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August 2010, what are you reading
Captivity by Deborah Noyes
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
- Berengaria
- Avid Reader
- Posts: 307
- Joined: July 2010
- Location: northern Vancouver Island, BC Canada
[quote=""Leo62""]Just started To Defy A King by a little-known HF author by the name of Elizabeth Chadwick.
Been waiting ages to get my hands on this one![/quote]
You will enjoy this novel...I'm just a few pages from the end.
Been waiting ages to get my hands on this one![/quote]
You will enjoy this novel...I'm just a few pages from the end.
My 4 girls!
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the loss of expensive diversions or variety of company if she can be amused with an author in her closet. ~Lady Montagu
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the loss of expensive diversions or variety of company if she can be amused with an author in her closet. ~Lady Montagu
Finished up Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland. It's nonfiction, and pretty much covers the same ground as Colleen McCullough in her Masters of Rome series. It's NF, and very well done, helping to put a lot of the missing bits from MoR and putting it all into context. Not that long either, a bit under 500 pages with the narrative and extra stuff.
Not quite sure what's next. But it will be fiction. Probably Anna by Cecilia Harrod-Eagles.
Not quite sure what's next. But it will be fiction. Probably Anna by Cecilia Harrod-Eagles.
Finished La conjecture de Fermat by Jean d'Aillon a +500 pages mystery novel. Bad translation as usual. The author demonstrates a huge knowlodge of Paris in 1643 (who was dueling who where and why, who lived where...) but really, I could have done without so many details, without knowing the name of every ancestor, neighbor, and cook's size shoe of every new person appearing even briefly in the book. Very distracting and confusing. Loved the little street tunes though. The book only picks up after page 350 or so.
I have started The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip. I needed something light
I have started The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip. I needed something light
"So many books, so little time."
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
[quote=""LoobyG""]I finished Anna earlier this week and absolutely loved it. I really really want to go on a trip to Russia now![/quote]
Let's go...
I loved this trilogy, such a gret combo of history and romance. Fleur is a bit different with the twist at the end.
Let's go...
I loved this trilogy, such a gret combo of history and romance. Fleur is a bit different with the twist at the end.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
- 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
I'm about to start The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein.
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