've finished filming yet ANOTHER movie version of it. I wonder how many this makes?
I keep trying WH but really find it too dry to read as a pick-up-put-down book. I think if I actually get into the story itself it will be an easy read.
Jane Eyre I had to read for 'O'-level* English Lit. I hated it . I read it many years later and enjoyed it.
* 'O'levels were exams taken at 16 when British school children finished their education. 'A'levels are taken at 18 if you stopped on that long and are needed for university entrance..cf OWLs and NEWTs in the Potterverse.
It's always bunnies.
7:00 pm
January 9, 2010
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TinaII2None said:
ROTFLMAO! Good one!
One of our local car dealerships ran a radio ad about a year ago that never failed to gross me out AND have me LOL at the same time. The ad mentions that you've been so busy you haven't had time to do “important” things, one of which is the latest installment in that vampire/werewolf teen flick. After the announcer says that, you hear a simpering female going “Oh Edward. Oh Jacob. Oh Edward. Oh Jacob.”
At least the Elizabeth book didn't have such lines as:
“Oh Robin. Oh Mordred. Oh Robin. Oh Mordred.”
“I'm the ghost of Anne Boleyn and I'm such a *****. I stole the King from my poor little sister. I murdered people and no one knows BWAHAHAHAAHAHAHA. I would have done anything to get a male heir. And I mean…anything!
“I'm Philippa Gregory. I think I'm a historian. I think I'm a great writer. Isn't being delusional fun?!”
LOL!!! Drat Philippa Gregory – she has a weird way of worming into conversations that don't even concern her 
