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Ariadne
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Location: At the foothills of Mt. Level

Post by Ariadne » Sun April 19th, 2009, 2:37 am

I'm in Honolulu in 1893 about to get shipped to the leper colony on Moloka'i. Not looking forward to the trip! (Although it's a very good book)

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nona
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Location: Oklahoma

Post by nona » Sun April 19th, 2009, 10:52 am

In London getting ready for my sweet cousins coming out ball, being poor relation I'm attending but not in the same manner. Here shortly I'll be taking a post as a governess/companion since I'm a hand full for my Aunt and Uncle and I dread it.

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diamondlil
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Post by diamondlil » Sun April 19th, 2009, 12:48 pm

I am currently a very special 'guest' a Castle Leoch, having suddenly found myself in a completely different century than where I started!
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Edith Wharton

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Spitfire
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Location: Canada

Post by Spitfire » Mon April 20th, 2009, 12:51 am

I am in the county of Claire, Ireland. Beautiful countryside!
Only the pure of heart can make good soup. - Beethoven

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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

Post by Vanessa » Thu April 23rd, 2009, 8:39 am

I'm in 1874 visiting a women's prison in London.
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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diamondlil
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Post by diamondlil » Thu April 23rd, 2009, 11:03 am

I am back stuck in a ship in the Arctic ice, and there is something stalking my fellow crew members.
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Edith Wharton

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EC2
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Post by EC2 » Thu April 23rd, 2009, 11:07 am

I'm in a Swedish church in the twelfth century and thes service is very long. I am pregnant and a bit worried because my previous child nearly killed me in the bearing.
(Road to Jerusalem by Jan Guillou)
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard n’I 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

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Lauryn
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Post by Lauryn » Thu April 23rd, 2009, 4:53 pm

I'm in the small town of Forks, WA, sulking because my boyfriend left me for my own good.

I'm ALSO at Berkhampsted, in 1485, visiting with the nun formerly known as Cecily, Duchess of York. (I suppose she is still known as such, actually.)
Even the mighty oak was once just a nut that held its ground.

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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

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Thu April 23rd, 2009, 5:23 pm

I am in Jaen, Spain, trying to bribe the high Inquisitor to free somebody's mother.

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Vanessa
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Joined: August 2008
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

Post by Vanessa » Wed April 29th, 2009, 7:24 pm

One minue I'm in Roscommon Mental Hospital in Ireland in 2008, and then the next minute I'm in Sligo in Ireland in the 1920s. I'm getting quite dizzy! :D
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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