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What Are You Reading? Oct. 2021
- princess garnet
- Bibliophile
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- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Maryland
What Are You Reading? Oct. 2021
Falling into a new month! Share your reads here.
- 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? Oct. 2021
I’m still reading The Wind Chime by Alexandra Walsh, the first in a Victorian Timeshift mystery series. I’m also reading via Pigeonhole A Woman Made of Snow by Elisabeth Gifford, a dual timeline story set in the present day and the Victorian era, a mystery which takes the reader on a journey to Scotland and the Arctic. I have to say I’m getting a little confused at times between the two books as they are quite similar!
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? Oct. 2021
Have started another exciting James Clavell book - Tai Pan. Clavell could certainly write action-packed books! Enjoying it.
- princess garnet
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1797
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Maryland
Re: What Are You Reading? Oct. 2021
Starting: The Streets of Paris by Susan Cahill (NF)
- 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? Oct. 2021
I’m just about to start The Five: the Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold. It’s for my f2f book group. The theme was a biography.
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? Oct. 2021
Finished from the library: Formosa Betrayed by George H. Kerr (NF)
Seminal work about modern Taiwan. The author lived and worked in Taiwan between the 1930s-40s and was an eyewitness to pivotal events following WWII. I read a 2018 reprint with a new intro by Jonathan Benda.
Now: The Only Street in Paris by Elaine Sciolino (NF)
The author shares her love about living on Rue des Martyrs in Paris.
Seminal work about modern Taiwan. The author lived and worked in Taiwan between the 1930s-40s and was an eyewitness to pivotal events following WWII. I read a 2018 reprint with a new intro by Jonathan Benda.
Now: The Only Street in Paris by Elaine Sciolino (NF)
The author shares her love about living on Rue des Martyrs in Paris.
- 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? Oct. 2021
"The Survivors" by Jane Harper - murder mystery, and secrets, set on Tasmania.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross
- 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? Oct. 2021
I’m reading Masquerade by S E England, a ghost story. And I’m onto the last stave via Pigeonhole of The Perfect House by R P Bolton, a psychological thriller come sort of ghost 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
- 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? Oct. 2021
I've just started my first Halloween read, "The Strings of Murder", the first in the Frey and McGray series set in late 1880s Edinburgh, a sort of Victorian X Files!
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross
- princess garnet
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1797
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Maryland
Re: What Are You Reading? Oct. 2021
Started: The Second Mrs. Astor by
Novel about Madeline Astor who married John Jacob Astor IV, the wealthiest man in early 20th century America, and the pair relentlessly were chased by the press. The story opens and ends after the sinking of the Titanic.
Novel about Madeline Astor who married John Jacob Astor IV, the wealthiest man in early 20th century America, and the pair relentlessly were chased by the press. The story opens and ends after the sinking of the Titanic.