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Book shopping 2017

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Misfit
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Book shopping 2017

Post by Misfit » Sun January 1st, 2017, 3:23 pm

I will have recent purchases listed after they land.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be

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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: Book shopping 2017

Post by Lisa » Sun January 1st, 2017, 7:18 pm

I bought The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey as it's 99p on Kindle at the moment.

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Fri January 6th, 2017, 2:17 pm

My first purchases of the year:

Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor
Rupture by Ragnar Jonasson
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
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Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Mon January 9th, 2017, 12:14 pm

Bought yesterday in a discount book shop:

The Promise by Alison Bruce
The Dunes Mystery by W J Burley
Death in a Salubrious Place by W J Burley
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
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Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Sun January 15th, 2017, 12:22 pm

Westmoreland Alone by Ian Sansom.
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
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Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Fri January 20th, 2017, 2:16 pm

The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R King
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Sun January 22nd, 2017, 7:37 pm

Cold Earth by Ann Cleeves - latest in the Shetland series.
Wycliffe and the Guilt-Edged Alibi by W J Burley
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Sat January 28th, 2017, 8:28 pm

Conspiracy by S J Parris
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Fri February 17th, 2017, 2:57 pm

Scarweather by Anthony Rolls
The Bird Watcher by William Shaw
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
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Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Mon February 27th, 2017, 9:58 am

At the Edge of the Orchard - Tracy Chevalier
A Banquet of Consequences - Elizabeth George
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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