Lady of the butterflies

[Susie]

This is probably a question for the ladies out there, have any of you read lady of the butterflies yet? It's a historical fiction about the life of Lady Glanville and I wondered if it were worth reading as a bit of whimsy for a winter evening.


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http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=1848091648

[Gwenhwyfar]

Order it Susie, it's an excellent book!

I thought it would appeal more to the girls than the blokes, but I happen to know that Ian Pratt has read it too. But that might be more to do with having his name on the inside cover, as they used one of his Glanville images, and it appears on the top of every page!

Fiona Mountain is an excellent writer and you really do feel for Eleanor.

I don't know if you read much historical Fiction, but I would put Fiona, in the same bracket as Elizabeth Chadwick.

There are eleven reviews here if you want to check it out.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lady-Butterflie ... 379&sr=8-1

[Lee Hurrell]

I came across this in Waterstones at the weekend - 'The Behaviour of Moths' by Poppy Adams and thought it looked quite interesting. It's a fictional story about two sisters with an interest in moths it seems...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Behaviour-Moths ... 887&sr=1-1

Cheers

Lee

[Zonda]

How about this tome by John A Keel for the wee small hours.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman

[Susie]

Thanks, Lisa, I will try and get it tomorrow

The Behaviour of Moths looks even more up my street so I shall try and get that too, thanks for the recommendation Lee.

I've seen the film of the Mothman Prophecy, not exactly great but watchable if that is your sort of thing.

[Charles Nicol]

Another lovely book to read over the winter is "The boys and the butterflies" by James Birdsall:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boys-Butterflie ... 028&sr=1-4

There is a companion volume "moths in the memory".

Charles

[Susie]

I picked up a copy of The Behaviour of Moths this afternoon and am looking forward to curling up with it later

[Lee Hurrell]

Would you let me know what you think Susie?

Thanks

Lee

[Susie]

I started reading some of it this morning and if I hadn't had other commitments today I would have probably finished it by now. I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far and that's rare because I tend to quickly lose interest in a book if it isn't gripping from the start. I'll post later or tomorrow what I think of it in the end, so many books lose momentum and end poorly. I won't give the ending away though.

[Susie]

I thoroughly enjoyed this but its not your average read. Moth people seem to think it has too much girly story to it and women think it has too many moth references. I am not sure who the target audience was but I found it quirky and not like anything I have read before.

I am quite concerned about how much I empathised with Ginny in so many ways.