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What Are You Reading? Jan. 2022
- princess garnet
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- Location: Maryland
What Are You Reading? Jan. 2022
Happy New Year! Share your reads for this month.
- Madeleine
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 5859
- Joined: August 2008
- Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
- Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
- Location: Essex/London
Re: What Are You Reading? Jan. 2022
My last book was a DNF, so I'm now on cosy crime, with "A Cotswold Christmas Mystery" by Rebecca Tope.
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
- 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? Jan. 2022
I’m reading Finding Edith Pinsent by Hazel Ward and via Pigeonhole Key in the Lock by Beth Underdown.
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
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- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Maryland
Re: What Are You Reading? Jan. 2022
Finished: Marie-Antoinette, Daughter of the Caesars by Elena Maria Vidal (NF)
To Treasure an Heiress by Roseanna M. White
New and #2 in the "Secrets of Isles" series
To Treasure an Heiress by Roseanna M. White
New and #2 in the "Secrets of Isles" series
- princess garnet
- Bibliophile
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- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Maryland
Re: What Are You Reading? Jan. 2022
From the library: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
The 1st installment in the "Veronica Speedwell Mystery" series. I checked out and binge reading the series ahead of the upcoming and 7th entry An Impossible Imposter releasing next month.
The 1st installment in the "Veronica Speedwell Mystery" series. I checked out and binge reading the series ahead of the upcoming and 7th entry An Impossible Imposter releasing next month.
- 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? Jan. 2022
I enjoyed that one.princess garnet wrote: ↑Wed January 19th, 2022, 6:27 pmFrom the library: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
The 1st installment in the "Veronica Speedwell Mystery" series. I checked out and binge reading the series ahead of the upcoming and 7th entry An Impossible Imposter releasing next month.
I’m reading Romance at the Sweet Shop of Second Chances by Hannah Lynn, the second in the Holly Berry series. And via Pigeonhole I’m reading The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett, a very different murder mystery which involves cracking the Twyford Code.
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? Jan. 2022
Is it historical fiction if it's set in the 1970s? I'm listening to Crossroads by David Franzen. Have not read his previous books, but this one sure rings familiar, having had a similar background as some of the characters. Haven't really read anything like this before. Very engrossing.
- 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? Jan. 2022
I’m reading The Maid by Nita Prose, a locked room style mystery set in a hotel.
And via Pigeonhole I’m reading The Couple at the Table by Sophie Hannah, a murder Mystery set in a luxury resort.
And via Pigeonhole I’m reading The Couple at the Table by Sophie Hannah, a murder Mystery set in a luxury resort.
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
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- Posts: 1794
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Maryland
Re: What Are You Reading? Jan. 2022
The Untold Story by Genevieve Cogman
New and #8 installment in the "Invisible Library" series. The author says she's stopping at this point in the series in her acknowledgement.
New and #8 installment in the "Invisible Library" series. The author says she's stopping at this point in the series in her acknowledgement.
- 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? Jan. 2022
UPDATE - Just finished Crossroads. Fantastic book. Found out it's the first in a planned trilogy spanning 50 years, so next book will be set around 1995ish.red805 wrote: ↑Fri January 21st, 2022, 1:52 amIs it historical fiction if it's set in the 1970s? I'm listening to Crossroads by David Franzen. Have not read his previous books, but this one sure rings familiar, having had a similar background as some of the characters. Haven't really read anything like this before. Very engrossing.