Fiona’s Comments (group member since May 06, 2014)

Fiona’s comments from the Authors A-Z group.

Yep. I'd count it. :)

Yep. I'd count it. :)

Woo hoo! Good job! Still working on mine. Somehow all the books I want to read are written by Authors starting with the letter S!!!

Noel, I tried to do books on tape but my mind wonders and I miss bits!

I just finished Grave Goods last night. If anyone's interested it's part of a great crime series called Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin. The books are set in 12th century England (Cambridge) in the time of Henry the second. He is remembered as being responsible for the vicious death of Sir Thomas Becket, but in fact was the first king to introduce trial by jury (as opposed to trial by duckings or mortal combat) and made the legal process accessible to everyone. Interesting!
Anyway, the crimes are a bit gruesome (although for that time period everything was pretty brutal)but I love them because they are about a woman who trained as a doctor in Europe (where it was allowed at that time) but is sent by Henry the second to investigate the crimes on his behalf because she is able (in a basic way) to autopsy the bodies and figure out what happened. What makes them interesting is that in England at that time, a female doctor would have been burned as a witch, so she pretends to be the assistant of a male Moore.
Probably not everyone's cup of tea, but I like them.

Well technically I only read one at a time. I'm good, but not THAT good - lol! I have them all around the house. One in each room, and I pick up the one in the room I happen to be in until one grabs me, and then it doesn't leave my side. What does that say about my personality? No, don't tell me :)

Noel wrote: "Fiona wrote: "Hey Noel,
Since most of us are starting the challenge in May, can you highlight the ones you read before May so the rest of us don't get a complex :)"

I hope I helped!?!?!?"

Awesome! Thanks ;)
Hope you had a great Mother's day!!!

Currently reading for bookclub "The Orchardist" and "Language of the Flowers".

Reading for personal enjoyment Marilyn Brant's "A Summer In Europe", Follett's "Pillars of the Earth" and a medieval mystery "Grave Goods (Mistress of the Art of Death, #3)" by Arianna Franklin

Also reading Cynthia Voigt's "Homecoming" with Mrs McDaniel's Lit Circles at the middle school.

Life just doesn't seem right if I don't have about six books on the go at once, but then one will suck me in and I'll read it to the end. How do you read?

Hey Noel,
Since most of us are starting the challenge in May, can you highlight the ones you read before May so the rest of us don't get a complex :)

Ann, I'm so glad you posted this. When I wrote down the title of the Name of the Wind in my phone I forgot to save it. I was in the store trying to remember what it was - ha!

If you have a favorite author that others may not have come across, or are having a hard time finding an author beginning with a particular letter, then post about it here!

Fiona's 2014 Author A-Z List


Addison Allen, Sarah - Sugar Queen (July 2014)
Brown, Daniel James - The Boys in the Boat (finished June 23rd 2014)
Cohn, Marthe - Behind Enemy Lines, The true story of a french Jewish spy in Nazi Germany (finished May 2 2014)

Diffenbaugh, Venessa - The Language of Flowers (finished May 25th 2014)
E
Franklin, Ariana - Grave Goods (finished May 15th '14)
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H
I
J
K
Lowell, Elizabeth, Dangerous Refuge (August 2014)
M
N
O
P
Q
Rich, Roberta - The Harem Midwife (August 2014)
Sansom, CJ - Dominion (completed May 5 2014)
T
U
Voight, Cynthia - Homecoming (completed May 28th 2014)
Weir, Andy - The Martian (completed May 31st 2014)
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Y
Zan, Koethi - The Never List (completed May 29th 2014)