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What are you reading May 2016

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Misfit
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What are you reading May 2016

Post by Misfit » Sun May 1st, 2016, 1:56 pm

Miranda by Susan Wiggs. I have to work on this today, due back in three days.
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Re: What are you reading May 2016

Post by John Sliz » Sun May 1st, 2016, 2:49 pm

I have just started `Strange Things Happen' by Steward Copeland for non-fiction and I am halfway through Steve Berry's `The Jefferson Key' for fiction.

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Susan
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Re: What are you reading May 2016

Post by Susan » Sun May 1st, 2016, 5:09 pm

The Vanishing Witch by Karen Maitland
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princess garnet
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Re: What are you reading May 2016

Post by princess garnet » Mon May 2nd, 2016, 8:46 pm

Maid of Wonder by Jennifer McGowan (YA)
Maids of Honor series #3

Sophia Dee is the lead character in this new installment.
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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 May 2016

Post by Vanessa » Wed May 4th, 2016, 10:15 am

I'll be starting The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry later on, a book I've received via Lovereading.co.uk to review.

http://www.lovereading.co.uk/book/97817 ... Perry.html
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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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: What are you reading May 2016

Post by Madeleine » Fri May 6th, 2016, 8:30 am

I've just started "A Symphony of Echoes" by Jodi Taylor, the 2nd in the Chronicles of St Mary's series, and am trying to evade Jack the Ripper :o .
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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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 May 2016

Post by Vanessa » Thu May 12th, 2016, 9:58 am

I'll be starting Florence Grace by Tracy Rees tonight, a book I've been sent to review.

http://www.lovereading.co.uk/book/16000 ... -Rees.html
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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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: What are you reading May 2016

Post by Madeleine » Mon May 16th, 2016, 8:31 am

I've just started "The Little Paris Bookshop" by Nina George.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Lisa
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Favourite HF book: Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Preferred HF: Any time period/location. Timeslip, usually prefer female POV. Also love Gothic melodrama.
Location: Northeast Scotland

Re: What are you reading May 2016

Post by Lisa » Mon May 16th, 2016, 11:34 am

Last night I started The King's Mistress by Emma Campion.

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princess garnet
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Re: What are you reading May 2016

Post by princess garnet » Mon May 16th, 2016, 8:34 pm

The Borgias: the Hidden History by G.J. Meyer (NF)

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