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Justin's 2010 Reading Log

What have you read in 2010? Post your list here and update it as you go along! (One thread per member, please.)
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Justin's 2010 Reading Log

Post by sweetpotatoboy » Tue January 19th, 2010, 12:06 pm

1. The Magician's Assistant - by Ann Patchett (contemporary fiction) - 4/5
2. The Founding - by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (re-read: 15th C England) - 4.5/5

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Post by sweetpotatoboy » Mon February 15th, 2010, 4:23 pm

3. Billy Straight - by Jonathan Kellerman (contemporary crime) - 3/5
4. Adam Bede - by George Eliot - Did not finish
5. The Fraud - by Barbara Ewing (18C London) - 4.5/5
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Post by annis » Mon February 15th, 2010, 9:23 pm

Barbara Ewing is a bit underrated, I think. She's written several good historical novels- "Rosetta" is set during the Napoleonic period and deals with women's rights (a theme which appears in many of her novels), the power of the church and the French Revolutionary Wars, "Trepass" is a dark tale set in colonial New Zealand and the "Mesmerist" in Victorian London during the fashion for hypotism.

I see she's going back to a more contemporary setting for her forthcoming novel, "A Dark Vine"

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Post by sweetpotatoboy » Wed March 17th, 2010, 5:19 pm

6. Power of the Sword - by Wilbur Smith (Courtney series; South Africa WWII) - 4.5/5
7. The Last Light of the Sun - by Guy Gavriel Kay (historical fantasy) - 2.5/5

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Post by sweetpotatoboy » Fri April 9th, 2010, 12:02 pm

8. Caravans - by James A Michener (1940s Afghanistan) - 4.5/5
9. The Great Stink - by Clare Clark (Victorian London) - 3/5
10. How to Paint a Dead Man - by Sarah Hall (contemporary fiction) - 2/5
11. An Unknown Welshman - by Jean Stubbs (Henry VII) - 3/5
12. Girl with a Pearl Earring - by Tracy Chevalier (17C Holland) - 4.5/5
13. Beyond the Blue Mountains - by Jean Plaidy (late 18C England/Australia) - 4/5

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Post by sweetpotatoboy » Mon May 24th, 2010, 3:16 pm

14. The Crimson Petal and the White - by Michel Faber (Victorian London) - 3.5-4/5
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Post by sweetpotatoboy » Sat July 3rd, 2010, 6:21 pm

15. Wolf Hall - by Hilary Mantel - 3.5/5
16. The King Must Die - by Mary Renault - 3.5/5

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Post by sweetpotatoboy » Mon August 2nd, 2010, 10:07 am

17. The Tenderness of Wolves - by Stef Penney - 3/5
18. The Firebrand - by Marion Zimmer Bradley - 4/5

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Post by sweetpotatoboy » Tue August 17th, 2010, 2:25 pm

19. Azincourt - by Bernard Cornwell - 4/5
20. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - by Bill Bryson - 3/5

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Post by sweetpotatoboy » Mon September 13th, 2010, 3:17 pm

21. The Iliad - by Homer - 3.5/5
22. Maybe The Moon - by Armistead Maupin - 3.5-4/5

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