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by ellenjane
Wed February 24th, 2010, 3:48 pm
Forum: America
Topic: Sara Donati
Replies: 48
Views: 20480

I just finished the last novel in this series, "The Endless Forest." It was a bit of a letdown after the nonstop action of the earlier books, but that's probably fine for a series finale. I had a hard time remembering which characters were which at first, but quickly got back into the hang of it. Ev...
by ellenjane
Tue February 16th, 2010, 5:30 pm
Forum: Feature of the Month
Topic: February 2010: The Book of Fires by Jane Borodale
Replies: 10
Views: 2210

This took a while to catch my attention, but I found myself turning the pages pretty fast after about the halfway point. I had to make a point of slowing myself down because the language was so rich. I'll have to look at my library binding (US) - I remember there being drawings of fireworks on the p...
by ellenjane
Mon February 8th, 2010, 3:04 am
Forum: Member Reading Logs - 2010
Topic: Ellen's Reads 2010
Replies: 1
Views: 723

February:

10. The Case for God, by Karen Armstrong
11. The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver
12. The Unlikely Disciple, by Kevin Roose
13. The Betrayal of the Blood Lily, by Lauren Willig
14. Cleopatra's Daughter, by Michelle Moran
15. The New Frugality, by Chris Farrell
by ellenjane
Tue January 12th, 2010, 9:44 pm
Forum: By Author's Last Name M-Q
Topic: The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
Replies: 35
Views: 6047

Please pardon me raising this thread from the dead, but I just finished The Heretic Queen and wanted to say how much I enjoyed it. I watched "The Ten Commandments" a lot as a child, and it was interesting to see that storyline from a completely different angle. (A very different angle.) The authors'...
by ellenjane
Mon January 4th, 2010, 2:44 pm
Forum: Member Reading Logs - 2010
Topic: Ellen's Reads 2010
Replies: 1
Views: 723

Ellen's Reads 2010

Starting off fresh! January: 1. Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel 2. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown 3. The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton (audiobook) 4. The Book of Unholy Mischief, by Elle Newmark 5. The Heretic Queen, by Michelle Moran 6. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson 7. Hugh and Be...
by ellenjane
Tue December 29th, 2009, 7:02 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: December 2009: What are you reading?
Replies: 251
Views: 14325

[quote=""Susan""]Today I am going to start The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowel which is billed as a pop history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. One review says, "The writer's irreverance and lack of pretense shine through as she makes even Pilgrim theology entertaining history." My daughter, who alw...
by ellenjane
Tue December 29th, 2009, 6:58 pm
Forum: Book Buddies
Topic: outlander series
Replies: 19
Views: 3826

I recently talked my mom into giving the series a second try on audiobook. I'll tell you what I told her - in my opinion, things get better after "Outlander." There's a lot to like in that book, but I felt like all they really did was fight and have sex. The later books, in which Claire and Jamie ar...
by ellenjane
Tue December 15th, 2009, 7:50 pm
Forum: Chat
Topic: Some authors just can't keep their hands off the keyboards..
Replies: 60
Views: 3484

I've just looked at the first few comments (will definitely look over the rest, though, as I love a spot of Internet drama ;) ), but it's a pretty benign bad review. There's nothing that even comes close to a personal attack in there!

ETA: "You're insane. Heads up." :p
by ellenjane
Tue December 1st, 2009, 3:11 am
Forum: By Author's Last Name M-Q
Topic: The Heaven Tree Trilogy by Edith Pargeter
Replies: 7
Views: 5265

I finished all three books a little before Thanksgiving - what a read! I really liked the interplay between the younger Harry and Isembard, as well as the resolution between the two. It was dramatic and powerful and real, and totally not what one would expect from a novel of this sort. I agree that ...
by ellenjane
Tue December 1st, 2009, 2:56 am
Forum: By Author's Last Name G-L
Topic: The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
Replies: 19
Views: 5397

I just finished this and really enjoyed it. The title kept popping up in recommendations and on here, so I finally bit the bullet and ordered it from Amazon Canada. Totally worth it, though! It's lighter than a lot of HF that I seem to read normally, but there's nothing wrong with that. The present-...

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