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Susan's 2009 Reading Log

What have you read in 2009? Post your list here and update it as you go along! (One thread per member, please.)
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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 » Tue June 30th, 2009, 4:04 pm

Have a lovely time, Susan.
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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Post by Susan » Tue June 30th, 2009, 4:35 pm

Thanks! For anyone who has read Anne Easter Smith's Daughter of York, I intend to visit the church where Charles the Bold and Mary of Burgundy are buried.
~Susan~
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Post by SonjaMarie » Tue June 30th, 2009, 5:34 pm

Have fun Susan! (WHAT no London? ;) )

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Post by Susan » Tue June 30th, 2009, 6:14 pm

[quote=""SonjaMarie""]Have fun Susan! (WHAT no London? ;) )[/quote]

Been to London three times, the last being in March, 2008! We wanted to see something else of Europe!
~Susan~
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Post by SonjaMarie » Tue June 30th, 2009, 6:24 pm

[quote=""Susan""]Been to London three times, the last being in March, 2008! We wanted to see something else of Europe![/quote]

Oh, ok, much better then! :)

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Post by Susan » Sat August 1st, 2009, 8:00 pm

July
The Time of Singing by Elizabeth Chadwick
The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick
Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant
~Susan~
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Ariana Franklin

Post by Ann Callen » Sun August 2nd, 2009, 1:56 pm

[quote=""Susan""]March
The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin
Mary Called Magdalene by Margaret George[/quote]

Ariana Franklin's books are all so good. Love her choice of different subjects.

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Post by Susan » Mon August 31st, 2009, 6:58 pm

August
Hugh and Bess by Susan Higginbotham
Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
~Susan~
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Post by Susan » Sat October 31st, 2009, 12:37 pm

September/October
Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran
Love and Louis XIV by Antonia Fraser (non-fiction)
The King’s Daughter by Sandra Worth
~Susan~
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Post by Susan » Sun November 29th, 2009, 2:46 pm

November
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Still reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel...enjoying it, but it is not a fast read especially when I have to grade papers and do lesson plans!
~Susan~
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