The Archer's Tale

[Haggis Killer]

I'm on a bit of a Bernard Cornwell kick. This one is about an archer who battles evil and French people with his English long bow. Did I mention he's supposed to rescue the Holy Grail from evil French people. Wait, is that a double negative? Never mind. He also has to rescue the spear of St. George. You know, the dragon killer.

Aaaanyway. So, it's a good read and all, but I can't help but have the feeling that I've been snookered in to read all the books written by the Louis L'Amour of historical fiction. They're good & everything. They just have a lot of indecisiveness on the part of the main character. In between, that is, bouts of complete single minded purpose. I guess they're, you know, Conflicted Thinkers 'n stuff.

Big English vs French match play at the end. Guess who wins?

I liked it. Temper your enthusiasm with the certain knowledge that I've read dang near every Louis L'Amour book out there. Some of them twice. Heck, some of them three or four times.

In other words, don't listen to me.

Ignore this post all together.

Or, read a fun book.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Better known as the Harlequin in Europe but due to the popularity of a certain line of books, they changed the title. Damn you ignoramuses.

I bought the sequel but still haven't gotten the momentum up to read it. I did like learning why the british two finger salute is the same as our flipping the bird.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

She has a series with a Welsh archer that is quite good. Stories improve, characters get more depth and dimension as the series goes on. Good archery-fu now and again, but mainly they are just a good rollicking historical mystery series. This is Candace Robb, not "J.D. Robb".