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92. Assassin by Rye James
93. Pompeii by Robert Harris And so it starts, thought the engineer.
Pompeii by Robert Harris ... Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Turin Shroud: How Leonardo da Vinci Fooled History by Clive Prince and Lynn Picknett
Pompeii by Robert Harris
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
The Folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst
Around the World in Eighty Treasures by Dan Cruickshan ... I'm listening to Pompeii by Robert Harris narrated by the fabulous John Lee. Lee is so good that I think his interpretation of a MacDonald's menu would sound like a literary masterpiece. But, Pompeii is good fun and well written.
I'm actually reading Elegance of the Hedgehog which ... #20: I have put Imperium on Planet TBR. I will look forward to your review of Pompeii to see if it might be a worthy addition to the Planet as well.
I completely understand about yielding to temptation. Happens to me all the time :) ... especially when it is set in the ancient world and keeps faith with the facts. Harris' other book set in the Roman world, Pompeii, is on my tbr list; I might just have to bring it forward. Talking of tbr lists mine is now a large bookcase and, in an effort to bring it under control, I decided ... LOL, livrecache, I managed two more pages than you of P&P&Z.
Pompeii is a great book; I loved it and have read several of Robert Harris' other books. I particularly enjoyed Enigma and Imperium. ... there you go. I do have some memory chips left.)
I'm hoping to do a LOT of reading over this weekend. I plan to finish Pompeii, pass on The Tao of Pooh, keep on with A Fraction of the Whole, and then we'll see.
I loved Pompeii livercache - hope you enjoy it much as I did. Oh, and I forgot I've started Pompeii by Robert Harris. Fascinating so far. ... Coulter
Pendragon by Catherine Coulter
Don't Look Down by Jennifer Crusie
Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich
Pompeii by Robert Harris
Imperium by Robert Harris
The Dangerous Lord by Sabrina Jeffries
Always Dakota by Dabbie Macomber
Heart of Fire by Kat Mart ... ... missing' at points where I'd just got really involved.
Now I'm prompted to go into an ancient civilisations phase. Pompeii by Robert Harris caught my eye this evening, and when I've finished yet another book about King Henry VIII's unfortunate wives (this is a trashy one, and not ... ... providing, of course, it would be set to some good music by someone like Verdi, Rossini or Mozart:-)
I just finished Pompeii by Robert Harris which was excellent. Now I am reading At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh. I think it's one of her best books ever.
...
20. Monster, 1959
by David Maine
Pages: 256
21. In the Dark of the Night
by John Saul
Pages: 416
22. Pompeii
by Robert Harris
Pages: 304
23. The Devil's Labyrinth
by John Saul
Pages: 416
24. Mammoth
by John Varley
Pages: 352
25. Demons
by Jon Shi ... I just started Pompeii by Robert Harris, so I am in 1st century Italy. Looks pretty good so far. 15. Pompéi de Robert Harris
Je reste en Italie mais cette fois à l'époque romaine. L'intrigue est faible, mais Harris fait un fabuleux effort pour recréer la société de l'époque : us et coutumes, gastronomie, technologie, architecture, etc. En vaut le détour.
16. Gods Behaving Badly ... 15. Pompéi de Robert Harris
Je reste en Italie mais cette fois à l'époque romaine. L'intrigue est faible, mais Harris fait un fabuleux effort pour recréer la société de l'époque : us et coutumes, gastronomie, technologie, architecture, etc. En vaut le détour.
16. Gods Behaving Badly ... Hey, cecilturtle, I haven't read Pompei, but I enjoyed Imperium (about Cicero) and my book club is reading The Ghost -- all by Robert Harris.
I'm reading a memoir called The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer I'm on a French kick: Pompéi (actually a translation from English) by Robert Harris - a great recreation of Roman civilization just two days before Mount Vesuvius erupts. He details everything from architecture, food, customs but in a great narrative form.
Odette Toutlemonde et autres ... Not tried Harris' works, but Pompeii from a quick skim of the reviews doesn't sound like the osrt of thing I'd enjoy. I like fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction - love near future stuff. But there are very few time travel plots I've read that I find at all workable. Don't know why, they just ... ... Invention of Hugo Cabret
Life Together
The Geographer's Library
Take This Bread
Raney
Three Cups of Tea
Pompeii
What is the What
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (reread)
Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith*
The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted
Garden Spells
T ... I'm reading The Jungle Book just for something different. I finished Pompeii last night. #67 I really liked Pompeii too jfslone, and Enigma and Fatherland, also by Robert Harris. I think Fatherland was my favourite of the three. I finished Pompeii and sat here wondering what I should do for about ten minutes... it was so good I didn't want to be finished.
