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EC2
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Post by EC2 » Wed November 12th, 2008, 10:09 pm

[quote=""diamondlil""]I am starting to read The House at Riverton by Kate Morton today.[/quote]

I'll be interested to know what you think. I thought parts of it were far fetched.
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Post by Telynor » Wed November 12th, 2008, 10:33 pm

[quote=""MrsMorland""]I really liked that one!


I just started the Bronze Horseman by Simons today.[/quote]

And I had a horrible time with The House at Riverton. I don't know why I disliked it so much, but by the end I was ready to chuck the book through the wall.

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Post by EC2 » Wed November 12th, 2008, 10:58 pm

[quote=""Telynor""]And I had a horrible time with The House at Riverton. I don't know why I disliked it so much, but by the end I was ready to chuck the book through the wall.[/quote]

I was very meh about it Telynor. I finished it, but it's not going on my top 10 of the year. Which reminds me, I need to update my reading diary.
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Post by diamondlil » Thu November 13th, 2008, 2:12 am

The Bronze Horseman is one of my favourite books!

I was a little thrown by the first line of The House at Riverton, but so far its okay.
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Post by chuck » Thu November 13th, 2008, 5:33 am

Today I Picked up Hellen Hollick's "The Kingmaking"...I think I have read most of the Arthurian HF books....many....many favorites....looking forward to her perspective on Artos.....

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Post by Madeleine » Thu November 13th, 2008, 11:51 am

I enjoyed House at Riverton, although it was a bit slow and probably could have been edited a bit.

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Post by Misfit » Thu November 13th, 2008, 12:31 pm

[quote=""chuck""]Today I Picked up Hellen Hollick's "The Kingmaking"...I think I have read most of the Arthurian HF books....many....many favorites....looking forward to her perspective on Artos.....[/quote]

I just put a hold on this and the next in the series at the library. Decided I'd let enough time pass so I could read another Arthur book without that old dejavu feeling.

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Post by Vanessa » Thu November 13th, 2008, 5:42 pm

I've just started What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn.
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Post by Ellie » Thu November 13th, 2008, 11:01 pm

Currently a bit over 200 pages into River of Darkness by Rennie Airth and really enjoying it.

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Post by KingEricCantona7 » Thu November 13th, 2008, 11:45 pm

Just starting The Devil's Door by Sharan Newman which is the 2nd book in the Catherine LeVendeur mystery series.

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