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What are you reading September 2017

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princess garnet
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Re: What are you reading September 2017

Post by princess garnet » Wed September 6th, 2017, 8:40 pm

Finished an ARC of Mr. Rochester by Sarah Shoemaker. I'd picked it up at the library several months ago and read it on and off.

Edward Rochester narrates in the 1st person about his life before Jane Eyre and what he was doing "off stage" during key events in the novel.

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
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Re: What are you reading September 2017

Post by Madeleine » Thu September 7th, 2017, 9:04 am

princess garnet wrote:Finished an ARC of Mr. Rochester by Sarah Shoemaker. I'd picked it up at the library several months ago and read it on and off.

Edward Rochester narrates in the 1st person about his life before Jane Eyre and what he was doing "off stage" during key events in the novel.
Was it any good? There's a lot of back stuff to fill in, that's for sure.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Re: What are you reading September 2017

Post by princess garnet » Thu September 7th, 2017, 7:18 pm

Madeleine wrote:Was it any good? There's a lot of back stuff to fill in, that's for sure.
I thought it was all right. It was slow going at first. Jane Eyre appears "on stage" 2/3 of the way in the novel. Also I read Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys years ago.

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Re: What are you reading September 2017

Post by Madeleine » Mon September 11th, 2017, 9:29 am

I've just started "A Death at Fountains Abbey" by Antonia Hodgson, the 3rd in the Thomas Hawkins series.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
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Re: What are you reading September 2017

Post by Vanessa » Tue September 12th, 2017, 8:24 am

Just started The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory.
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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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 September 2017

Post by red805 » Tue September 12th, 2017, 7:07 pm

For a change of pace, listening to Al Franken's Giant of the Senate. Very good so far.

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Re: What are you reading September 2017

Post by Susan » Wed September 13th, 2017, 12:39 pm

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
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Re: What are you reading September 2017

Post by Susan » Wed September 13th, 2017, 12:40 pm

red805 wrote:For a change of pace, listening to Al Franken's Giant of the Senate. Very good so far.
I'm looking forward to reading this. I have it on reserve at eLibraryNJ, but it's going to be a while until I get it.
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Re: What are you reading September 2017

Post by red805 » Thu September 14th, 2017, 7:11 pm

Susan wrote:Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Oh, I liked that one.

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Re: What are you reading September 2017

Post by princess garnet » Fri September 15th, 2017, 7:00 pm

The Secret of Prembooke Park by Julie Klassen

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