Books I Finished Reading in 2013

[chantalzola]

I never posted my final list of books that I finished reading in 2013. I kept on meaning to and then dropped the ball and it's now half way through 2014, haha. Anywhere, here it is!

Books that I have finished this year, will come after a number.

BOOKS 2013

21.5. A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3)

Comments

[ext_2369643]

about 14.5: i liked that one, as well as sex with the queen by the same author.

about 3.5: i had never heard about her before the book either.

[chantalzola]

Oooh, I'll have to check out the Sex With the Queen book. Thank you!

Interesting! Now that I know who she is, I have come across very, very small mentions of her. I just must not have noticed them before? or maybe more people are mentioning her? How about you? Have you come across her since reading the book?

[ext_2369643]

i think i came across one or two mentions of her. i've read a lot of historical fiction & non-fiction set during that time-period in italy & you're more likely to come across stuff on the de' medici or the d'este families.

[chantalzola]

Have you read this by any chance The Deadly Sisterhood: A Story of Women, Power, and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance, 1427-1527

[ext_2369643]

i don't think i have, but i read the catherine de medici bio the author wrote. it was pretty good. of course now that i read a somewhat positive take on her, it's hard to read anything that paints her as an evil b!tch.

[chantalzola]

Have you read any other bios of Catherine de Medici? if so, which one would you recommend? or would you recommend the one you mentioned?

Yeah, I feel that way about Lucrezia Borgia!

[ext_2369643]

that's the only one i read about her & i do recommend it. i did read one about her daughter margaret of valois (i can't recall the name) where she was a minor character, so to speak, but that's it.

[chantalzola]

Thank you, I'll check it out! My first introduction to Catherine Medici was from seeing the movie 'Queen Margot

[ext_2369643]

i read more historical fiction than non-fiction histories. a lot by philippa gregory, jean plaidy, & alison weir (they mostly deal with british royals) i recently discovered elizabeth chadwick, who wrote several books that take place around the time of king henry II of england.

[chantalzola]

Cool. I tried to read Philippa Gregory, but I didn't like her. I LOVED Sharon K. Penman when I read her as a kid, but I haven't read any of her books as an adult, have you? I wonder if I should try again. When Christ and His Saints Slept

[ext_2369643]

i don't think i've ever read any of penman's books.

most of alison weir's books are pretty good. i liked the children of henry VIII & queen isabella: treachery, adultery, and murder in medieval england (those are non-fiction) i think she's only none a few novels.

i've never read wolf hall.

i don't mind the questions too much, and the comment string isn't too long.

[chantalzola]

I loved Weir's Queen Isabella book. I haven't read the children one though, I'll check it out.