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What are you reading January 2019?
- 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
What are you reading January 2019?
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.
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
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
- Madeleine
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 5860
- Joined: August 2008
- 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?
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.
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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Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross
- princess garnet
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1797
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Maryland
Re: What are you reading January 2019?
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.
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
- Technical Librarian
- Posts: 192
- Joined: October 2014
- 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?
I'm reading The Templars, Two Kings and a Pope by . I think I got it free on a kindle deal some time ago but it's actually pretty good
- 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
Re: What are you reading January 2019?
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/
- 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 January 2019?
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
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
- princess garnet
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1797
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Maryland
Re: What are you reading January 2019?
The Wicked King by Holly Black (YA)
#2 in "The Folk of the Air" series
#2 in "The Folk of the Air" series
- 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 January 2019?
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
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
- princess garnet
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1797
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Maryland
Re: What are you reading January 2019?
The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson (NF)
Sequel to his popular book Notes from a Small Island.
Sequel to his popular book Notes from a Small Island.
- Madeleine
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 5860
- Joined: August 2008
- 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?
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