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Happy new year! What are you reading in January 2016?

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Re: Happy new year! What are you reading in January 2016?

Post by fljustice » Sun January 10th, 2016, 9:05 pm

I finished a couple of research books plus a good read: The House Girl. Currently reading The Return of Little Big Man on the Nook and hoping to start America's First Daughter in print.
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Re: Happy new year! What are you reading in January 2016?

Post by Madeleine » Tue January 12th, 2016, 9:55 am

I've just started "The Ice Twins" by S K Tremayne.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Re: Happy new year! What are you reading in January 2016?

Post by Lisa » Wed January 13th, 2016, 9:22 am

It's been ages since I read an Elizabeth Chadwick novel, I think I was rationing myself and somehow just managed to stop reading them altogether. So last night I started reading The Champion.

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Re: Happy new year! What are you reading in January 2016?

Post by Vanessa » Sat January 16th, 2016, 1:01 pm

I'm just about to start Try Not to Breathe by Holly Seddon, a book I've received to review. It's a contemporary psychological thriller.
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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: Happy new year! What are you reading in January 2016?

Post by princess garnet » Tue January 19th, 2016, 7:37 pm

Fanny Seward by Trudy Krisher (NF)
A biography of William H. Seward's only daughter who lived in Washington, DC and New York state during the Civil War years. (Seward served as Secretary of State under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson)

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Re: Happy new year! What are you reading in January 2016?

Post by Susan » Thu January 21st, 2016, 12:59 am

Started The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley in January 17, my first Lucinda Riley book.
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Re: Happy new year! What are you reading in January 2016?

Post by Madeleine » Thu January 21st, 2016, 3:44 pm

"Snowblind" by Ragnar Jonasson - Iceland in winter, brrr :o
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Re: Happy new year! What are you reading in January 2016?

Post by Vanessa » Sat January 23rd, 2016, 1:50 pm

I've just started Evergreen Falls by Kimberley Freeman, a dual timeframe novel. It's a library book and has to be returned by 9 February.
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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Re: Happy new year! What are you reading in January 2016?

Post by red805 » Sun January 24th, 2016, 12:38 am

Just finished The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz which is a continuation of the Stieg Larsson Millennium series. It's been years since I read the first 3 books, but I think I like this 4th one better than the other 3!

Still plowing through Gutenberg's Apprentice by Alix Christie. It's a little slow going, but hopefully it will end with a bang :)

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Re: Happy new year! What are you reading in January 2016?

Post by Nefret » Sun January 24th, 2016, 6:42 pm

Currently reading Discworld- Soul Music by Terry Pratchett.
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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