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What Are You Reading July 2019

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princess garnet
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What Are You Reading July 2019

Post by princess garnet » Fri July 12th, 2019, 2:24 am

Kill the Queen by Jennifer Estep
It's the 1st installment in the "Crown of Shards" trilogy.
I'll be reading Protect the Prince next--it was released early this month.

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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.
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Re: What Are You Reading July 2019

Post by red805 » Mon July 15th, 2019, 8:52 pm

Listening to a Ken Follett book that I somehow missed - Hornet Flight. Very good WWII story set in Denmark.

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Re: What Are You Reading July 2019

Post by Nefret » Tue July 16th, 2019, 11:31 pm

I just started Counted With the Stars by Connilyn Cossette.
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}

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Re: What Are You Reading July 2019

Post by Vanessa » Thu July 18th, 2019, 7:17 pm

I’m reading Testament by Alis Hawkins, a dual timeline story set in the present day and the 14thC. It took a while to get going, but I persevered and I’m enjoying it now.

I’m reading Lock Every Door by Riley Sager via Pigeonhole, a contemporary psychological thriller set in a creepy apartment building in New York complete with gargoyles. Dodgy residents, disappearing apartment sitters and a dumbwaiter paints the picture. Nicely creepy and compelling reading but I fear the plot may have been done before.

I’m listening to The Snakes by Sadie Jones, another contemporary psychological thriller, which is quite dark and disturbing, a little twisty.
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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 July 2019

Post by Nefret » Tue July 23rd, 2019, 12:28 am

I just started A Light on the Hill by Connilyn Cossette.

For some reason, this summer is time to read Biblical historical fiction.
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}

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Re: What Are You Reading July 2019

Post by Vanessa » Thu July 25th, 2019, 6:50 pm

I’m reading Circe by Madeline Miller, a bit of Greek mythology and witchcraft. I’m also reading The Bastille Spy by C S Quinn via the Pigeonhole app, a murder mystery set during the French Revolution.
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 July 2019

Post by Madeleine » Sat July 27th, 2019, 4:23 pm

The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths, gothic ,mixed with a modern murder mystery.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Re: What Are You Reading July 2019

Post by princess garnet » Mon July 29th, 2019, 7:29 pm

Between the Woods and the Water by Patrick Leigh Fermor (NF)
The 2nd installment in his classic travelogue trilogy, walking from Holland to Constantinople as a young man.

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