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LHay1039
Newbie
Posts: 1
Joined: February 2016
Currently reading: The Marriage Game, Alison Weir
Interest in HF: I have always enjoyed history. I was a history major in college. I have found historical fiction to be a fun way to combine my interest in history with my love of reading. As a young child, about 2nd grade, I came across a series of biographies on my visits to the library. I was hooked.
Favourite HF book: The Sixth Surrender, by Hana Samek Norton
Preferred HF: I prefer stories that involve "real" historic figures that weave a fictional account around those characters.
Location: Columbia, MO

Hello fellow readers!

Post by LHay1039 » Fri May 27th, 2016, 6:00 pm

I am an avid reader, with interest in historical fiction as my genre of first choice. I also like mysteries and an occasional romance. Sometimes historical fiction can be all three. I sometimes read 3 or 4 books a week. I have recently started using a tablet for reading e-books. There are some things I don't like about e-books, but I do like that I can adjust the font size and the lighted screen makes reading easier. That said, I still like the feel of a book in my hand.

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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: Hello fellow readers!

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Fri May 27th, 2016, 9:44 pm

Welcome, Lhay! What was the HF series that hooked you? Jean Plaidy, perhaps?

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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: Hello fellow readers!

Post by Madeleine » Sat May 28th, 2016, 11:09 am

Welcome LF, do you have any favourite authors?
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Lisa
Bibliophile
Posts: 1153
Joined: August 2012
Favourite HF book: Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Preferred HF: Any time period/location. Timeslip, usually prefer female POV. Also love Gothic melodrama.
Location: Northeast Scotland

Re: Hello fellow readers!

Post by Lisa » Mon May 30th, 2016, 10:26 am

Hello and welcome! I feel the same, eReaders/tablets are so convenient, but I prefer the feeling of a book in my hand as well. Unless the book is a doorstopper - then I'm glad of an eReader to save me from hand cramps :D

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