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What are you reading November 2017?

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Misfit
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What are you reading November 2017?

Post by Misfit » Wed November 1st, 2017, 11:43 pm

Time for a new thread.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: What are you reading November 2017?

Post by Madeleine » Thu November 2nd, 2017, 10:07 am

I've just started "Skylarking" by Kate Mildenhall.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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princess garnet
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Location: Maryland

Re: What are you reading November 2017?

Post by princess garnet » Thu November 2nd, 2017, 8:10 pm

No Other Will Do by Karen Witemeyer
"Ladies of Harper Station" #1

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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.
Location: California Bay Area

Re: What are you reading November 2017?

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Fri November 3rd, 2017, 1:45 pm

I'm not reading anything, alas! We had a pipe break upstairs on September 15th, completely flooding the front half of the house. Now we're in a frantic race to at least get the kitchen useable before winter--and we're doing it ourselves, since all the contractors around here were already busy catching up to the record rainfall that started the year, and now the labor pool has all gone up to the North Bay to rebuild after the terrible fires.

Which is why I haven't been around the boards much this last month!

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Re: What are you reading November 2017?

Post by Susan » Fri November 3rd, 2017, 1:51 pm

MLE (Emily Cotton) wrote:I'm not reading anything, alas! We had a pipe break upstairs on September 15th, completely flooding the front half of the house. Now we're in a frantic race to at least get the kitchen useable before winter--and we're doing it ourselves, since all the contractors around here were already busy catching up to the record rainfall that started the year, and now the labor pool has all gone up to the North Bay to rebuild after the terrible fires.

Which is why I haven't been around the boards much this last month!
Oh my, Emily! How terrible! Good luck getting everything done.
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Nefret
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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 2017?

Post by Nefret » Sat November 4th, 2017, 12:07 am

I'm re-reading Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick.
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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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: What are you reading November 2017?

Post by Madeleine » Sun November 5th, 2017, 4:48 pm

Oh no MLE what a disaster :shock: Hope you get it sorted out soon.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Vanessa
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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

Re: What are you reading November 2017?

Post by Vanessa » Mon November 6th, 2017, 6:53 pm

Blumming heck, Emily! I hope things are getting sorted. Eek!

I’m about to start Strange Sight by Syd Moore, the second in the Essex Witch Museum mysteries. It’s a book I have to review. I enjoyed the first one, Strange Magic.
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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Lisa
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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 2017?

Post by Lisa » Wed November 15th, 2017, 4:43 pm

On no Emily :o I know the pain of having a burst pipe decimate half your home. I hope you're able to restore as much comfort as possible by the time winter sets in.

I'm currently reading The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley.

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Vanessa
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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

Re: What are you reading November 2017?

Post by Vanessa » Wed November 15th, 2017, 8:15 pm

I’m just about to start The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick.
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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