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[fencingelleth]

oh, btw

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[darius409]

Not sure if you've already read them, but I think you would really like the Khaled Hosseini novels - The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns.

[fencingelleth]

Yeah, I really want to read The Kite Runner, but I might wait until I'm back for a week in August, its a bit think-y and my nonfiction books are going to be quite think-y as well.. but i can't wait to read it!

[platinumdragon0]

Hmmm...so, I'm reading what I guess could be considered a historical fiction novel right now: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. I think it is quite popular now. Anyways, it is good, but it is long (as in, I'm only halfway through it and have been chipping at it for a while now). But it is really good at conveying the desperateness of Middle Ages life, and some of the characters are downright SCARY. It's a very emotional book at times, very intense, sometimes distubing. And the author throws in random architecture/history stuff to teach you something.

So, lots of people (including the person who recommended it to me) say that once they started reading the book, they couldn't put it down. I guess I wasn't as pulled-in as some people, but it's still good, and I enjoy chipping away at it.

[fencingelleth]

ooooh, that sounds awesome! gah, so many good books!

[origami_violet]

As far as historical fiction goes, Morgan Llewelyn's series about Irish history is pretty cool...1916, 1921, 1949, 1972 are the titles, I think. I also just started reading In the Time of the Butterflies, by Julia Alvarez - which is pretty good so far.

[fencingelleth]

cool, cool; must read the back covers at Borders.... :)

[analise_emue]

In the Company of the Courtesan and Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant!!!!!!!!!!! The first takes place in Rome and Venice and the second in Florence; both are during the Renaissance and they're both beautifully written and amazing and I kind of have a crush on them (especially Birth of Venus) due to all the art history goodies sprinkled throughout, tee hee :D

[fencingelleth]

Oh, that sounds awesome! Hmm...but I'm afraid that if I read them this summer, I'll be tempted to make a weekend trip to Italy...which I definitely can't afford right now! yay, will definitely check them out at Borders though, they sound amazing!!

[dark_amaranth]

Ahhh, this is probably after your Border's trip, but Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides is quite good! It reminds me of Waterland.