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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "In the woods" by Tana French & The Winter Crown by Elizabeth Chadwick
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime
Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Tue June 28th, 2011, 9:15 am

Pictures please MLE!
Currently reading "In the Woods" by Tana French & "The Winter Crown" by Elizabeth Chadwick
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Post by Nickie » Tue June 28th, 2011, 9:47 am

The best thing for me is not having to work. Exams at the school are over and corrected, we had our teacher's meeting and now we just have to wait until the holiday officially starts!


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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
Location: California Bay Area

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Wed June 29th, 2011, 1:29 pm

[quote=""Madeleine""]Pictures please MLE![/quote]
Okay, here are two of them -- plus our new grandson!
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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "In the woods" by Tana French & The Winter Crown by Elizabeth Chadwick
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime
Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Wed June 29th, 2011, 3:42 pm

Ah that's lovely.
Currently reading "In the Woods" by Tana French & "The Winter Crown" by Elizabeth Chadwick
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Misfit
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Location: Seattle, WA

Post by Misfit » Wed June 29th, 2011, 5:05 pm

Looks like all the chiefs are out of the office this afternoon and I'm not too busy. Don't tell, but I might have some extra reading time ;)
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
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Vanessa
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Posts: 4155
Joined: August 2008
Currently reading: The Catherine Howard Conspiracy by Alexandra Walsh
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 » Wed June 29th, 2011, 5:35 pm

[quote=""MLE""]Okay, here are two of them -- plus our new grandson![/quote]

All three are gorgeous! :D
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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 LoveHistory » Wed June 29th, 2011, 11:01 pm

Cute little things.
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Elysium
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Post by Elysium » Sat July 2nd, 2011, 5:27 pm

Now after all troubles I finally have everything set in new home so I (hopefully) have more time for internet and reading. So much catching up to do!
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Michy
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Location: California

Post by Michy » Fri July 15th, 2011, 9:22 pm

Discovered a new-to-me flavor of ice cream at the grocery store called "Grandmother's Cake Batter." Tastes like buttercream frosting. YUM :)
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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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Posts: 3552
Joined: August 2008
Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
Location: California Bay Area

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Mon July 18th, 2011, 6:36 am

Best thing this weekend was the California Coast Renaissance Festival -- lovely weather, good friends who drove up to meet us for their first renfaire, and because we paid the 'gate' (meaning Jay and I weren't there as actors, so we had no obligations whatever) we did exactly as we pleased -- which means we used normal English, instead of 'basic faire accent' -- an odd way of speaking which is not much like real 16th-century English as read in Shakspeare or the King James Bible, for instance.

Best thing tonight is our own bed. :)
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