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What Are You Reading? June 2013

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J.D. Oswald
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Post by J.D. Oswald » Mon June 17th, 2013, 7:31 pm

The Somme Stations by Andrew Martin

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Ludmilla
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Post by Ludmilla » Tue June 18th, 2013, 1:09 pm

Just started Born of the Sun by Joan Wolf.

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Post by emr » Wed June 19th, 2013, 9:00 am

This time I've picked something from the very bottom of my mountain :D
Roman Nights by Ron Burns
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Lisa
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Favourite HF book: Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
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Post by Lisa » Wed June 19th, 2013, 2:40 pm

[quote=""emr""]This time I've picked something from the very bottom of my mountain :D
Roman Nights by Ron Burns[/quote]

I just looked that up on Amazon (never heard of it before), and have to warn everyone not to read the single review there - from the looks of it, it spoils the plot quite a bit!

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Post by Misfit » Wed June 19th, 2013, 6:10 pm

[quote=""LadyB""]I just looked that up on Amazon (never heard of it before), and have to warn everyone not to read the single review there - from the looks of it, it spoils the plot quite a bit![/quote]

If that's the case, I suggest you try reporting it to Amazon by clicking the little report button and mention spoilers. Sometimes they will remove them. I don't mind spoilers, as long as the review provides fair warning :(
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Post by annis » Wed June 19th, 2013, 7:14 pm

The Twelve Children of Paris, second in Tim Willocks' Matthias Tannhauser trilogy. Willocks is a great storyteller but - extreme violence warning - this is not recommended for the fainthearted. It's set around the St Bartholomew Day's Massacre and Paris is a city is awash in blood and pitiless brutality.
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Lisa
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Post by Lisa » Wed June 19th, 2013, 8:11 pm

[quote=""Misfit""]If that's the case, I suggest you try reporting it to Amazon by clicking the little report button and mention spoilers. Sometimes they will remove them. I don't mind spoilers, as long as the review provides fair warning :( [/quote]

Done! Yeah there's no spoiler warning on this one. Shame it's the only review for the title, but then it looks like it's OOP and not very well-known.

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Post by Misfit » Wed June 19th, 2013, 11:54 pm

[quote=""LadyB""]Done! Yeah there's no spoiler warning on this one. Shame it's the only review for the title, but then it looks like it's OOP and not very well-known.[/quote]

I hope they take it down. I had one review where the ending was spilled out in the middle (the heroine died a tragic death). I was so ticked, yet Amazon wouldn't take it down. Grrrrr :(
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Post by rockygirl » Thu June 20th, 2013, 2:53 am

In a slump, have only read so-so books lately. Can anyone recommend something great? Historical mysteries preferred. BTW, I've forgotten how to change the book I'm reading. I loved Her Highness, the Traitor, just so no one thinks that is a ho-hum book.
Currently reading Cocaine Blues.

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Post by annis » Thu June 20th, 2013, 3:49 am

Posted by Rocky Girl
Can anyone recommend something great? Historical mysteries preferred
Don't know if you have a preferred historical period, but you might enjoy Alan Bradley's quirky and disarming Flavia de Luce series, which really rocks an eccentric '50s English country village vibe. I just love 'em. I initially thought a precocious child heroine would soon become annoying, but no way.

Ruth Downie's Ruso series is delightful too- see Carla's review of Book 0ne in the Reviews section - you just need to be aware the books have different titles in the UK and the US. Ruso and the Disappearing Dancing Girls is also known as Medicus and the Disappearing Dancing Girls. List with alternative titles here
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