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What are you reading: November 2015?

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Vanessa
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Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
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What are you reading: November 2015?

Post by Vanessa » Mon November 2nd, 2015, 10:14 am

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

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Re: What are you reading: November 2015?

Post by sweetpotatoboy » Mon November 2nd, 2015, 4:36 pm

In the middle of two books:

Isabel, la conquista del poder (Isabel, #2) by Martín Maurel
and
The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer

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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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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.
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Re: What are you reading: November 2015?

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Mon November 2nd, 2015, 5:14 pm

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.

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Re: What are you reading: November 2015?

Post by princess garnet » Mon November 2nd, 2015, 8:45 pm

Death at the Abbey by Christine Trent
5th installment in the "Lady of Ashes" series

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red805
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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.
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Re: What are you reading: November 2015?

Post by red805 » Tue November 3rd, 2015, 11:52 pm

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.

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Re: What are you reading: November 2015?

Post by Nefret » Wed November 4th, 2015, 12:40 am

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}

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Re: What are you reading: November 2015?

Post by Lisa » Wed November 4th, 2015, 9:42 am

Nefret wrote:Elizabeth I by Margaret George
I really enjoyed that one :) I haven't read Legacy by Susan Kay yet though, so not sure how it compares.

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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
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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?

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Wed November 4th, 2015, 2:13 pm

Lisa wrote:
Nefret wrote:Elizabeth I by Margaret George
I really enjoyed that one :) I haven't read Legacy by Susan Kay yet though, so not sure how it compares.
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.

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Re: What are you reading: November 2015?

Post by Misfit » Wed November 4th, 2015, 3:30 pm

MLE (Emily Cotton) wrote:
Lisa wrote:
Nefret wrote:Elizabeth I by Margaret George
I really enjoyed that one :) I haven't read Legacy by Susan Kay yet though, so not sure how it compares.
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.
Legacy is The Best.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be

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Re: What are you reading: November 2015?

Post by Lisa » Thu November 5th, 2015, 9:44 am

MLE (Emily Cotton) wrote:
Lisa wrote:
Nefret wrote:Elizabeth I by Margaret George
I really enjoyed that one :) I haven't read Legacy by Susan Kay yet though, so not sure how it compares.
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.
Oh yes I read The Virgin's Lover as well, somehow forgot about that one, probably blocked it out of my mind for a reason :?

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