The Lost Temple by Tom Harper
Finally finshed reading “The Lost Temple” by Tom Harper. Seems like it took me forever to finish with all the other stuff going on. The story moved along a bit slowly for me so it definitely wasn’t a sit and read in one fell swoop kind of book. As my loyal subscribers already know I like historical fiction, especially things to do with Egypt. This was actually to do with Ancient Greece, really further back than that. Think Achilles and Troy, etc. It had a little injection of Indiana Jones though the protagonist really wasn’t an archeologist. Per my usual complaint, there were a couple ‘love scenes’ that I could have done without though they didn’t really detract from the story at all. The ending was a bit lackluster but good and I think not maybe what I was expecting. Overall a good read. I will likely pick up other books by Tom Harper.
The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
Finished up the 5th book in the Ice & Fire series only to find out that book 6 is probably 2 years away and book 7, well who knows. So… picked up “The Red Queen” because the description on the back cover made me think of Cersei (Queen of King’s Landing from Ice & Fire). And indeed… Margaret R. is definitely in the same vein of crazy. Or should I say “devout”. I’m finding that I enjoy historical fiction much more than I expected I would. It was any easy read… especially coming off my previous tomes — far few characters to keep track of. Gregory’s writing is smooth and you don’t get lost in the details. The only negative I would mention is the ending. It just kind of stops at the end of Margaret’s immediate story. I suppose, historically, I know that Henry Tudor was King, etc but I just thought the author would give a bit more. I may pick up some of her other books, not sure yet. Anyhoo… for a quick, enjoyable read in the historical fiction genre I recommend “The Red Queen” by Philippa Gregory.
So… now the quest begins for the next book. Suggestions ae welcome!
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lost boy lost girl by Peter Straub
May be the best book of his career. ~ Stephen King
I should have passed this one over after seeing that pitch. I’ve never been able to get through anything of King’s and while I did finish this book I didn’t think much of it. Way too much back and forth narration with extremely poor transitions. The base story was somewhat interesting, I guess. Just really did not care for his writing style. Plus I think I would have liked a better ending. Short review, folks… cause it wasn’t a very good read in my opinion. Sorry, Peter, I won’t be picking up any of your other works.
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