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What are you reading January 2019?

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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

What are you reading January 2019?

Post by Vanessa » Fri January 4th, 2019, 11:19 am

Happy New Year, everyone!

I thought I’d start the January reading thread off.

I’m reading Melmoth by Sarah Perry. It’s not a historical novel like her previous book, The Essex Serpent, but a contemporary one. Judging by reviews it has a gothic feel, though.
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: What are you reading January 2019?

Post by Madeleine » Fri January 4th, 2019, 2:09 pm

I've just started "The Black Friar" by S G MacLean, the second in a historical crime series set in London during the "reign" of Oliver Cromwell.

Also now reading "Little Women", I have a child's version from years ago, which was heavily abridged but beautifully illustrated, but I've never read the full version.
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princess garnet
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Re: What are you reading January 2019?

Post by princess garnet » Fri January 4th, 2019, 7:44 pm

Charles Carroll of Carrollton by Scott McDermott
Biography of Charles Carroll, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence from the state of Maryland and a prominent figure in the early American republic.
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FredQ
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Currently reading: The Templars, Two Kings and a Pope
Interest in HF: I like how HF can fill in the gaps where we don't have enough information.
Preferred HF: Everything about the Knights Templars
Location: Northeast Scotland

Re: What are you reading January 2019?

Post by FredQ » Fri January 4th, 2019, 10:27 pm

I'm reading The Templars, Two Kings and a Pope by Grigor Fedan. I think I got it free on a kindle deal some time ago but it's actually pretty good ;)
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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 January 2019?

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Sun January 6th, 2019, 3:17 am

I'm reading The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer. Believe it or not, I've never read this late Grande Dame of the romance genre. Or a regency romance, for that matter, unless you count Pride and Prejudice. Enjoying it, although the language is rather dense/

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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 January 2019?

Post by Vanessa » Tue January 8th, 2019, 1:49 pm

I read the first stave of The Flower Girls by Alice Clark Platts this morning via the Pigeonhole app. It’s a contemporary psychological thriller with hints of Agatha Christie. Intriguing start!
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 January 2019?

Post by princess garnet » Tue January 8th, 2019, 8:19 pm

The Wicked King by Holly Black (YA)
#2 in "The Folk of the Air" series

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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 January 2019?

Post by Vanessa » Tue January 8th, 2019, 11:45 pm

I’m about to start An Abiding Fire by M L Logue, a murder mystery set in Restoration England.
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 January 2019?

Post by princess garnet » Thu January 10th, 2019, 8:29 pm

The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson (NF)
Sequel to his popular book Notes from a Small Island.

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Madeleine
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Re: What are you reading January 2019?

Post by Madeleine » Fri January 11th, 2019, 9:36 am

I've decided to leave off "Little Women" for a while, as I'm finding it a bit twee, plus I know the story (I've just got to Amy's mishap on the ice), and instead am reading Ann Cleeves's "The Seagull", the latest in the Vera Stanhope series, as the TV version will be shown in a few weeks' time, and I want to read it first!
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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