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What are you reading January 2017?

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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by princess garnet » Thu January 26th, 2017, 11:36 pm

The Cadet of Tildor by Alex Lidell (YA)
Mythica wrote:Just finished The Pagan Lord (Uhtred #7) and now started George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution.
I read a library copy of Washington's Secret Six and enjoyed it.

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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by Mythica » Fri January 27th, 2017, 4:06 pm

princess garnet wrote:The Cadet of Tildor by Alex Lidell (YA)
Mythica wrote:Just finished The Pagan Lord (Uhtred #7) and now started George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution.
I read a library copy of Washington's Secret Six and enjoyed it.
Yeah, I'm really enjoying it so far. I love the TV show Turn too.

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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by princess garnet » Fri January 27th, 2017, 4:12 pm

Mythica wrote:Yeah, I'm really enjoying it so far. I love the TV show Turn too.
The book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose, published in 2006, is the basis for "Turn."

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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by Mythica » Fri January 27th, 2017, 4:46 pm

princess garnet wrote:
Mythica wrote:Yeah, I'm really enjoying it so far. I love the TV show Turn too.
The book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose, published in 2006, is the basis for "Turn."
Yeah, I got that one too because they were both on sale on Kindle. I thought I'd see which one was better.

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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by Misfit » Sat January 28th, 2017, 3:37 pm

Practice to Deceive by Patricia Veryan. Lots of Jacobite plotting and derring-do.
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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by Vanessa » Sun January 29th, 2017, 4:10 pm

I'm about to start Grave Misconception by Felicity Snowden, a dual timeframe mystery set in Whitby, one of my favourite places.
currently reading: My Books on Goodreads

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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by Susan » Mon January 30th, 2017, 10:26 pm

How the Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #9) by Louise Penny
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