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| What Are You Reading Now? : 2009 WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING? | | 188 | thanuj2409, December 2009 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : HorusE 75 Book Challenge for 2009 | | 203 | alcottacre, November 2009 | |
| Historical Fiction : Message Board | | 250 | Catgwinn, November 2009 | |
| Book talk : What's the average book in your library? | | 53 | vpfluke, October 2009 | |
| 999 Challenge : bk04011 's | | 75 | NeverStopTrying, October 2009 | |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of August 29, 2009? | | 247 | teelgee, September 2009 | |
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| 50 Book Challenge : Mark's (MSF59) | | 303 | msf59, September 2009 | |
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| Book talk : Books of Jewish interest Reccomendations ? | | 37 | destinyhascheatedme, July 2009 | |
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| Name that Book : Murder set at the start of Bank of England/emerging money markets | | 14 | jimroberts, June 2009 | |
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| 999 Challenge : Eurydice's | | 75 | Eurydice, February 2009 | |
| Historical Fiction : Your 2008 Top Ten | | 51 | Cariola, February 2009 | |
| Historical Mysteries : Mysteries Set in the 18th Century | | 12 | aprillee, February 2009 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : WHY are you reading now? | | 115 | JimThomson, February 2009 | |
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| Dormant: Author Chat : David Liss, author of The Whiskey Rebels (October 20-31) | | 19 | richardderus, October 2008 | |
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update to add current reading:
A Conspiracy of Paper
The Unicorn
The plants of Middle-earth : botany and sub-creation
list alpha by author:
Shakespeare : the biography
Russian fairy tales
Little Women
Harry, a history : the true story of a boy wizard, his fans, and ... ... Garden: A Novel by Helen Humphreys
Legs by William Kennedy
Ex-Libris by Ross King
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
Lempriere's Dictionary by Lawrence Norfolk
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
The Confessions ... #65 A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss This fictionalized take on the South Sea trading bubble of the early 1700's is ambitious but just a bit tedious in the plot - too much spy vs counter spy - to be compelling. But elements of the book were nicely done, such as the atmosphere, the main ... ... American Author, British Author, Historical Novel, Mystery, Philosophy
The closest I could find was published in 2001: A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss, which I have not yet read. I'd better get reading.
... have a new author to start reading!
#100 torontoc - I have taken your advice and placed a hold at my local library for A Conspiracy of Paper to better understand Benjamin Weaver's character. Thanks for responding!
#108 Muzzorola - your comment is actually one of the reasons why I ended ... ... on my TBR pile. After reading your post above torontoc, I did a search and your right, Benjamin Weaver also appears in A Conspiracy of Paper and A Spectacle of Corruption.
I haven't read any of David Liss' novels... does anyone know if The Devil's Company can be read as a stand ... ... Dead by Charles Todd; The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by C. Alan Bradley; The Devil's Company by David Liss; A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss; Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym; Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo; A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander; Watery Grave ... David Liss A conspiracy of Paper and The Coffee Trader, both are award winning books... I am in the early 18th Century with Ben Weaver in A conspiracy of paper which I have to read to read the next book so I can get to the The Devil's Company 24. A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss - Engaging mystery. Nice to have a plot-centered page turner type as a change of pace
Conspiracy of Paper
1. Where did you get this book?
Amazon or McBooks Press
2. How much did it cost$15.00 US
3. Why did you pick this book to read NOW?
I Got The Devils Company as an early reviewer so thought I should catch up
4. How long has it been on your shelf?
a few days
5 ... I am in England in the early 1700's with Benjamin Weaver or David Liss in A Conspiracy of Paper I received A Conspiracy of Paper from a lovely fellow LTer... #122: Both A Conspiracy of Paper and The Devil's Company look like books I would enjoy. Thanks for the recommendation, Horus. ... Liss
In this book David Liss returns to the Benjamin Weaver (pugilist) series of historical fiction that started with A Conspiracy of Paper. Weaver is suddenly trapped into a very heavy debt and must work for a Mr. Cobb to uncover secrets hidden in the British East India Company to avoid Ne ... A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss, I am guessing. I'm in England in 1719 in David Liss's A Conspiracy of Paper, which I'm enjoying so far. I'm in England in 1719, in David Liss's A Conspiracy of Paper. ... Loved and the Envied by Enid Bagnold
The Queen of the South by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Gentleman and Players by Joanne Harris
Empire Falls by Rich ... ... of weeks!
>337: dancingstarfish- It's also my favorite of Murakami's, although I've only read 3, so far. I've also read Conspiracy of Paper, a couple months ago and really enjoyed it
From Bookmooch:
The Last Good Day by Peter Blauner. This was both recommended and sent by a special LT ... Just finished Kafka on the Shore which I loved. My new favorite book by Murakami!
On to A Conspiracy of Paper! ... a little something to cheer me up, so compliments of booksmith used basement...