Now I'm on to The Jungle Book just for something a little different. ... think you'll enjoy a few of the characters!
I was out until almost 3, and woke up just past noon, but I've already got Pompeii by Robert Harris right by my side.
Happy new year everyone! Pompeii
Some Like it Hot
Thank you for Smoking
There's a (Slight) chance I Might be Going to Hell
A World Lit Only By Fire jfslone - I enjoyed Pompeii. I hope you like it! Most likely Pompeii by Robert Harris. It counts for all three of my challenges, and I've only wanted to read it for the longest time. I finally found a copy of it yesterday. ... and I got some of these books for 80 cents!
C'est la vie. All told:
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Pompeii by Robert Harris
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
Past Secrets by Cathy Kelly
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allen ... ... is Modernity? de Takeuchi Yoshimi
6. Three Cups of Tea de Greg Mortenson
7. The Last Lecture de Randy Pausch
8. Pompéi de Robert Harris
9. La Concubine de Anchee Min ... enman
- C. S. Forester
- Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander
- Tracy Grant, Beneath a Silent Moon
- Robert Harris, Pompeii
- Georgette Heyer, The Spanish Bride
- Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds
8. Fantasy
- Mercedes Lackey, One Good Knight
- Neil Gaiman, Coraline
- Ji ... ... include : I, Claudius, Antigone, Black Ships, The Memoirs of Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, The twelve Caesars, Pompeii, The first man in Rome Love Over Scotland - Alexander McCall Smith
Pompeii - Robert Harris
Daniel Deronda - George Eliot
Lilith - George MacDonald
Ilium - Dan Simmons ... Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
17. (120) The Sixteen Pleasures - Robert Hellenga
18. (125) Pompeii - Robert Harris
19. (139) Just Over the Mountain - Robyn Carr
20. (141) Night Watch - Terry Pratchett
21. (152) Deep in the Valley - Robyn Carr
22. (15 ... ... - John Milton
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
The Talisman Ring - Georgette Heyer
Pompeii - Robert Harris
and because I'm a romance junkie:
The Trouble with Paradise - Jill Shalvis
Bet Me - Jennifer Crusie ... ear:
Love Over Scotland - Alexander McCall Smith
The Children of Men - P. D. James
The Touch - Colleen McCulloch
Pompeii - Robert Harris
Sayonara Bar - Susan Barker
Daniel Deronda - George Eliot
Lilith - George MacDonald
Ilium - Dan Simmons (haven't finished this yet but I ... ... Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani (which I detested reading and am therefore very glad to get it out of my house) and Pompeii by Robert Harris ... Forever - picture book.
Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy - young adult, poetry.
Night Shift - horror, short stories.
Pompeii - historical, volcano.
Portrait of a Killer - true crime, serial killers, Jack the Ripper, ripperology.
The Stranger Beside Me - true crime, serial killers, Te ... ...
American Creation by Joseph J. Ellis
A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke
I've got Nam Le's The Boat and Pompeii by Robert Harris waiting in the wings. And I'm thinking I might either get started on the Landmark Herodotus or dip into Pliny's Natural History if time allows ... I was thinking something more historic like Pompeii, Krakatoa, the Titanic or the 1900 Galveston hurricane, something far enough in the past that nobody living has first hand experience. I have a fair few that fit the bill, all recommended by the same friend:
Pompeii by Robert Harris
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Acid Row by Minette Walters
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Alborn
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Ma ... 79AD in Pompeii ... Creek by Daphne Du Maurier - I've read several Du Mauriers before, but not this one. Looking forward to it.
Pompeii by Robert Harris
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - I was ambiguous about getting this one, but several people recommended it enthusiastically and ... ... new library where they were selling a few donated hardbacks for 50 cents and paperbacks for 25 cents. For $1.25 I bought Pompeii by Robert Harris, Watchman by Ian Rankin and Simone de Beauvior by Judith Okely, published as part of Virago Pantheon Pioneers series. All in all, a lovely way ... #12 = yes, I took a break and went to Mexico. Had a great time! Alright, number twelve is Pompeii by Robert Harris. Excellent novel especially since I have visited Pompeii years ago and can picture the devastation of the once great city. The 1st Century is easy:
The Claudius books by Robert Graves are excellent.
