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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Seagull" by Ann Cleeves & "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime
Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Mon March 4th, 2013, 9:33 am

"emr" wrote:I'll make a wild guess: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
:D I'm in Tibet, present days.


Correct emr :)

I'm also now in a convent in the 16th century, in Ferrara, Italy, and I so don't want to be there. :mad:
Currently reading "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott & "The Seagull" by Ann Cleeves
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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Seagull" by Ann Cleeves & "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime
Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Sun March 17th, 2013, 12:10 pm

I'm now also back in Bon Temps, Louisiana.
Currently reading "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott & "The Seagull" by Ann Cleeves
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Lisa
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Favourite HF book: Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Preferred HF: Any time period/location. Timeslip, usually prefer female POV. Also love Gothic melodrama.
Location: Northeast Scotland

Post by Lisa » Sun March 17th, 2013, 2:53 pm

I'm on a fictional island supposedly just off where I live in real life (Northeast Scotland) in both the present day and 800 AD. In both times there is a comet streaking across the sky...
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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Seagull" by Ann Cleeves & "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime
Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Sun March 17th, 2013, 3:49 pm

What book ladyB?
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Lisa
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Favourite HF book: Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Preferred HF: Any time period/location. Timeslip, usually prefer female POV. Also love Gothic melodrama.
Location: Northeast Scotland

Post by Lisa » Sun March 17th, 2013, 6:29 pm

"Madeleine" wrote:What book ladyB?


It's The Island House by Posie Graeme-Evans. More timeslip Viking spookiness, except this time they're raiding and terrorising the Picts and the inhabitants of an early abbey :)
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Madeleine
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Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime
Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Mon March 18th, 2013, 11:52 am

Thanks, might have to check that one out.
Currently reading "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott & "The Seagull" by Ann Cleeves
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Vanessa
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Currently reading: An Abiding Fire by M L Logue & The Flower Girls by Alice Clark Platts
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 March 20th, 2013, 8:44 am

I've requested The Island House from the library so I can have a look at it.

I'm in Westeros at the moment. All's fair in love and war!
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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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Lisa
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Favourite HF book: Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Preferred HF: Any time period/location. Timeslip, usually prefer female POV. Also love Gothic melodrama.
Location: Northeast Scotland

Post by Lisa » Wed March 20th, 2013, 9:44 am

I'm now about 3/4 way through The Island House and yes I would recommend it. However, it is a bit slow at first, but I can say it definitely picks up about halfway through.
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Post by wendy » Thu March 21st, 2013, 1:28 pm

Just got back from Las Vegas. Got "whacked" by Big Tony at THE MOB EXPERIENCE. Great fun if you are visiting. You interact with actors in a
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Madeleine
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Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Fri April 26th, 2013, 8:48 am

Now in Cornwall, where it's nearly Christmas.
Currently reading "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott & "The Seagull" by Ann Cleeves
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