I read one of those... I think it might have been Sarum, and it covered about... now that I think about it, I'm not sure. A few thousand years, I guess, of an area around Stonehenge (I think). I had trouble with it, though, because I kept wanting characters to reappear, which, obviously... not.
The Bay City Rollers, now that's music.
Giles ,'Sleeper'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Emily - Oct 26, 2005 9:52:30 am PDT #9348 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Fred Pete - Oct 26, 2005 9:53:54 am PDT #9349 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I've read that too, Emily. Rutherfurd does the same thing in London, and there's a connection between the books (the Barnikel family).
Jessica - Oct 26, 2005 9:58:28 am PDT #9350 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I loved Sarum, but was bored stiff by London. I think mostly because that was the order I read them in, and they're very similar.
Nutty - Oct 26, 2005 10:16:53 am PDT #9351 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I read about 100 pages of Sarum, and was still in the Stone Age. I put it down.
I will admit to having read War and Remembrance, however, which seems to me to be on the same "Oh, isn't it convenient that we had a family member at this amazing historical event!" level.
Kathy A - Oct 26, 2005 10:20:28 am PDT #9352 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I think what I liked about Roots was that there were no "family member at critical juncture of history" moments, other than the general having family members who were slaves. Rewatching The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman recently had me thinking the same thing. Yes, she was connected with many black men who were politically active, but to me, that said more about the character of the woman than any freak coicidence.
Emily - Oct 26, 2005 10:25:51 am PDT #9353 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I read about 100 pages of Sarum, and was still in the Stone Age. I put it down.
The Stone Age part of that book is really the only part I remember. Well, except the bit about the cathedral... which I remember because of the Stone Age figurine that gets in there.
Katerina Bee - Oct 26, 2005 10:31:21 am PDT #9354 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
I read an obituary today that started with "...he never met a book he didn't want to read. He even understood Dune." I don't know why reading that pleased me so.
Scrappy - Oct 31, 2005 7:00:16 am PST #9355 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I am trying to figure out some good books to buy for my best fried. She adores Austen and rereads her every couple of years. She loved The Alienist and The Crimson Petal and the White. She is reading Dunnett but finding it a little slow. Any ideas, oh Literistas?
Aims - Oct 31, 2005 7:05:26 am PST #9356 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Does she like modern British novels? I am in lurve with Jane Breen and can't get enough of her.
Kathy A - Oct 31, 2005 7:08:48 am PST #9357 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
If she's willing to take a look at historical non-fiction written in an engaging style, I'd recommend Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. For fiction, maybe something a bit older, like Follett's Pillars of the Earth (which, full disclosure, I've yet to read, but my mom really adores it, and she's not one for historical fiction, normally).