tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post7024444791687458719..comments2024-03-26T12:21:59.765-06:00Comments on Mysteries and My Musings: Historical Mystery Reading ChallengeA.F. Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12300113406228013929noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-46419529291939860002020-03-03T00:16:35.154-07:002020-03-03T00:16:35.154-07:00Hey,nice article. thanks for sharing, it is really...Hey,nice article. thanks for sharing, it is really good to read it. I love historical mysteries, so this is a great challenge. Keep posting this kind of Good Content I love it. Find Dubai Hotelshttp://www.finddubaihotels.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-68466856254079896642019-03-26T23:33:03.727-06:002019-03-26T23:33:03.727-06:00Nice information thanks for sharing the informatio...Nice information thanks for sharing the information. could visit <a href="https://mysterioustrip.com" rel="nofollow">haunted places</a> in the world.Ankit Sethihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07991535472538906176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-47764365423218049252013-02-15T11:47:33.651-07:002013-02-15T11:47:33.651-07:00Hello everyone who participated in this reading ch...Hello everyone who participated in this reading challenge, I have a new one for 2013 and thought you might be interested. Please check it out here: http://www.mysterysuspence.blogspot.com/2013/02/historical-mystery-reading-challenge.htmlA.F. Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300113406228013929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-31198402214716079292010-07-16T20:04:33.182-06:002010-07-16T20:04:33.182-06:00Thanks Ariel for organizing it. This was fun! (I...Thanks Ariel for organizing it. This was fun! (I'll go bookmarkless too).Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-82184443718613680962010-07-16T11:58:58.119-06:002010-07-16T11:58:58.119-06:00Don't need the bookmark, but thanks for the fu...Don't need the bookmark, but thanks for the fun!Ceahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643518385726488500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-23548295811909774382010-07-16T11:45:57.605-06:002010-07-16T11:45:57.605-06:00The Challenge has officially closed. I am a littl...The Challenge has officially closed. I am a little behind because of business travel - again.<br /><br />If you have successfully completed the challenge and want one of the three bookmarks, please leave your name and email. I will do a random drawing and pick the winners of the book marks. <br /><br />Give a few days to do the Winner button for any bloggers to place on their blogs.<br /><br />Thanks again for all your active participation. It has been a great time with all of you.A.F. Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300113406228013929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-29456950516588613912010-06-24T20:22:34.234-06:002010-06-24T20:22:34.234-06:00Just finished Murder on Lexington Avenue (review p...Just finished Murder on Lexington Avenue (review posted here on the site). I have to say I enjoyed it. Have any of you read the other books in the Gaslight series? <br /><br />Next I am on to the last one I have been waiting to read for this challenge - The Last Illusion.A.F. Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300113406228013929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-62325385943353203722010-06-14T11:58:21.250-06:002010-06-14T11:58:21.250-06:00I finished my challenge a while ago, but now I'...I finished my challenge a while ago, but now I'm on the search for Jeri Westerson's books. They sound interesting and I need another series to sink my teeth into. I enjoyed this very much, reading my books and seeing what everyone else read, and getting ideas for new books to find. Thanks so much for the fun.Ceahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643518385726488500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-64334636480218744462010-06-14T08:02:45.738-06:002010-06-14T08:02:45.738-06:00I've a couple more to add! Any moment now...I've a couple more to add! Any moment now...Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-47318608898538459032010-06-12T18:33:14.292-06:002010-06-12T18:33:14.292-06:00We are coming to the end of the Challenge. I have...We are coming to the end of the Challenge. I have read and reviewed here The Serpent in the Thorns by Jeri Westerson and just now finished Murder in Paradise by Alanna Knight. Check out the review just posted.<br /><br />So how is everybody doing? Do you have any books left to go to complete the challenge? Should the challenge have asked for more books in the three months?A.F. Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300113406228013929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-87610161714441681012010-05-25T07:15:47.266-06:002010-05-25T07:15:47.266-06:00Hello there,
