Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Reading Reality. It's a place to showcase any books I have purchased, borrowed, or been lucky enough to have been given an advance copy of. Hope you find something that looks interesting to you or that makes you remember a favorite book you need to finish. Enjoy your reading this week :)
I just love Kindle credits. My family (or me) is always wanting something on Amazon and I have it delivered on Thursdays and receive credits which get me new books! It's a win win. This book was free with my Kindle credits and I read a wonderful review on Between the Lines book blog about another book in the series, which got me interested in this first book. So thanks Cathy at that blog for suggesting it. The cover, setting, and time period drew me in. How many books are historical mysteries set in the 1930's in Sri Lanka? Very unique.
This was a Book Bub find and while I didn't buy it yet (because I'm cheap and it's not on sale!) I thought it looked interesting enough to download the sample. My rule is that I read a sample and if I make it all the way through and still want to know what happens, I buy or borrow it and read it. This is a series some of my fellow book bloggers have covered in reviews. It's book one of the Crispin Guest Mysteries and I think the time period is pretty unusual. He is a former knight, living in London in the middle ages around the year 1380. Not a lot of stories with that hook so I might need to give this one a try.
I am always looking for books that take place during the period of the Crusader states. They are hard to find. This one is during the very exciting period of Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, and the epic battles for the recapture of the Holy Land.
The publisher synopsis says "Pillars of Light is a powerful and moving novel about the triumph of the human spirit against all the odds. It will delight fans of Philippa Gregory, Ken Follett and Diana Gabaldon." That is enough to sell me on it. I'm still trying to finish Penman's Lionheart so this one may have to come after. But I didn't want it to get away.
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ReplyDeleteThanks Rajani! I see you have a blog as well, I will check it out :)
DeleteI love Jane Johnson's books but haven't read Pillars of Light yet. That setting does sound appealing!
ReplyDeleteGood to know you like her books because I'd never heard of her. I will definitely be putting that one on my TBR pile!
DeleteHistorical mysteries set in the 1930's in Sri Lanka? Definitely unique but any story set in Sri Lanka probably would be. Interesting to see your mention of Penman. I'd like to read one of her books, probably The Sunne in Splendour as I've been reading a bit on the Plantagenet's lately & most of the books I've read have been anti Richard III (except for Josephine Tey's, Daughter of Time.)
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting & commenting on my blog, too. :)
The Sunne in Splendour is wonderful but took me forever to read. I need to review it but it's been awhile and I have forgotten some things. Yes, she is very much pro-Richard! Her 5 book Plantagenet series is fantastic. I am on book four now, Lionheart. She just makes you feel like you are there. You have a great blog!
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