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What are you reading September 2017

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Misfit
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What are you reading September 2017

Post by Misfit » Sat September 2nd, 2017, 12:21 am

Where did August go???
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 September 2017

Post by Susan » Sat September 2nd, 2017, 12:50 am

Misfit wrote:Where did August go???
That's what I was just going to ask you! Since I retired from teaching on January 1, I don't have to go back to school next week!!! :D

Currently reading The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve, recommended to me by a friend. So far, so good!
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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 September 2017

Post by Madeleine » Sat September 2nd, 2017, 11:44 am

Misfit wrote:Where did August go???
Good question! :o
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Re: What are you reading September 2017

Post by Misfit » Sat September 2nd, 2017, 3:06 pm

Susan wrote:
Misfit wrote:Where did August go???
That's what I was just going to ask you! Since I retired from teaching on January 1, I don't have to go back to school next week!!! :D

Currently reading The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve, recommended to me by a friend. So far, so good!
Congrats on retiring. Lucky you.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
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Re: What are you reading September 2017

Post by Madeleine » Sun September 3rd, 2017, 1:58 pm

Last night I started "Ashes of London" by Andrew Taylor, by a spooky coincidence on the same day that the fire of London started ie 2nd September. How's that for a bit of serendipity?
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 September 2017

Post by Vanessa » Mon September 4th, 2017, 8:21 pm

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did, Madeleine. I'm a big fan of Andrew Taylor's books.
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: What are you reading September 2017

Post by Susan » Mon September 4th, 2017, 8:58 pm

The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
~Susan~
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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
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Re: What are you reading September 2017

Post by Madeleine » Tue September 5th, 2017, 10:26 am

Vanessa wrote:Hope you enjoy it as much as I did, Madeleine. I'm a big fan of Andrew Taylor's books.
Yes I like them too. It's a bit gruesome so far - the poor old servant! :o
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
Location: California Bay Area

Re: What are you reading September 2017

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Tue September 5th, 2017, 6:32 pm

Misfit wrote:Where did August go???
I think it went up in smoke! :lol:
I'm still reading The Boy Who Wanted Wings. It's competently written, but so much is happening right now (dh just retired, and we're getting through the mountains of paperwork) I just can't seem to get my head into anything new. So I'm re-reading familiar things on my kindle.

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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 September 2017

Post by Vanessa » Wed September 6th, 2017, 4:10 pm

I'm just about to start another book I have to review, The Soprano by Sarah England, a supernatural thriller.
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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