If you didn't know, check out th...Hello there,<br /><br />If you didn't know, check out the guest blogger posted yesterday<br />http://mysterysuspence.blogspot.com/2010/05/guest-blogger-author-jeri-westerson.html.<br /><br />Jeri Westerson, who writes the Crispin Guest Medieval Mysteries, was my guest blogger. Great stuff. And I am reading her book THE SERPENT IN THE THORNS.A.F. Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300113406228013929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-14418687786127158662010-05-19T00:49:32.694-06:002010-05-19T00:49:32.694-06:00I just completed the challenge and I really enjoye...I just completed the challenge and I really enjoyed the books I've read. Thanks for organising it!<br /><br />http://anecasworld.blogspot.com/2010/05/historical-mystery-challenge-completed.htmlSeccionistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412042139824865664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-60787151883400782842010-05-09T20:17:15.293-06:002010-05-09T20:17:15.293-06:00School's done for me. Now I'm just finishi...School's done for me. Now I'm just finishing up two reviews for Poison Pen and a review for a Guide to APA Writing Style (fascinating, actually, it is) and prepping my summer on-line courses. So, I've been on a reading splurge. Two Caroline Roe books I've missed, Consolation for an Exile and Poultice for a Healer, Margaret Frazer's Apostate's Tale and Arianna Franklin's, A Murderous Procession. <br />I really enjoy Roe's Issac of Girona. Spain in the mid 1300's was such a fascinating place and very different from Sister Frevisse's England. The politics and the positioning of the church were so different. Given that Roe's protagonist is a Jew and Frazer's a nun makes for differing perspectives, the fact is that England and Spain did have different policies and politics at the time and Issac's and Dame Frevisse's involvement in the politics of their times always makes for interesting reading. A note however, politics does not play a part in the Apostate's Tale. It is a good one though and the ending introduces another twist into Dame Frevisse's vocation.Ceahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643518385726488500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-18823433152736866462010-04-30T18:00:53.355-06:002010-04-30T18:00:53.355-06:00I'm thumbs up on the Jester series. The idea ...I'm thumbs up on the Jester series. The idea of a secret society of Fools is worth the read alone, and this period and time is interesting and not as well covered as it deserves. The plots are intricate, the characters diverse, good dialogue, the history well researched.<br /><br />I may have a slight bias though. The Jester series is edited by Keith Kahla at Minotaur, who happens to be the editor of my own forthcoming Hellene Mystery series.Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-51609442721454262762010-04-30T05:51:22.914-06:002010-04-30T05:51:22.914-06:00I've been reading the Jester series. I like i...I've been reading the Jester series. I like it. It gets a bit convoluted at times but not in the way that makes you want to throw the book at the wall. Just a bit Machiavellian. Which seems somewhat appropriate. I do recommend them and I'm glad you reminded me of them. I read the first two in the series and I see that I am now quite behind. Great! I love having to catch up! <br />A.F. Heart, I noted your comment on Crime Through Time... I link to that site on my site. It is a a terrific resource. <br />I'll ask you all to rejoice with me. I have one more major project to complete today at the college and I'm done for the semester. Into summer mode! And then, while I am teaching a couple of online summer courses, I get to tend to the garden and read to my heart's content. O frabjous day, callou callay!Ceahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643518385726488500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-48983250126786669052010-04-29T20:35:15.550-06:002010-04-29T20:35:15.550-06:00Great updates. Gary, I have been eyeing the Fools...Great updates. Gary, I have been eyeing the Fools Guild series. What did you think - thumbs up or down?<br /><br />I thought you guys and gals might like this - I found this webpage, associated Yahoo group and Facebook group called Crime Thru Time for historical mysteries.<br /><br />http://www.crimethrutime.com/<br /><br />http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CrimeThruTime/<br /><br />Enjoy!A.F. Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300113406228013929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-58966569264425508372010-04-28T20:48:49.912-06:002010-04-28T20:48:49.912-06:00Okay, I've finished Jester Leaps In, by Alan G...Okay, I've finished Jester Leaps In, by Alan Gordon, part of the Fools Guild Mystery series, which has an interesting premise: the Fools Guild is a secret society of professional jesters, who in fact are spies working to keep the politics of mediaeval Europe on an even keel.Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-14932393342082700422010-04-28T18:43:56.936-06:002010-04-28T18:43:56.936-06:00I read Maisie Dobbs, set in 1929 London. It was wo...I read Maisie Dobbs, set in 1929 London. It was wonderful, and am looking forward to more in the series. <br /><br />I'm enjoying the new titles to investigate from these comments. keep them coming.raidergirl3https://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-28751555726202529772010-04-25T08:39:48.318-06:002010-04-25T08:39:48.318-06:00I read "Woman in the Wing" by Jean Sheld...I read "Woman in the Wing" by Jean Sheldon this week. The book is set during WWII and focuses on members of the WASP and sabotage at an aircraft assembly facility. I enjoyed the mystery and was amazed at what those women put up with to "work a man's job" in that era.pennythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02954661134848897320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-16319574768021221012010-04-24T22:31:29.342-06:002010-04-24T22:31:29.342-06:00Cea,
I would love if you or anybody else continue...Cea,<br /><br />I would love if you or anybody else continued posting even if they have read the 5. <br /><br />I love the posts and sharing if you liked the books or not. Absolutely let's keep this going.<br /><br />Yep, Pendragon mysteries had a good premise but the execution didn't work for me - it wasn't just you.A.F. Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300113406228013929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-34241928344163775692010-04-24T17:16:48.775-06:002010-04-24T17:16:48.775-06:00A.F.Heart, I was waiting to read what you thought ...A.F.Heart, I was waiting to read what you thought about the Pendragon mysteries. I was similarly let down. Ever since reading Mary Stewart's Crystal Cave trilogy a long, long time ago, followed by any and everything Merlin, I've always glommed onto anything Arthurian. This series is not so great. I'm glad it wasn't just me. <br />By the way, I've posted here as Cea and Cometprof (I was logged into my teaching site that day) and I've finished the challenge, but, if it is okay with you, I'll keep posting my historical musings. I'm enjoying your blog.Ceahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643518385726488500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-1203179889778930492010-04-23T23:15:53.819-06:002010-04-23T23:15:53.819-06:00I can add Dark Assassin by Anne Perry, an Inspecto...I can add Dark Assassin by Anne Perry, an Inspector Monk mystery in Victorian England to my list.Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-31387376573460708842010-04-23T15:55:56.441-06:002010-04-23T15:55:56.441-06:00Okay...I finished The Pendragon Murders by J.M.C. ...Okay...I finished The Pendragon Murders by J.M.C. Blair. I posted the review here on the blog. <br /><br />I have to be honest and say I was disappointed. I usually really enjoy Merlin, Morgan and Arthur but not this time out. <br /><br />That leaves me two more to do by the end of June. It seems as though the challenge has plenty of time for the five books.<br /><br />How is everybody else doing??A.F. Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300113406228013929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-28620100541387236512010-04-19T09:00:17.477-06:002010-04-19T09:00:17.477-06:00Thank you everyone for your comments keeping us al...Thank you everyone for your comments keeping us all aware of the great books out there in historical mysteries.<br /><br />I am just starting The Pendragon Murders featuring Merlin.A.F. Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300113406228013929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436693488493674576.post-47902833950266485712010-04-18T09:23:45.361-06:002010-04-18T09:23:45.361-06:00This week I read Silence is Golden by Jeanne Dams....This week I read Silence is Golden by Jeanne Dams. I really enjoy this series about a Swedish housemaid and the Irish Catholic policeman that her family hates because of his race and religion teaming up to solve mysteries in South Bend in the early 1900s. I think I've posted five books and technically finished the challenge, but I love historical mysteries, so I will continue to post what I read. <br />pennyt@hotmail.compennythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02954661134848897320noreply@blogger.com