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June 2015 what are you reading?

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SCW
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Joined: October 2010
Preferred HF: Lately World Two or the time immediately before and after this period
Location: Australia

Post by SCW » Thu June 4th, 2015, 10:31 am

The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons. Or as one cynical person said to me '50 Shades of Grey in World War Two Leningrad.'
Pfft to them I say.

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Nefret
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Posts: 2994
Joined: February 2009
Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
Location: Temple of Isis

Post by Nefret » Fri June 5th, 2015, 2:50 am

Side Jobs by Jim Butcher
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}

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princess garnet
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Joined: August 2008
Location: Maryland

Post by princess garnet » Fri June 5th, 2015, 8:01 pm

Finished: Emma by Alexander McCall Smith
A modern retelling of Jane Austen's novel.

Now:Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Her newest novel--original fantasy

I've borrowed both these from the library.
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fljustice
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Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Post by fljustice » Sat June 6th, 2015, 3:59 pm

Finished my collection of stories and hymns to Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth. Absolutely lovely poetry and informative commentary. Still listening to The Tapestry and reading the first Cadfael book.
Faith L. Justice, Author Website
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Vanessa
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Posts: 4378
Joined: August 2008
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

Post by Vanessa » Thu June 11th, 2015, 3:13 pm

I've just started The Palace of Curiosities by Rosie Garland.
currently reading: My Books on Goodreads

Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind

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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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Posts: 3566
Joined: August 2008
Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
Location: California Bay Area

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Thu June 11th, 2015, 4:51 pm

Now up to #10 in C.S. Forester's series, Lord Hornblower, and still listening to Sansom's Heartstone

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blueemerald
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Joined: October 2014
Location: Seattle, WA, USA

Post by blueemerald » Fri June 12th, 2015, 3:58 pm

I just finished Jennifer Worth's memoirs ("Call the Midwife", "Shadows of the Workhouse", Farewell to the East End" and "In the Midst of Life"). The first three volumes cover her young nursing career as a midwife in 1950-1960s impoverished East End of London. In the fourth volume, "In the Midst of Life" Worth reflects on her experiences caring for the terminally ill. (The PBS series "Call the Midwife" was inspired by and closely follows Worth's stories. If you like the PBS series, I think you will very much enjoy Worth's memoirs.)

Next in the TBR queue is "My Antonia" by Willa Cather. I don't know how many times over the years I have picked up this book, read the publisher's blurb, seemed compelled and yet put it back down. Well now it has migrated to my bedside table. That means a sure read! BTW- "My Antonia is the first in the "The Nebraska" trilogy. So if I like it, I can follow up with "O Pioneers", and "Song of the Lark".

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princess garnet
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Location: Maryland

Post by princess garnet » Fri June 12th, 2015, 4:16 pm

Finished: Jane Austen's Names by Margaret Doody (NF)
How names, events in English history, and places influenced Jane Austen's novels and other writings. It's a thick tome! There are black and white period artwork and maps included. Doody edited a compilation of Jane Austen's early writings, Catharine and Other Writings, which I read and own.

Next: The Providence of Fire by Brian Staveley ("Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne" #2)
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Madeleine
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Posts: 5860
Joined: August 2008
Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Sun June 14th, 2015, 11:05 am

I've just started "Broken Homes" by Ben Aaronovitch.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Susan
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Location: New Jersey, USA

Post by Susan » Sun June 14th, 2015, 11:55 am

A NF, To Marry an English Lord by Carol Wallace and Gail MacColl about American heiresses swapping money for British titles a la Cora in Downton Abbey.
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