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What are you reading January 2017?

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Nefret
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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by Nefret » Tue January 3rd, 2017, 8:00 pm

Just started... Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and After the King: Stories in Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien.
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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red805
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Preferred HF: I like a series the best - more to look forward to after one book ends. Masters of Rome, The Century Trilogy, & the Outlander series are some of my favorites.
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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by red805 » Tue January 3rd, 2017, 10:14 pm

Vanessa wrote:I'm reading a The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.
Oh, that's a good one!

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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.
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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by Lisa » Wed January 4th, 2017, 8:27 pm

Queen of Bedlam by Laura Purcell (I think it was previously published as God Save the King?). About George III and his family. Understandably pretty heavy so far.

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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by Misfit » Thu January 5th, 2017, 12:27 am

Lisa wrote:Queen of Bedlam by Laura Purcell (I think it was previously published as God Save the King?). About George III and his family. Understandably pretty heavy so far.
I have the original version of that languishing on my Kindle.
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Lisa
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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by Lisa » Thu January 5th, 2017, 9:59 am

Misfit wrote:
Lisa wrote:Queen of Bedlam by Laura Purcell (I think it was previously published as God Save the King?). About George III and his family. Understandably pretty heavy so far.
I have the original version of that languishing on my Kindle.
I remember almost buying the original for Kindle, but didn't because I was feeling more into a different time period at the time. Then when I went back to find it, it was no longer available. But I eventually found out about the republish, and am now reading a library copy.

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FredQ
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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by FredQ » Fri January 6th, 2017, 11:51 am

Reading The Red and the Black by Stendhal (in French).

(Contemporary novel about French provincial life in early 19th century)
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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by Susan » Sat January 7th, 2017, 2:01 am

Still hanging out in Quebec: Bury Your Dead (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #6) by Louise Penny
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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by Misfit » Sat January 7th, 2017, 4:10 pm

Victoria by Daisy Goodwin.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be

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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by Nefret » Sat January 7th, 2017, 6:58 pm

Just started Babylon: Mesopotamia And The Birth Of Civilization by Paul Kriwaczek.
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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Re: What are you reading January 2017?

Post by princess garnet » Sat January 7th, 2017, 8:34 pm

A Season of Spells by Sylvia Izzo Hunter
#3 and final installment of the "Noctis Magicae" trilogy
Misfit wrote:Victoria by Daisy Goodwin.
I borrowed this from the library and enjoyed it. The novel is the companion to the TV series. No author's note or anything at the end.

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