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Tsmom's Books - 2013

Use this section to record the books you read in 2013. One thread per member, please.
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Tsmom's Books - 2013

Post by tsjmom » Wed January 9th, 2013, 12:42 pm

1. 'I Think I Love You' - 3.5/5
2. 'Sirens of Paris' - 4/5
3. 'Flower Reader' - 4/5
4. 'Gone Girl' - 4.5/5
5. 'Celebutantes' - 2/5
6. 'Mariana' - 4.5/5
7. 'Better Than We Know Ourselves' - 4/5
8. 'Her Highness the Traitor' - 3/5
9. 'The Sweet By and By' - 4/5
10. 'The Empress of Ice Cream' - 4/5
11. 'The Templar Legacy' - 4/5
12. 'Angelina's Bachelors' - 3/5
13. 'The Golden Hour' - 5/5
14. 'A Light on the Veranda' - 3.5/5
15. 'The Lady of Secrets' - 2.5/5
16. 'Once We Were Brothers' - 5/5
17. 'The Olive Farm' - 3/5
18. 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette?' - 3/5
19. 'Buried in a Book' - 3/5
20. 'Secret Diary of a Princess' - 3/5
21. 'Berlin Calling' - 4.5/5
22. 'Unmasking Maya' - 2.5/5
23. 'Kissed in France' - 3/5
24. 'To Die For' - 4/5
25. '30 Pieces' - 3.5/5
26. 'The Valhalla Exchange' - 4/5
27. 'The Confessor' - 5/5
28. 'The Color of Light' - 5/5
29. 'Fearless 14' - 3.5/5
30. 'The Last Voyage of the Valentina' - 4.5//5
31. 'Hidden in Paris' - 3.5/5
32. 'To The Tower Born' - 5/5
33. 'The Last Camellia' - 5/5
34. 'F is for Fugitive' - 4/5
35. 'The Virgin Widow' - 4.5/5
36. 'There's Cake in my Future' - 3.5/5
37. 'A Year on Ladybug Farm' - 3.5/5
38. 'The Absolutist' - 3/5
39. 'American Heiress' - 4.5/5
40. 'The Silk Weaver's Daughter' - 2/5
41. 'Paris in Love' - 3/5
42. 'The Red Necklace' - 3/5
43. 'The Plum Tree' - 4.5/5
44. 'A Place of Secrets' - 3/5
45. 'The Morland Dynasty: The Founding' - 3.5/5
46. 'Blood of Lorraine' - 2/5
47. 'Three Sisters' - 4/5
48. 'Orchid Affair' - 3.5/5
49. 'Winter Sea' - 5/5
50. 'On Folly Beach' - 3.5/5
51. 'Picnic in Sonoma' - 4/5
52. 'Rose at the Twilight' - 3.5/5
53. 'Lowcountry Boil' - 4/5
54. 'Secret Keeper' - 4.5/5
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Post by tsjmom » Thu February 28th, 2013, 9:54 pm

'The Golden Hour' was one of the BEST novels I've read in a long time. A coming of age story of a girl in Italy during the German occupation in WW2. Beautifully written, multi story levels, and just wonderfully engaging. Highly recommend!!!

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Post by tsjmom » Wed April 24th, 2013, 2:11 pm

I finally got a Kindle and of course I love it! Now I can read anywhere. I only buy free or inexpensive (<$3) books but soooo convenient. I'm always a few yrs behind the "tech wagon" LOL

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Post by tsjmom » Sat July 20th, 2013, 7:14 pm

I'm in a reading slump :( After 2 fantastic novels (To The Tower Born and The Color of Light) I've started 3 new ones, each of which I couldn't finish. I give a book 50-60 pgs before I decide "I'm just not that into you". That's been the case with the last 3. So frustrating.

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Post by tsjmom » Tue August 13th, 2013, 3:36 am

Let me preface this by saying I have no formal education or training in English history, but from the various novels I've read about the Wars of the Roses, the most recent being 'The Virgin Widow', my view on Richard III is favorable and probably romanticized. Going on gut instinct alone, I like to think of him as being honest, fair, loyal, and greatly misunderstood. I think it's interesting how someone could be so polarizing thru out history.

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