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Feb 2009 - What are you reading?
- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4293
- 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
[quote=""EC2""]I couldn't get on with A Prayer for Owen Meany and it was a DNF for me. However, I absolutely loved The Cider House Rules by the same author.[/quote]
Ah, now I've seen the film The Cider House Rules with Tobey Maguire - I really enjoyed it. I'm still enjoying Owen Meany, it's unusual.
Ah, now I've seen the film The Cider House Rules with Tobey Maguire - I really enjoyed it. I'm still enjoying Owen Meany, it's unusual.
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
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- Reader
- Posts: 57
- Joined: February 2009
- Location: Ormond Beach, Florida USA
- boswellbaxter
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 3066
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: North Carolina
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[quote=""MissMarplestein""]I just read Time and Chance, and The Devil's Brood by Sharon K. Penman - awesome books![/quote]
Wellcome, MissMarplestein! I really enjoyed those two also.
Wellcome, MissMarplestein! I really enjoyed those two also.
Susan Higginbotham
Coming in October: The Woodvilles
http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/
http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/blog/
Coming in October: The Woodvilles
http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/
http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/blog/
- juleswatson
- Avid Reader
- Posts: 259
- Joined: January 2009
- Location: now Washington DC
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[quote=""EC2""]I couldn't get on with A Prayer for Owen Meany and it was a DNF for me. However, I absolutely loved The Cider House Rules by the same author.[/quote]
EC, forgive my ignorance, but does DNF mean Do Not Finish? Just checking I am not missing out on something all the cool kids know, and I don't.
I read Owen Meany years ago, and I loved it. I think the fact my friend raved about it, telling me all the details of how the characters spoke and why she loved it so much, kind of dragged me into it before I started. Sometimes that helps you feel familiar with a book before you read a word.
EC, forgive my ignorance, but does DNF mean Do Not Finish? Just checking I am not missing out on something all the cool kids know, and I don't.

I read Owen Meany years ago, and I loved it. I think the fact my friend raved about it, telling me all the details of how the characters spoke and why she loved it so much, kind of dragged me into it before I started. Sometimes that helps you feel familiar with a book before you read a word.
Author of Celtic historical fantasy
New book "THE RAVEN QUEEN" out Feb 22 2011: The story of Maeve, the famous warrior queen of Irish mythology.
Out now, "THE SWAN MAIDEN", the ancient tale of Deirdre, the Irish 'Helen of Troy'
http://www.juleswatson.com
New book "THE RAVEN QUEEN" out Feb 22 2011: The story of Maeve, the famous warrior queen of Irish mythology.
Out now, "THE SWAN MAIDEN", the ancient tale of Deirdre, the Irish 'Helen of Troy'
http://www.juleswatson.com
[quote=""juleswatson""]EC, forgive my ignorance, but does DNF mean Do Not Finish? Just checking I am not missing out on something all the cool kids know, and I don't.
I read Owen Meany years ago, and I loved it. I think the fact my friend raved about it, telling me all the details of how the characters spoke and why she loved it so much, kind of dragged me into it before I started. Sometimes that helps you feel familiar with a book before you read a word.[/quote]
Jules - Yes. DNF is 'did not finish'. I'm not a cool kid tho'
I think - from what I remember it was a bit off the wall for me. Especially as far as speaking in capitals went. I kept expecting the persona of Terry Pratchett's Death and kept being thrown for a loop every time!

I read Owen Meany years ago, and I loved it. I think the fact my friend raved about it, telling me all the details of how the characters spoke and why she loved it so much, kind of dragged me into it before I started. Sometimes that helps you feel familiar with a book before you read a word.[/quote]
Jules - Yes. DNF is 'did not finish'. I'm not a cool kid tho'

I think - from what I remember it was a bit off the wall for me. Especially as far as speaking in capitals went. I kept expecting the persona of Terry Pratchett's Death and kept being thrown for a loop every time!
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
I've been on a D du M binge myself. Just finished The Glass-Blowers, which is a very intersting depiction of how the French Revolution and its aftermath affected a generation of people. The perspective is interesting because we see it from the PoV of the tradesmen and Bourgeoisie rather than the usual stories that revolve around aristocrats and peasants.
I've got The House on the Strand queued up to read next. Also just received Jamaica Inn, and have ordered Frenchman's Creek (a new Virago reissue coming out in March).
I've got The House on the Strand queued up to read next. Also just received Jamaica Inn, and have ordered Frenchman's Creek (a new Virago reissue coming out in March).