I started reading Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys; very good so far!

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I am actually reading cozy mystery The Loch Ness Papers by Paige Shelton. It this book there is discussion about King Arthur and were Camelot may have been. Love King Author legend

Hi, Cheryl and Alice!  I finished The Greenest Branch the other night. I enjoyed it.  Looking forward to reading the second book in the series.  Hildegard of Bingen intrigues me.  Such a progressive lady!  I started reading Mary Coin last night, and I'm still listening to The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock.  Haven't had much time for audio book listening lately, so progress is slow. 

Obtained the HF The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict from the libary.  It's about Hedy Lamarr, an actress who was a brilliant as she was beautiful.  Love reading these types of books.  Read The Other Einstein by the same author earlier this year and quite enjoyed that one.  Her writing flows so well that the pages fly by.

By the way this is a wonderful read.  Read another book about her life that did not look into her earlier life.  Also watched a special about her and her scientific work. Read this one.  I think it's outstanding.  And, don't miss the author's comments at the end of the book.

Oh, Cheryl! I loved Salt to the Sea !!

I just finished Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens. Such a great book! Set in the marsh of North Carolina, primarily spanning a time frame of early 1950's to 1970's.

~Kelly

I've got "Crawdads" on my bookshelf, good to know that's it is a worthwhile read!  Right now I'm reading one of the Captain Alatriste novels by Arturo Perez-Reverte, The Cavalier in the Yellow Doublet.  His books are always a good choice when you need some swashbuckling swordplay and political intrigue.

REK there is a good biography from PBS about Hedy LaMarr. Her kids narate a lot of it. I found it on Netflix

I am read The Throne of Caesar by Steven Saylor It is his latest in the Rome series. Excellent. Dialogue is wonderful. If you enjoy ancient Rome this is a great series.

Kelly, good to know on Crawdads.  I've heard a lot of good things.  A co-worker, who reads voraciously, said it's one of the better books she's read.  My MIL has it, so I'm going to borrow it from her. 

I've started another delightful book by Georgette Heyer, The Toll Gate.

Finished with Twain's End by Lynn Cullen.  The novel is derived from the diary of his secretary, Twain's notes and letters and other sources.  It shows a side of Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens that his fans rarely saw.  The author constructs what she imagines the relationships between his secretary, Isabel V. Lyon; his business manager, Ralph Ashcroft, and Twain himself might have been.  The reader discovers that the humorist was controlling and needed to be the center of any situation.  Isabel was deeply in love with him and hoped to become his wife but married Ashcroft when Twain kept putting the decision off.

I finished an excellent historical mystery Delivering the Truth by Edith Maxwell.  First in the series set in 1888 Amesbury, Ma.  Very interesting about Quakers, midwifes and a good mystery. Highly recommend. 

Hello, all!  I finished Mary Coin by Marisa Silver a couple of days ago, and I am now reading Fever by Mary Beth Keane, a book about Typhoid Mary.  Good so far.  Unfortunately it doesn't fit into any of the categories for this year's challenge, but I really wanted to read it after reading an article on North Brother Island off the coast of NY, where Mary was quarantined.  Such a fascinating abandoned island.  I would love to tour it!   Still listening to The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock, which I'm enjoying very much. 

I've started a new h/f mystery series by David Liss, A Conspiracy of Paper.  The main character, Benjamin Weaver,  is a very intriguing ex pugilist, Jewish investigator.  I hope to use this one for our h/f mystery challenge under the new to you author category.  It's getting harder and harder to find one that fits that description as I love a good historical mystery!  I just finished up The Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears.  His books to me are on the dry side writing wise and very academic, but I always feel like I have stretched my brain and learned something new about art history or philosophy when I read one of them.

Cheryl:  I am reading The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss.  Just beginning.  I like his style and tales.

Agreed REK!  I like the book very much so far.

I just finished reading Murder in the Queen's Old Castle by Cora Harrison. I have liked the earlier books in this series but I didn't think this one was quite as good. Generally she work more history in this was just murder plot. Set in 1925 Cork, Ireland