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- boswellbaxter
- Bibliomaniac
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This must be the season for book sales! (I had a pretty nice haul Friday and Sunday too. Have no idea where I'm going to put all of the new books, but if I complain any time soon of not having anything to read, someone needs to shoot me.)
Susan Higginbotham
Coming in October: The Woodvilles
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Coming in October: The Woodvilles
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- SonjaMarie
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[quote=""boswellbaxter""]This must be the season for book sales! (I had a pretty nice haul Friday and Sunday too. Have no idea where I'm going to put all of the new books, but if I complain any time soon of not having anything to read, someone needs to shoot me.)[/quote]
Hey, if someone shoots you, can I have your books?
SM
Hey, if someone shoots you, can I have your books?
SM
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- boswellbaxter
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[quote=""SonjaMarie""]Hey, if someone shoots you, can I have your books?
SM[/quote]
Sure! The family will appreciate the extra space!
SM[/quote]
Sure! The family will appreciate the extra space!
Susan Higginbotham
Coming in October: The Woodvilles
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Coming in October: The Woodvilles
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- SonjaMarie
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[quote=""boswellbaxter""]Sure! The family will appreciate the extra space![/quote]
*Snort* I bet! I bet I'd have to have another room or two built just to house them! LOL!
SM
*Snort* I bet! I bet I'd have to have another room or two built just to house them! LOL!
SM
The Lady Jane Grey Internet Museum
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[quote=""Kasthu""]I bought the first book in Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy: The Wreath. Mine is a copy of the newer translation. Anybody ever read this?[/quote]
I read The Wreath in the new translation last year. It was excellent. The original translation from the 1920s (?) never grabbed me -- it's full of archaisms that create a faux-medieval tone -- and the new one is a big improvement.
My mistake was to buy the entire trilogy in a single volume. It's large and bulky... heavy to hold upright when reading in bed!
I read The Wreath in the new translation last year. It was excellent. The original translation from the 1920s (?) never grabbed me -- it's full of archaisms that create a faux-medieval tone -- and the new one is a big improvement.
My mistake was to buy the entire trilogy in a single volume. It's large and bulky... heavy to hold upright when reading in bed!
[quote=""Ariadne""]I read The Wreath in the new translation last year. It was excellent. The original translation from the 1920s (?) never grabbed me -- it's full of archaisms that create a faux-medieval tone -- and the new one is a big improvement.
My mistake was to buy the entire trilogy in a single volume. It's large and bulky... heavy to hold upright when reading in bed![/quote]
I have a set of this with the Kuniko Craft covers, which are exquisite. I still need to read The Master of Hestviken series.
My mistake was to buy the entire trilogy in a single volume. It's large and bulky... heavy to hold upright when reading in bed![/quote]
I have a set of this with the Kuniko Craft covers, which are exquisite. I still need to read The Master of Hestviken series.
- michellemoran
- Bibliophile
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A Splendid Defiance and Garland of Straw by Stella Riley - and boy was I dang lucky to find them at the prices I did even with the postage from the UK. Just look at the prices for her books in the US
The White Witch by Elizabeth Goudge.
The White Witch by Elizabeth Goudge.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
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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
[quote=""michellemoran""]Just received The Help from Amazon. Very excited to start it...[/quote]
I've just finished The Help. I hope you enjoy it as I much as I did, Michelle.
I've just finished The Help. I hope you enjoy it as I much as I did, Michelle.
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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