A Gesture Life by Chang-rae Lee
A conspiracy of paper by David Liss
Embers by Sandor Marai
I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles
Wicked! A tale of two schools by Jilly Cooper
I have never heard of ... ... WWII
Night Soldier WWII
The Whiskey Rebels colonial US
Devil In The White City turn of the 20th century Chicago
Conspiracy of Paper 18th century England
Etta turn of the 20th century US
Dreamers of the Day post-WWI
... Less Than Angels; and yes, I imagine Going Dutch would be a great factual background to The Coffee Trader. I tried A Conspiracy of Paper, as I loved the setting, but found Liss told too much to flatly about his characters' thoughts, for me. (He may, of course, have grown out of ... The Coffee Trader for the LT group read: because i enjoyed A Conspiracy of Paper when i read it several years ago...& because i looove coffee...
Hopscotch...for a group read on Shelfari: because i read 62: A Model Kit about 10 years ago and wanted to reacquaint w/ Cortazar I finished A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss. It was a very good historical thriller and I recommend it. I'm finally starting Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. I know this is a highly regarded novel on these threads and I know it won't disappoint. The first 60 pages are excellent. ... 7) A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss **** ... back and really enjoyed it. Now, to make time to read the others in the series, that's the tricky part.
I've been reading A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss. It's a historical thriller, that takes place in London, in the early 1700's. Very good so far! ... a bang: I finished Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. A stunning novel. I cannot recommend it higher. I started A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss. He's an author who's been popping up on these threads a lot lately and I've been sitting on this one for awhile. Based on the 1st 60 ... I just started A Conspiracy of Paper. David Liss has been very popular on these threads lately! Happy New Year everyone! The pile is huge but I think I'll start with A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss. I have not read this author and I've been putting it off for awhile, good enough reason! ... would have preferred that the notes on each article be at the end of the article instead of at the end of the book.
74. A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss -- his first novel, features Jewish detective Benjamin Weaver. Set in 18th century London, Weaver is the son of what would now be ... I just finished A Conspiracy of Paper and found myself oddly disappointed in in it. It just didn't gel for me and I didn't particularly like Benjamin Weaver. Oh well.
I've started Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier. I finished the Hamish Macbeth and absolutely loved it.
I just started A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss and it's enjoyable but not really grabbing me yet. I just bought the Kindle version of A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss. He is an author with an Early Reviewer's book - Whiskey Rebels - and is on Author Chat. He seemed very interesting and I thought I'd give one of his earlier books a try. Only Kindle it only cost $7 something. Bargain. ...
Not that I am against historical fiction. I learned a lot about the beginnings of the stock market from David Liss’ A Conspiracy of Paper. I learned a lot about life in 1910 from Sinclair Lewis’ Our Mr. Wrenn a novel from that period.
For me it is the little details of common ... 1719 London in A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss . ... agree with Susan, I'd love to see this story taken into the actual Whiskey Rebellion and Hamilton/Burr years. Just started A Conspiracy of Paper last night and am hooked already.
BTW -- neither City Tavern nor HeadHouse books had this event on their web sites, BUT you were kind enough to ... ... It was fascinating to see how much of your book is based in actual historical events and figures.
Having also read A Conspiracy of Paper, I'm wondering how you became interested in the history of stock trading and in making it the centerpiece of your novels. It seems like a risky ... ... into the reading queue after One Way of Love, which was temporarily bumped by David Liss's wonderful historical novel A Conspiracy of Paper.
P.S. Does someone want to start a "Fabulous Finds, Part VI" soon? ... (finished)
4. Mary, Queen of Scots and the Isles by Margaret George
5. I, Claudius by Robert Graves
6. A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
7. Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
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... Cowper Powys
6. Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
7. When Christ and the Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman
8. A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
9. The Corn King and the Spring Queen by Naomi Mitchison
... the Amelia Peabody mysteries and Anne Perry's Monk series too, I have a real fear of running out of Victorian mysteries). A Conspiracy of Paper, The Queen's Man and Sovereign.
What a great day... richardderus, I truly enjoyed A conspiracy of Paper, and have recently ordered liss's book on the coffee trade. (Title is eluding me.) Have you read that one? fwiw, my wife recently read A Conspiracy of Paper and loved it. >160 richardderus - Yet another one of your recommendations has been added to my wishlist - A Conspiracy of Paper. msf59, I hope A Conspiracy of Paper whisks you off to a largely unexplored corner of 18th-Century London the way it did me! Reviewed The Whiskey Rebels. Below, in case you don't want to go looking for it.
Liss in true Liss form! I adored A Conspiracy of Paper and A Spectacle of Corruption and enjoyed greatly The Coffee Trader. Mr. Liss is a writer with several gifts, and seemingly displays them to their ... ... but didn't love it - there was something about the characters that didn't grab me to start with. I like it enough to buy a Conspiracy of Paper a while back, but it hasn't leapt off the shelf at me yet.
... today, because I got three BookMooch books and one totally unexpected ARC:
The Quince Seed Potion
The Good Wife
A Conspiracy of Paper
and The Fire by Katherine Neville, from Random House who evidently told Abby they had extra books from Early Reviewer, because I wasn't chosen ... Cindy- I've also recently acquired A Conspiracy of Paper and I'm really looking forward to reading it. Have you read him before? ... these two books last Thursday. Was surprised to see them in the mail today.
