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What are you reading: November 2015?
- 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
What are you reading: November 2015?
I'm reading The Undesired by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, a horror story set in Iceland.
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
- sweetpotatoboy
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1641
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: London, UK
Re: What are you reading: November 2015?
In the middle of two books:
Isabel, la conquista del poder (Isabel, #2) by Martín Maurel
and
The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isabel, la conquista del poder (Isabel, #2) by Martín Maurel
and
The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer
- MLE (Emily Cotton)
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 3566
- Joined: August 2008
- Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
- Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
- Location: California Bay Area
Re: What are you reading: November 2015?
I finished the Borgias, so worked my way a bit through an old OOP travel book, Afoot in the Andes --Franck, 1914. But the print is teeny, and the tome weighs a pound, so I'll take it in small bits of eyestrain.
Tonight I'll probably start the Laker freebie--haven't read that one yet.
Tonight I'll probably start the Laker freebie--haven't read that one yet.
- princess garnet
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1797
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Maryland
Re: What are you reading: November 2015?
Death at the Abbey by Christine Trent
5th installment in the "Lady of Ashes" series
5th installment in the "Lady of Ashes" series
- red805
- Avid Reader
- Posts: 303
- Joined: August 2008
- Preferred HF: I like a series the best - more to look forward to after one book ends. Masters of Rome, The Century Trilogy, & the Outlander series are some of my favorites.
- Location: Southern California
Re: What are you reading: November 2015?
Just finished The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks & enjoyed it. A novel about the life of King David - it made me try to remember Sunday School stories to see if I knew what was going to happen next. The name pronunciations did throw me (it was an audio book). Didn't know Solomon & Shlomo were the same person! I have to say that I found myself humming the Leonard Cohen Hallelujah tune constantly too. I've also read her People of the Book, & I'm going to have to check out her Pulitzer Prize-winning March soon.
- Nefret
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 2994
- Joined: February 2009
- Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
- Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
- Location: Temple of Isis
Re: What are you reading: November 2015?
Elizabeth I by Margaret George
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
- Lisa
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1153
- Joined: August 2012
- Favourite HF book: Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
- Preferred HF: Any time period/location. Timeslip, usually prefer female POV. Also love Gothic melodrama.
- Location: Northeast Scotland
Re: What are you reading: November 2015?
I really enjoyed that one I haven't read Legacy by Susan Kay yet though, so not sure how it compares.Nefret wrote:Elizabeth I by Margaret George
- MLE (Emily Cotton)
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 3566
- Joined: August 2008
- Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
- Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
- Location: California Bay Area
Re: What are you reading: November 2015?
I've read George's book, and also I, Elizabeth, (by Miles?) and even got half-way through Philippa Gregory's horrible travesty The Virgin's lover. But for my money, nothing beats Legacy.Lisa wrote:I really enjoyed that one I haven't read Legacy by Susan Kay yet though, so not sure how it compares.Nefret wrote:Elizabeth I by Margaret George
Re: What are you reading: November 2015?
Legacy is The Best.MLE (Emily Cotton) wrote:I've read George's book, and also I, Elizabeth, (by Miles?) and even got half-way through Philippa Gregory's horrible travesty The Virgin's lover. But for my money, nothing beats Legacy.Lisa wrote:I really enjoyed that one I haven't read Legacy by Susan Kay yet though, so not sure how it compares.Nefret wrote:Elizabeth I by Margaret George
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
- Lisa
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1153
- Joined: August 2012
- Favourite HF book: Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
- Preferred HF: Any time period/location. Timeslip, usually prefer female POV. Also love Gothic melodrama.
- Location: Northeast Scotland
Re: What are you reading: November 2015?
Oh yes I read The Virgin's Lover as well, somehow forgot about that one, probably blocked it out of my mind for a reasonMLE (Emily Cotton) wrote:I've read George's book, and also I, Elizabeth, (by Miles?) and even got half-way through Philippa Gregory's horrible travesty The Virgin's lover. But for my money, nothing beats Legacy.Lisa wrote:I really enjoyed that one I haven't read Legacy by Susan Kay yet though, so not sure how it compares.Nefret wrote:Elizabeth I by Margaret George