I'm reading Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver. It's so nice! It started out boring at first, but I'm so glad I tried this book out. :)

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson :)

Just finished The Iron King, which is a historical novel about medieval France, a day or so ago, and am still browsing my shelves.

Currently I'm into Thrill by Jackie Collins. It's kind of very sleazy and raunchy. It's actually a light read and entertaining book

The Bill of the Century, which is about the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (very good).

The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History. Very good so far.

Just finished The King's Dogge: The Life of Francis Lovell, which is historical fiction and OK. Richard III is not a total Richard Sue, but the author went through great pains to make him totally not guilty of infanticide or attempted incest. Someone who likes "military" historical fiction would probably enjoy it.

I'm currently reading Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor and I am loving it!!

I just started reading Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon. I heard him interview on a BBC Radio podcast a few days ago about this novel. Sounded intriguing and picked it up yesterday. Has anyone else read him or this novel?

Still Life, a mystery by Louise Penny. Set in rural Quebec, and very good so far.

Just finished The Boleyn King, which was somewhat of a disappointment. Promised: Anne Boleyn Lives! Got: Tudor teen love triangle.

Re The Boleyn King--I suspected as much which is why I never started it.

I was recently disappointed by a mystery called The Samaritan's Secret by Matt Rees. I was expecting a great deal of cultural information about the Samaritans. There was a bit of it, but what I really got was nasty politics between Palestinian factions with the World Bank thrown into the mix. The saddest thing is that there are no more mysteries for me to read in that particular series. I've read all four of them.

I am now reading Any Other Name, a mystery in the Longmire series by Craig Johnson. The problem is that I read this series about a sheriff in Wyoming because his best friend is a Cheyenne named Henry Standing Bear who has yet to put in an appearance in this particular book. I really like their friendship and the Native American content. I'm waiting for that, but meanwhile it feels slow. I decided that I'd rather clean the microwave and do my laundry.

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I've heard great things about Between Shades of Gray.

Just finished a Louise Penny mystery, The Brutal Telling; quite good. (The whole series so far I would rate "quite good," for that matter.)

Not sure what's next up.

I've read some books in Louise Penny's Gamache series that I liked. She is a good writer. I'm just not that interested in the small village milieu of most of them.

I'm currently reading The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick. I wanted to read it because I was interested in Eleanor of Aquitaine on crusade. I'd seen references to that, but I haven't seen it described in historical fiction. I'm up to the point where Bernard of Clairvaux is preaching the crusade and Eleanor has just taken the cross.

I'm also currently reading The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln which is an alternate history. Radical Republicans have drawn up impeachment articles because they don't like Abraham Lincoln's plan for the South after the Civil War. It's a very interesting premise.

Currently I'm reading again after a long time "The Heart of a Sunburned Land" by Elizabeth Haran :)