A Spectacle of Corruption Davd Liss
A Conspiracy of Paper David Liss
>57 msf, I am a big fan of Liss's A Conspiracy of Paper and its sequel A Spectacle of Corruption. I hope he will treat us to more books in that milieu! And if you don't find it an enjoyable read, I will be very surprised. The Coffee Trader, a species of prequel to the two above, is also a ... #57> I read Conspiracy of Paper last year and thought it was fascinating on many levels.
Second day in a row...double WooHoo! From BookMooch: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene Bookmooched:
Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss. This looks like a terrific read and he seems to be a very interesting author. Can't wait to dive in! Any fans?
David Liss has written some wonderful, involved stories-A Conspiracy of Paper is one i especially loved
if you want to try something fairly contemporary, there is Berlin Noir by Philip Kerr. a trilogy that takes place in Berlin (!) during and after WWII..one volume book of three novels. i ... ... my first ever LTER ARC today. UPS delivered a Random House package containing The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss. We read A Conspiracy of Paper for my historical fiction book group a while back. I think I also have an autographed copy of The Coffee Trader somewhere. Don't think I bought his ... ... areas. Most people I know don't think that deeply. Makes your library all the more intriguing.
>188 kcs, I loved A Conspiracy of Paper a lot and The Coffee Trader was intriguing to me. I also recommend, though not as a necessity, A Spectacle of Corruption which is the sequel to Co ... in preparation for my ARC of The Whiskey Rebels: A Novel by David Liss, I picked up The Coffee Trader and A Conspiracy of Paper
also am very excited about The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age edited by Harry Turtledove which popped up on my bookmooch wishlist I read A Spectacle of Corruption, the follow-up to David Liss's A Conspiracy of Paper, and thought it absolutely excellent - I'll be reading the first in the series as soon as I can get my hands on it. ejj1955 was in first, so:
A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss ... about Icelandic archaeology, literature, and women’s history. Two 888 books I’m eyeing are A Spot of Bother and A Conspiracy of Paper. And, to finish Beowulf. Plus whatever fluff appeals.
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Interesting books this month, you guys, although I have to say that I ... ... Lake's John Rawlings Mysteries (which feature Fielding).
Diana Gabaldon's Lord John series.
David Liss's Conspiracy of Paper
Beverle Graves Myers's Tito Amato series (Baroque--Italy)
Hannah March's Georgians.
I happen to love this period... Do any of you know of ... ... book, I've read and enjoyed a lot of things I wouldn't have picked up on my own. Examples:
Seabiscuit
Into the Wild
A Conspiracy of Paper - stock trading in England a few centuries ago - I thought, yaaaawn! -- but it was really good!
A Division of the Spoils - this is the final book ... ... ugly stepsister by Gregory Maguire
Wicked : the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
A conspiracy of paper by David Liss
A spectacle of corruption by David Liss
Ruined by reading : a life in books by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
The ice queen by Ali ... ... told from the point of view of a Magwitch-like character returning to London after transportation.
I just finished A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss, a very entertaining tilt at a detective novel set in the London of 1719. Quite good on the criminal justice system (such as it was), ... ... somebody had told me had archival content but which didn't according to my (somewhat restrictive) standards. I also found A conspiracy of paper by David Liss in a used book store and it turned out to have some very small archival content as did Before the frost by Henning Mankell ... ... His historical fiction published so far are the first two Benjamin Weaver books (early 18th century detective stuff), A Conspiracy of Paper (the origins of the stock market) and A Spectacle of Corruption (election practices), and a semi-related book called The Coffee Trader about the ... ... by Giles Milton
7. The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
8. Jane Austen by Claire Tomalin
9. A Conspiracy of Violence: Chaloner's First Exploit in Restoration London by Susanna Gregory
10. The End of Alice by A M Holmes
11. The Gardens of the Dead by ... My favourites are
David Liss A Conspiracy of Paper and the sequel A Spectacle of Corruption -the first book was a better read and -The Coffee Trader
Barry Unsworth The Ruby in her Navel
Unsworth's Morality Play is my favourite of his books.
Homero Aridjis 1492 The Life ... I picked up Conspiracy of Paper and Spectacle of Corruption by David Liss at the library sale. They were $1.00 each, but they had a sale that day. I got them for .50 each! I'm so happy! They were on my wishlist and I was going to play full price! I saved $29.00! To Jolly in message 120. I've lead book club discussions on A Conspiracy of Paper and the groups tend to find that it's a slower read than they're used to, but a very rewarding read. Worth your time!
Ooops, Message 118 was supposed to be a comment on Message 5: Conspiracy of Paper and The Coffee Trader sound very interesting. Have not enjoyed too many books of current fiction, but have come upon some impressive suprises, Stardust, by Neil Gaiman and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell to ... ... book, The Coffee Trader. Really good description of economic culture in seventeenth-century Holland. The first Liss book A Conspiracy of Paper was another good one, I thought. I'm in the middle of The Coffee Trader by David Liss - it's the second one of his I've read, having enjoyed A Conspiracy of Paper. Good historical fiction.
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