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What Are You Reading? March 2023

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princess garnet
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What Are You Reading? March 2023

Post by princess garnet » Wed March 1st, 2023, 7:01 pm

Starting the month on a spirited note because of my book from the library!

Gin Austen: 50 Cocktails to Celebrate the Novels of Jane Austen by Colleen Mullaney (NF)
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Vanessa
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Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
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Location: North Yorkshire, UK

Re: What Are You Reading? March 2023

Post by Vanessa » Thu March 2nd, 2023, 3:04 pm

Via Pigeonhole I’m reading Lady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler, a retelling of MacBeth.

I’m also reading City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert, which is set in New York during the 1940s in the world of the theatre. Vivian, the main character, is quite a girl!
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Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
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Re: What Are You Reading? March 2023

Post by princess garnet » Thu March 9th, 2023, 3:47 am

Finished from the library: Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer (Kids "Enola Holmes Mystery" #7)

Started: Murder at the Breakers by Alyssa Maxwell ("Gilded Newport Mystery" #1)
Emma Cross, 2nd cousin of the Vanderbilts and reporter for a Newport newspaper, becomes an amateur sleuth when her brother is accused of murder. I checked out all of the books in the series (so far) from the library.
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Currently reading: "The Rising Tide" by Ann Cleeves
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
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Re: What Are You Reading? March 2023

Post by Madeleine » Thu March 9th, 2023, 10:51 am

Just about to start "The Winter Garden" by Nicola Cornick, timeslip set between now and the time of the Gunpowder Plot.
Currently reading "The Rising Tide" by Ann Cleeves
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Vanessa
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Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
Preferred HF: Any
Location: North Yorkshire, UK

Re: What Are You Reading? March 2023

Post by Vanessa » Sat March 11th, 2023, 8:40 am

I’m just about to start The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman, the second book in the Thursday Murder Club series. It’s for my local reading group. We thought we’d read something light after ‘Wilding’!

I’m also reading via Pigeonhole A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella about three people who are suffering some sort of loss and who connect in some way.
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Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
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Preferred HF: I like a series the best - more to look forward to after one book ends. Masters of Rome, The Century Trilogy, & the Outlander series are some of my favorites.
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Re: What Are You Reading? March 2023

Post by red805 » Tue March 14th, 2023, 12:09 am

princess garnet wrote: ↑
Wed March 1st, 2023, 7:01 pm
 Starting the month on a spirited note because of my book from the library!

Gin Austen: 50 Cocktails to Celebrate the Novels of Jane Austen by Colleen Mullaney (NF)
I like the title :)
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red805
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Preferred HF: I like a series the best - more to look forward to after one book ends. Masters of Rome, The Century Trilogy, & the Outlander series are some of my favorites.
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Re: What Are You Reading? March 2023

Post by red805 » Tue March 14th, 2023, 12:11 am

I just started Gai-Jin by James Clavell. Never read a Clavell book before a couple years ago. Now they are some of my favorites. And nice & long!
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Re: What Are You Reading? March 2023

Post by Madeleine » Sat March 25th, 2023, 12:23 pm

I'm about to start "The Rising Tide" by Ann Cleeves, not a historical but set on Holy Island, a place with lots of history.
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Re: What Are You Reading? March 2023

Post by princess garnet » Yesterday, 10:48 pm

From the library: Treasures of Ukraine: A Nation's Cultural Heritage by Andriy Puckhov et al. (NF)
Art history of Ukraine through its art and crafts
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