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Post by Ash » Wed October 15th, 2008, 4:32 am

Finishing up Devil's Brood. Next on tap is Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx, for a book group next month. Also will be starting Partisan's Daughter by Louis de Benares and A Crack in the Earth by Simon Winchester (really cool cover, opens up into a newspaper front page from the SF earthquake coverage!)

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Post by Telynor » Wed October 15th, 2008, 4:42 am

Finished up The Devil's Brood -- wow. All I am going to say right now is, wow. Now have started The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, and enjoying it very much. Both books I am certain are going to end up on my top ten list for the year.

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Post by leehow » Wed October 15th, 2008, 11:59 am

Richard Bolitho – Midshipman by Alexander Kent

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Post by EC2 » Wed October 15th, 2008, 12:04 pm

[quote=""leehow""]Richard Bolitho – Midshipman by Alexander Kent[/quote]

My mum used to love the Bolitho books. I've never read one, but only because I've never got around to it. Let us know how you go on with it.
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For never will cowards fall down there.'

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Post by MLS859 » Wed October 15th, 2008, 6:24 pm

To Hold the Crown -- Jean Plaidy

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Post by leehow » Thu October 16th, 2008, 8:09 pm

[quote=""EC2""]My mum used to love the Bolitho books. I've never read one, but only because I've never got around to it. Let us know how you go on with it.[/quote]

I am half way through and can fully understand why your mum loved them,It one of the more realistic naval novels i have read.Very good

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Post by Divia » Thu October 16th, 2008, 8:23 pm

I gave up on Spirit and now I'm looking to read something else. A Quiet Adjustment just came in from the Lib. Its Victorian Era, so hopefully its good.
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Post by chuck » Thu October 16th, 2008, 10:38 pm

;) [QUOTE=leehow;8320]I am half way through and can fully understand why your mum loved them,It one of the more realistic naval novels i have read.Very good[/Q

I have read all but two of the Kent Bolitho series....I liked that he was a contemporary of Nelson and they do cross paths a couple of times....Same kind of vain as the Hornblower series....Be aware Kent in many Critic's circles is not appreciated....I for one really enjoyed the series.....

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Post by Leyland » Fri October 17th, 2008, 1:08 pm

I'm halfway through Katherine Neville's The Fire, which is the sequel to The Eight, that came by mail a couple days ago. I'm not as fascinated by the characters and adventure/action in Fire as I was in Eight, but will finish reading Fire without doing too much skimming through details about historical characters that just doesn't to add anything useful to the story.

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Post by boswellbaxter » Fri October 17th, 2008, 1:25 pm

The Passionate Queen, a 1966 historical novel by Barnaby Ross about Margaret of Anjou. I'm also reading The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer, a great nonfiction book about day-to-day life in the 14th century.
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