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TLee
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Post by TLee » Thu October 15th, 2009, 9:43 pm

Thanks Vanessa, I look forward to starting them soon - should they be read in any specific order?

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Post by SonjaMarie » Fri October 16th, 2009, 1:16 am

"The Complete Murders of the Black Museum" by Gordon Honeycombe

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Vanessa
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Post by Vanessa » Fri October 16th, 2009, 9:01 am

[quote=""TLee""]Thanks Vanessa, I look forward to starting them soon - should they be read in any specific order?[/quote]

No, I don't think so. They're not part of a series. BE has written two books which follow on from each other - Daughters of Fire and The Warrior Princess (which are on my TBR pile) - but ones you have are not part of a series. Lady of Hay was her first novel.
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Post by Madeleine » Fri October 16th, 2009, 11:21 am

[quote=""Vanessa""]No, I don't think so. They're not part of a series. BE has written two books which follow on from each other - Daughters of Fire and The Warrior Princess (which are on my TBR pile) - but ones you have are not part of a series. Lady of Hay was her first novel.[/quote]

I read those 3 books ages ago and I think there is some vague link between them, possible some characters crossing over from one to the other, but they're not a series as such so don't worry.
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Post by Vanessa » Fri October 16th, 2009, 12:08 pm

I can't remember that, but it is some years since I read them. Actually I haven't read Child of the Phoenix so I can't say about that one.
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Post by Madeleine » Fri October 16th, 2009, 7:23 pm

[quote=""Vanessa""]I can't remember that, but it is some years since I read them. Actually I haven't read Child of the Phoenix so I can't say about that one.[/quote]

I think that was my least favourite, not a bad book but it seemed to be endless! :o
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Post by Kasthu » Sat October 17th, 2009, 8:49 pm

Today I used up some gift cards from last Christmas and my birthday and bought:

Fire from Heaven, by Mary Renault
Bride of Pendorric, by Victoria Holt
The Russian Concubine, by Kate Furnivall

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Post by Sheramy » Sat October 17th, 2009, 11:00 pm

Oh, I like Fire From Heaven, although I haven't read it in a long time.

Today I picked up Joanne Harris' Sleep, Pale Sister -- I'm in the mood for some Gothic Pre-Raphaelite mayhem.
Sunflowers: A Novel of Vincent van Gogh, forthcoming from Avon-A, 13 October 2009
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Post by Nefret » Sun October 18th, 2009, 1:34 am

Queen of Scots by John Guy

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Post by Kasthu » Sun October 18th, 2009, 8:51 pm

Within the Fetterlock, by Brain Wainwright

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