[quote=""Ash""]Speaking of not knowing how the story ends: I just finished Loving Frank. The end was a total shock and I am still rather dizzy from it. Wow. I was going to say that this book was less than I expected, that I didn't think either character was fleshed out enough, or that there was little that explained why Mamah would leave her children and run away with Frank Lloyd Wright, and stay with him so long. But the ending may have made up for it all. Wow. But I still have many quibbles with the book, mainly that she made what should have been a very hot affair rather boring, so Id give it a 3.
Vanessa, how are you doing with the book?
TC Boyle has a new book our called The Women, about the four women in Wrights life, among them his mistress. Looking forward to reading that.[/quote]
I think I'm agreeing with you so far, Ash! It seems a little disjointed and not a lot of chemistry going on between the characters. I have about 100 pages to go.
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Feb 2009 - What are you reading?
- Vanessa
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- Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
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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
[quote=""enelya""]I am currently reading The adventures of Alianore Audley by Brian Wainwright. I love it...it has an entirely differnt take on some important events in British history. It has set me of in gales of giggling, which hasn't happened before with a historical fiction . I love it a lot![/quote]
It's a brilliant book Enelya - definitely one in my gallery of 'Best historical reads ever.'
It's a brilliant book Enelya - definitely one in my gallery of 'Best historical reads ever.'
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Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
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Sigh, I'm wallbanging another book..."Jane and the Unpleasantness At Scargrave Manor: Being the First Jane Austen Mystery" by Stephanie Barron. I'm finding the writing style to odd for me and I'm not connecting with the characters or the mystery. Oh well.
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Next up for me is Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik.
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
- 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
The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonald
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