I've finished "The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's Unknown Child" by David Stout (256pgs, 2008). On Feb 25, 1957, the corpse of a nude, badly bruised body of a young boy was found in a box in woods north of Philadelphia. The boy still does not have a name, the crime is still unsolved. Sad story, well written.
SM
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August 2010, what are you reading
- SonjaMarie
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Original Join Date: Mar 2006
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Books Read In 2014: 109 - June: 17 (May: 17)
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[quote=""LoobyG""]Thanks Michy, I've been eyeing it on my TBR pile ever since I read what you've written about 'Dawn's Early Light', so I think I'll move it up to the top [/quote]
I'm really enjoying it so far. There's just something about Thane's writing style that I really like. Yankee Stranger is all about the American Civil War.
I'm really enjoying it so far. There's just something about Thane's writing style that I really like. Yankee Stranger is all about the American Civil War.
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After the djebellah-and-dagger action of Scott Oden's Lion of Cairo, I'm going for some romance with Marina Fiorato's second novel set in Renaissance Italy, Madonna of the Almonds. Unlike her other two, this one appears to be a straight historical novel rather than a past/present mix
"Set in Lombardy, specifically Saronno - home to the famous liqueur Amaretto, and the story behind the creation of that exotic tipple is the inspiration for the novel. In the early 1500s a church in Saronno commissioned frescoes from one of Leonardo Da Vinci's students - Bernardino Luini. Luini needed a model for the Madonna and a young widowed innkeeper posed for him - and became his lover. To thank him, she created Amaretto from apricot kernels steeped in brandy, and the legend was born".
"Set in Lombardy, specifically Saronno - home to the famous liqueur Amaretto, and the story behind the creation of that exotic tipple is the inspiration for the novel. In the early 1500s a church in Saronno commissioned frescoes from one of Leonardo Da Vinci's students - Bernardino Luini. Luini needed a model for the Madonna and a young widowed innkeeper posed for him - and became his lover. To thank him, she created Amaretto from apricot kernels steeped in brandy, and the legend was born".
- 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
I'll be starting The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf today (hopefully). I've been following the TV Book Club (a programme in the UK) series of books and this is the last one. I've been enjoying reading along.
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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