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- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4378
- 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
LOL. That's what it sounds like in my head, though - it's just the way it's written. Sort of garbled English. I have to read it twice to understand what it's saying sometimes. Flowers don't blossom, they blow in this book. I just can't get a Bristolian accent out of my head when I'm reading it, even though it's Shropshire. Perhaps it's country talk.
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
- diamondlil
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 2642
- Joined: August 2008
Forks, Washington.
About to get embroiled in vampire and werewolf politics I suspect.
About to get embroiled in vampire and werewolf politics I suspect.
My Blog - Reading Adventures
All things Historical Fiction - Historical Tapestry
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
All things Historical Fiction - Historical Tapestry
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
- Margaret
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 2440
- Joined: August 2008
- Interest in HF: I can't answer this in 100 characters. Sorry.
- Favourite HF book: Checkmate, the final novel in the Lymond series
- Preferred HF: Literary novels. Late medieval and Renaissance.
- Location: Catskill, New York, USA
- Contact:
I'm at sea, about to put into port at the island of Rhodes in the third century B.C., having just encountered a bunch of Cretan pirates. That's Gillian Bradshaw, The Sun's Bride.
Browse over 5000 historical novel listings (probably well over 5000 by now, but I haven't re-counted lately) and over 700 reviews at www.HistoricalNovels.info
- JMJacobsen
- Reader
- Posts: 113
- Joined: September 2008
- Location: Gig Harbor, Washington
- diamondlil
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 2642
- Joined: August 2008
It's very strange. It's incredibly readable (as most of her books are). I ended up reading 300 pages just last night, but I don't know that I am terribly thrilled with some of the events in the first half of the book at least.
My Blog - Reading Adventures
All things Historical Fiction - Historical Tapestry
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
All things Historical Fiction - Historical Tapestry
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
- SonjaMarie
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 5688
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Vashon, WA
- Contact:
[quote=""diamondlil""]It's very strange. It's incredibly readable (as most of her books are). I ended up reading 300 pages just last night, but I don't know that I am terribly thrilled with some of the events in the first half of the book at least.[/quote]
300 pages! Gosh! I'm happy if I can get 50 pages or more read in a day in one book! I think 300 pages would make my head explode!
SM
300 pages! Gosh! I'm happy if I can get 50 pages or more read in a day in one book! I think 300 pages would make my head explode!
SM
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My Booksfree Queue
Original Join Date: Mar 2006
Previous Amount of Posts: 2,517
Books Read In 2014: 109 - June: 17 (May: 17)
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My Booksfree Queue
Original Join Date: Mar 2006
Previous Amount of Posts: 2,517
Books Read In 2014: 109 - June: 17 (May: 17)
Full List Here: http://www.historicalfictiononline.com/ ... p?p=114965