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I finally finished The Other Boleyn Girl. A good read, but I wish historical fiction came with footnotes. I spent almost as much time reading the book as I did on wikipedia learning about the actual Mary Boleyn. #1 son tried to sabotage the people's encyclopedia last week by posting ridiculous lies about the University of Chicago, complete with false citations. Our cousin Jeff investigated further when I told him about this, and he told #1 that his info lasted on Wikipedia for 14 minutes. #1 was proud but I'm going to continue to nag against shenanigans of this ilk.
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Twinkie said…
Tell #1 son he has our cheers for a great moment of fame. :)
10:42 AM
Anonymous said…
i've heard that book is an engrossing read. do you recommend for the post-partum period? i must admit that i didn't have time to finish lisa see's book about foot-binding before the library wanted it back, but i am 100 pages into #6 of the no. 1 ladies detective agency, a series i like.
10:27 PM
LH said…
I am not positive I'll pass on your cheers, T. He's getting encouragement enough from somewhere. How's summer, kiddo??? Are you moved yet?

KC, Not sure I would recommend it. It was good, but I would not call it engrossing. I read the first of the ladies' detective and liked it a lot. i'm not a series reader, so i stopped there.
11:03 AM
Julie Anna said…
I thought the book was interesting, and like you, it did spur me to do a little research--the history is very interesting. But I thought it was a bit too repetitive on some of the key points. I kept saying in my head, "Got it already." I read The Queen's Fool, and felt the same way about the needless repetition of certain points. Have not read any more of her books for that reason.
9:33 AM
LH said…
Right. Because every pregnancy created a big stir of hopefulness for a boy child, the book is full of drama around pregnancies. And that gets repetitive. But I am glad I read it so I got a little review of the history of the horrible Henry VIII and his courtly cohorts.
1:59 PM
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