Not HF, but I'm re-reading A Wrinkle in Time. Prior to the movie coming out. I loved this book as a kid. It's not holding up very well to my adult eyes. *sigh*
I probably won't be around much until the 24th, as I'm off in Spain researching my next novel. (Aldonza's Revenge, cover below.) Although with the internet being so much further advanced that the last time I was in Spain (2010, which seems like yesterday to me; hard to believe that was eight years ago!) it may be that there is no interruption at all.
Just put my books in my signature, but dang! that image is huge. Fred, help! how do I re-size the thing to reasonable proportions?
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What are you reading in March?
- MLE (Emily Cotton)
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 3566
- Joined: August 2008
- 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
- princess garnet
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1797
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Maryland
Re: What are you reading in March?
Rereading Rival Queens by Nancy Goldstone (NF) in paperback edition
Dual biography of Catherine de' Medici and Queen Margot
Dual biography of Catherine de' Medici and Queen Margot
- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4378
- Joined: August 2008
- 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 in March?
I'm reading The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale which is set during the early part of the 20thC. A bit of magical realism. I'm loving it so far. If you enjoyed The Night Circus, you'll enjoy this one!
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
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
- Nefret
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 2994
- Joined: February 2009
- Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
- Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
- Location: Temple of Isis
Re: What are you reading in March?
Just started Royal Mistress by Anne Easter Smith.
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}
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}
- red805
- Avid Reader
- Posts: 303
- Joined: August 2008
- 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.
- Location: Southern California
Re: What are you reading in March?
About halfway through Washington by Ron Chernow. So interesting that so many of the founding fathers were very young during the American Revolution. Learning about them in school I always pictured them as old.
- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4378
- Joined: August 2008
- 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 in March?
Just about to start Perception & Illusion by Catherine Kullman, a Regency romance novel. Sounds as if it’s going to be similar to a Georgette Heyer story.
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
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
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- Scribbler
- Posts: 5
- Joined: March 2018
- Currently reading: The Scarlet Lion
- Interest in HF: Irish History.
Irish and European historical fiction set between 1500 and 1750 - Favourite HF book: Shogun
- Preferred HF: Irish history and also English Tudor history
- Location: Galway; Ireland
Re: What are you reading in March?
The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick set in Ireland and England in the 12th and 13th centuries detailing the life and times of William Marshal and Isabelle de Clare.
- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4378
- Joined: August 2008
- 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 in March?
Now reading Someone to Look Up To by Jean Gill, a story told from the point of view of a dog.
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
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4378
- Joined: August 2008
- 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 in March?
The Power by Naomi Alderman. A bit of girl power!!
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
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
- red805
- Avid Reader
- Posts: 303
- Joined: August 2008
- 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.
- Location: Southern California
Re: What are you reading in March?
Finished The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides & really liked it. The writing drew me in probably more than the story. Not HF, although set in the late 1970s/early 1980s - maybe HF in another 50 years Eugenides is about my age, so lots of fun cultural references. I had to go buy The Virgin Suicides after reading this, as this author is pretty incredible.