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- Lady of the Forest
- Scribbler
- Posts: 31
- Joined: September 2008
[quote=""1lila1""]I'm reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. It's really much better than I expected. I was iffy on the format initially but it being written in the form of letters actually gives the novel a sort of voyeuristic quality. My inner nosey busybody is loving it!
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I wasn't sure about it for the same reason at the start 1Lila1, but once over that hurdle I loved it. One of the best reads of the year for me so far.

I wasn't sure about it for the same reason at the start 1Lila1, but once over that hurdle I loved it. One of the best reads of the year for me so far.
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 think you'll enjoy it. It totally rocks 

News, views, and reviews on books and graphic novels for young adult.
http://yabookmarks.blogspot.com/
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- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4321
- 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
The Scandal of the Season by Sophie Gee
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
- diamondlil
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 2642
- Joined: August 2008
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson.
My Blog - Reading Adventures
All things Historical Fiction - Historical Tapestry
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
All things Historical Fiction - Historical Tapestry
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
I often have a couple of books that I am reading at once, but usually they books are in different places: one at my reading table, one at work, one in my car. This is the first time in a while that I have three together: Stronghold and Shadows, a A Bookshelf of Our Own: works that changed women's lives by Deborah Felder and Helen Dunmore's Mourning Ruth. The last couple of days I've read a few chapters of each and then on to the next book. Im rather liking this and think I'll do this more often. (it helps that the three are totally different from each other: a HF, a collection of essays, and a general fiction novel)
- SonjaMarie
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 5688
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Vashon, WA
- Contact:
I read most of "Haunted Harbours: Ghost Stoies of Old Nova Scotia" by Steve Vernon, 77 pages of 120 page book.
The reason I didn't finish it was because the author admitted he embellished stories he had heard about ghosts or other supernatural beings and most of them really didn't interest me. I prefer my ghost stories unembellished if they're suppose to be true.
I'm not going to add it to my reading list because I didn't finish it, or I can add a wallbanged section like Misfit
.
SM
The reason I didn't finish it was because the author admitted he embellished stories he had heard about ghosts or other supernatural beings and most of them really didn't interest me. I prefer my ghost stories unembellished if they're suppose to be true.
I'm not going to add it to my reading list because I didn't finish it, or I can add a wallbanged section like Misfit

SM
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The Lady Jane Grey Internet Museum
My Booksfree Queue
Original Join Date: Mar 2006
Previous Amount of Posts: 2,517
Books Read In 2014: 109 - June: 17 (May: 17)
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My Booksfree Queue
Original Join Date: Mar 2006
Previous Amount of Posts: 2,517
Books Read In 2014: 109 - June: 17 (May: 17)
Full List Here: http://www.historicalfictiononline.com/ ... p?p=114965
[quote=""SonjaMarie""]I read most of "Haunted Harbours: Ghost Stoies of Old Nova Scotia" by Steve Vernon, 77 pages of 120 page book.
The reason I didn't finish it was because the author admitted he embellished stories he had heard about ghosts or other supernatural beings and most of them really didn't interest me. I prefer my ghost stories unembellished if they're suppose to be true.
I'm not going to add it to my reading list because I didn't finish it, or I can add a wallbanged section like Misfit
.
SM[/quote]
I can recommend some better books on the same subject from my neck of the woods if you are interested.
The reason I didn't finish it was because the author admitted he embellished stories he had heard about ghosts or other supernatural beings and most of them really didn't interest me. I prefer my ghost stories unembellished if they're suppose to be true.
I'm not going to add it to my reading list because I didn't finish it, or I can add a wallbanged section like Misfit

SM[/quote]
I can recommend some better books on the same subject from my neck of the woods if you are interested.
