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What are you reading?

Post by boswellbaxter » Mon August 25th, 2008, 6:51 pm

Witch Queen by Maureen Peters

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Post by Susan » Mon August 25th, 2008, 6:57 pm

Re-reading "Time and Chance" by Sharon Kay Penman before "The Devil's Brood" arrives.
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Post by Margaret » Mon August 25th, 2008, 6:57 pm

The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss. It's an advance review copy; the book goes on sale at the end of September.
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Post by SonjaMarie » Mon August 25th, 2008, 7:08 pm

I finished "Was Napoleon Poisoned? and Other Unsolved Mysteries of Royal History" by Peter Haugen. Despite some annoying typos here an there, I found it very interesting and humourous in bits.

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Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Mon August 25th, 2008, 7:23 pm

still grinding through Time and Chance. Not the most gripping work SKP has written. Also reading Flashman and the Redskins, my first venture into the Flashman series, and it's a riot. The sheer political incorrectness is both jaw-dropping and hilarious.

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Post by diamondlil » Mon August 25th, 2008, 8:21 pm

I am reading Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong, Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong and listening to Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

It is very unusual for me to read the same author two books in a row, let alone two books by the same author at the same time but it has just happened by coincidence this time!

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Post by Maggie » Mon August 25th, 2008, 8:48 pm

If You Could See Me Now - Cecelia Ahern.

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Post by EC2 » Mon August 25th, 2008, 9:30 pm

[quote=""MLE""]still grinding through Time and Chance. Not the most gripping work SKP has written. Also reading Flashman and the Redskins, my first venture into the Flashman series, and it's a riot. The sheer political incorrectness is both jaw-dropping and hilarious.[/quote]

I've never got into Flashman, but my husband has the same response as you. He really relishes them. I always know what to get for his birthday!
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Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard n’I chasront

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Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'

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Post by Misfit » Mon August 25th, 2008, 9:33 pm

[quote=""Margaret""]The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss. It's an advance review copy; the book goes on sale at the end of September.[/quote]


I'm getting that one soon from Amazon Vine. Looking forward to it.

I'm going to start The Tiger's Woman by Celeste De Blasis today.

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Post by Leyland » Mon August 25th, 2008, 10:37 pm

I'm still on page 40 of Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks but intend to get back into it very soon. Doncha just hate when life interrupts a good book?
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