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It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?

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Misfit
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It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?

Post by Misfit » Sun December 31st, 2017, 9:15 pm

Where did the year go? Hunter's Green by Phyllis Whitney.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be

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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: It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?

Post by Vanessa » Mon January 1st, 2018, 12:47 pm

No idea where it went! The years fly past faster and faster.

I’m reading Plague Pits & River Bones by Karen Charlton, the fourth in the Detective Lavender series set in the early 19thC.
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: It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?

Post by Madeleine » Mon January 1st, 2018, 5:32 pm

I'm just about to start "Nemesis" by Jo Nesbo.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Re: It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?

Post by princess garnet » Tue January 2nd, 2018, 5:31 pm

Returning to the Bell in The Ladies of Ivy Cottage by Julie Klassen (Click on the hypertext link to read more)
#2 in the "Tales of Ivy Hill" series

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Re: It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?

Post by Susan » Wed January 3rd, 2018, 12:06 am

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman, the recently published prequel to Practical Magic.
~Susan~
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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: It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Wed January 3rd, 2018, 4:50 am

Hidden Figures. I liked the movie, so I got the book.

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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: It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?

Post by Vanessa » Wed January 3rd, 2018, 6:12 pm

Just about to start Sweet Home Summer by Michelle Vernal, a co temporary story which I have to review.
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: It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?

Post by Susan » Fri January 5th, 2018, 3:05 pm

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff arrived on my Kindle an hour ago, thanks to a pushed-up publication date. Should be a fun read!
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Re: It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?

Post by Misfit » Sat January 6th, 2018, 3:33 am

Susan wrote:Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff arrived on my Kindle an hour ago, thanks to a pushed-up publication date. Should be a fun read!
I have it as well. I was able to time the purchase request to library for digital edition to be first in line. The waiting list now for dead tree and ebook grows every day.
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Re: It's 2018 somewhere, what are you reading in January?

Post by Susan » Sat January 6th, 2018, 2:05 pm

Misfit wrote:
Susan wrote:Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff arrived on my Kindle an hour ago, thanks to a pushed-up publication date. Should be a fun read!
I have it as well. I was able to time the purchase request to library for digital edition to be first in line. The waiting list now for dead tree and ebook grows every day.
That was a good strategy. I probably would not have read it without all the publicity. I figured I'd have to wait forever for a digital copy at eLibraryNJ or for a hardback copy at the local library so I pre-ordered it at Amazon the other day. I actually didn't mind paying for it. $14 for something that upsets you-know-who is worth it!
~Susan~
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