What about Pompeii by Robert Harris?
Then you have the Marcus Didius Falco-series of mystery novels set in the Roman Empire by Lindsey Davis, set during the reign of Vespasian.
The aforementioned Ben ... Does anybody here know why Pompeii by Robert Harris was chosen as a disturbing book? I remember thinking it was absolute rubbish and vowing never to read anything else by the author, but I can't remember anything more disturbing than that. I've just recently finished both Pompeii by Robert Harris, which was underwhelming compared to the rave reviews it's received, and The Venetian Mask by Rosalind Laker, my Early Reviewers book, which was readable and enjoyable but not spectacular. I'm now reading Belladonna by Anne B ... ... but as I'm already 6 books into the series, one more can't hurt.
Imperium is pretty good for a novelization (better than Pompeii in my opinion). It will be odd though to just break off from Cicero just as he reaches his goal and miss out on all the shenanigans involving Cato, Caesar and Pompey ... 14. Pompeii by Robert Harris. Ehhhh, not so great. I guess it's hard to write an interesting book that everyone already knows the ending to. ... better today, thanks). So many lost reading hours! Luckily I had the mp3 player with me and could get in a few chapters of Pompeii (not a GRTB book though) during the quiet times. So the going is S L O W right now, hopefully soon I will have some spare time to read with. 8-)
... you love it too!
I got Duma Key by Stephen King from the library, which I'm very excited to read, and borrowed Pompeii by Robert Harris from a friend. ... Without a Map in Iraq.
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Read In a Sunburned Country in Australia (I have).
Maybe, read Robert Harris's Pompeii while in Italy, looking out of your hotel room at the splendor of Mount Vesuvius and the Roman ruins.
And, last, but not least... my personal favorite: Read Zen ... ...
The Walled Orchard - Tom Holt.
Helen of Troy by Margaret George
Colleen McCullough's Song of Troy.
Pompeii by Robert Harris
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Achilles - Elizabth Cook
Hope these will do for starters. Pompeii by Robert Harris. I tossed the book when I came to the part where a Roman slave is tortured by being fed to flesh-eating eels. The eels are later served for dinner. "The distant water organ had become stuck on a note and died with a long moan."
Pompeii by Robert Harris ... a total psychopath in the book. And for some complete fluff about Roman society, you could always try Robert Harris's Pompeii. ... Auel
The first man in Rome by Colleen McCullough
The Gates of Rome (Emperor, Book 1) by Conn Iggulden and
Pompeii by Robert Harris
Europe: Pompeii by Robert Harris
Asia: The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
Africa: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
South America: The Mapmaker's Wife by Robert Whitaker
I'm in the middle of The Crown of Dalemark, but I'm looking forward to Northanger Abbey and Pompeii. And I'm waiting impatiently for Wintersmith to come out in paperback. ... and Prejudice and See How They Run by James Patterson for a grand total of .50. I also received a couple of mooches Pompeii by Robert Harris, Excalibur, Bernard Cornwell and Straight into Darkness by Faye Kellerman. And today, I just had to pick up Enemy of God by Berna ... I'm just finishing up Imperium by Robert Harris who wrote Pompeii and starting The Shadow Within by our very own DL Jenine Wilson.
Next up: How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks (a new author for me); A Taste of Darkness by Nina Bangs (another ... ... a shaky start when I wasn't sure if I wanted to continue reading, I am finding it enjoyable but in a different way from Pompeii. Other than Pliny and the volcano, most of the other memorable characters in Pompeii were fictional (I think ~ it's been a couple of years since I read it), and ... I'm almost finished with Skeletons by Eric Sauter and Pompeii by Robert Harris.
Next to read:
All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve and Voyage of the Space Beagle by A.E. Van Vogt Pompeii is entertaining read; the characters aren't that fleshed out, but it really puts you in the moment of the eruption. It has some nice cameos with Pliny, too. Hanno: I agree with what you wrote about Rubicon. I was disappointed by the approach too as I was with Pompeii for the same reason. However, Tom Holland's later book Persian fire was non-fiction as I expect it to be and not at all novelettish.
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