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Tanzanite's Reads - 2009

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Tanzanite's Reads - 2009

Post by Tanzanite » Sun February 1st, 2009, 9:49 pm

January:

The Last Enchantment - Mary Stewart
Legacy - Susan Kay
Elizabeth the Great - Elizabeth Jenkins (NF)

I didn't read as much as would have liked to this month but hopefully now that we are moved and settled, I'll have more time to read!

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Post by Tanzanite » Sun March 1st, 2009, 5:21 pm

February:

The Champion - Elizabeth Chadwick
Dreaming the Bull - Manda Scott
Abundance - Sena Jeter Naslund
The King's Daughter - Sandra Worth
Knight's Honor - Roberta Gellis
Mistress of the Monarchy - Alison Weir (NF)

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Post by Tanzanite » Tue March 31st, 2009, 11:59 pm

March:

The Master of Verona by David Blixt
The Second Sister by Marie Sandeford
The Sisters Who Would be Queen by Leanda de Lisle
Castile for Isabella by Jean Plaidy
Hand of Isis by Jo Graham

DNF: Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

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Post by Tanzanite » Thu May 7th, 2009, 7:36 pm

April:

The Swan Maiden - Jules Watson
Secrets of the Tudor Court: The Pleasure Palace - Kate Emerson
The Fort at River's Bend - Jack Whyte
Grave Goods - Ariana Franklin

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Post by Tanzanite » Thu June 4th, 2009, 2:30 am

May (moved again at the end of the month so I only had time for 3 books!). Oh, and there was that little trip across the pond...

The Tory Widow - Christine Blevins
John Adams - David McCullough
The Warwick Heiress - Margaret Abbey

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Post by Tanzanite » Mon June 29th, 2009, 10:32 pm

June:

The King's Rose - Alisa Libby
Signora da Vinci - Robin Maxwell
The Royal Griffin - Juliet Dymoke
The Strangled Queen - Maurice Druon
Royal Road to Fotheringay - Jean Plaidy
Twilight of Avalon - Anna Elliott

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Post by Tanzanite » Fri July 31st, 2009, 1:33 am

July:

The Golden Warrior - Hope Muntz
Blood Royal - Vanora Bennett
Cleopatra's Daughter - Michelle Moran
Passion's Reign (a/k/a The Last Boleyn) - Karen Harper
Mary Boleyn - Josephine Wilkinson (non-fiction)
A Place Beyond Courage - Elizabeth Chadwick
Twilight of a Queen - Susan Carroll

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Post by Veronica » Fri July 31st, 2009, 5:07 am

wow.. where do you find time to read so many books in a months time? You must be a super quick reader!
"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted"

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Post by Tanzanite » Sat August 1st, 2009, 12:11 am

I don't always read that many books in a month - if you look at some of the others, I only managed 3 or 4. But, a couple of months ago we moved and where I used to be able to walk to work, now I have a 30 minute bus ride each way so that has helped!

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Post by Tanzanite » Tue September 1st, 2009, 12:31 am

August:

Spain for the Sovereigns - Jean Plaidy
The White Queen - Philippa Gregory
Henry's Last Love - Lozania Prole
Henry VIII: The King and His Court - Alison Weir (non-fiction)
The Devil's Queen - Jeanne Kalogridis
Catherine de Medici - Leonie Frieda (non-fiction)

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