Just started reading "The Lost Diary of Don Juan" by Douglas Carlton Abrams. Only a couple of pages into it so too early to make any comments.
It's the book we chose for our first book group.
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- Carine
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- Currently reading: Jonkvrouw - Jean-Claude Van Ryckeghem
- Interest in HF: I love history
- Favourite HF book: Can't pin that down to only 1 :-)
- Preferred HF: Medieval, Tudor and Ancient Egyptian
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[quote=""sweetpotatoboy""]Just started reading "The Lost Diary of Don Juan" by Douglas Carlton Abrams. Only a couple of pages into it so too early to make any comments.
It's the book we chose for our first book group.[/quote]
I would be interested to know later on how you like it Sweetpotatoboy, I have this lying on my TBR pile for quite a while now !
It's the book we chose for our first book group.[/quote]
I would be interested to know later on how you like it Sweetpotatoboy, I have this lying on my TBR pile for quite a while now !
[quote=""diamondlil""]Meyer does write books that go fast despite their size. Do you have the fourth one lined up?[/quote]
Breaking Dawn is the fourth (and last?) in the saga and now I'm half way through it. I borrowed Twilight from my niece a couple weeks ago and after I finished reading it, I ordered the rest of them through Amazon. So I've the pleasure and advantage of reading the entire four books series nearly straight through. I'm looking forward to the movie version of Twilight.
Breaking Dawn is the fourth (and last?) in the saga and now I'm half way through it. I borrowed Twilight from my niece a couple weeks ago and after I finished reading it, I ordered the rest of them through Amazon. So I've the pleasure and advantage of reading the entire four books series nearly straight through. I'm looking forward to the movie version of Twilight.
- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
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- 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
I loved My Cousin Rachel, Misfit, and Jamaica Inn. I haven't as yet read Frenchman's Creek. Rebecca is still my favourite.
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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
[quote=""Leyland""]Breaking Dawn is the fourth (and last?) in the saga and now I'm half way through it. I borrowed Twilight from my niece a couple weeks ago and after I finished reading it, I ordered the rest of them through Amazon. So I've the pleasure and advantage of reading the entire four books series nearly straight through. I'm looking forward to the movie version of Twilight.[/quote]
I've read and loved the first two. Still have the others to read and I'm looking foward to it. I was told to read Twilight a few years ago just before it broke big by a USA reading buddy. Having seen the trailers, I definitely think I'm going to enjoy the film!
I've read and loved the first two. Still have the others to read and I'm looking foward to it. I was told to read Twilight a few years ago just before it broke big by a USA reading buddy. Having seen the trailers, I definitely think I'm going to enjoy the film!
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
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Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
[quote=""Vanessa""]I loved My Cousin Rachel, Misfit, and Jamaica Inn. I haven't as yet read Frenchman's Creek. Rebecca is still my favourite.[/quote]
It's surprising I wasn't too sure how I was going to do with Jamaica Inn but the last twists in the final 50 or so pages, WOW. I had a slight guess what was coming but not in full.
It's surprising I wasn't too sure how I was going to do with Jamaica Inn but the last twists in the final 50 or so pages, WOW. I had a slight guess what was coming but not in full.
I've started The Vizard Mask by Diana Norman. Having just finished Devil's Brood, and The Time of Singing, I felt like I had to go with another "tried and true" favorite author. I've found in the past that after finishing a really, really good book, the next one I start tends to fall flat. Don't think I'll have that problem this time. About 100 pages into Vizard Mask and I'm enjoying it.
She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. (1873) -- Louisa May Alcott
- diamondlil
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I must borrow another Diana Norman book from the library. I love her writing but haven't yet read any of those older, harder to find books. like The Vizard Mask.
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