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September 2010: What Are You Reading?
- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4322
- 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=""rockygirl""]Reading The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill. Has anyone read it?[/quote]
No but it's on my TBR pile, so let me know how you enjoy it.
No but it's on my TBR pile, so let me know how you enjoy it.
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
In the home stretch on Russian Winter and then I have the last two in Juliett Benzoni's Marianne books (Lords of the East and Crown of Fire) sitting staring at me begging to be read. Looks like it winds up during Napoleon's retreat from Russia.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
Rereading People of the Book for a discussion group this week. Still really liking it, but this time realizing how appropo this book will be at this time. Amongst the debate about Muslims and mosques and Koran burning, here is a story about how Muslims and Jews at times in history were friends, neighbors, colleages and have helped each other, even saved each other. Wish we could find that time again. Anyway, really enjoying the book all over again - tho I know Im getting closer towards the ending and am probably not going to finish it at that point.
- Berengaria
- Avid Reader
- Posts: 307
- Joined: July 2010
- Location: northern Vancouver Island, BC Canada
However, for the Labor Day weekend I'm taking up to Tahoe with me my last 50 page proofs and EC's For The King's Favor. (I realized I must read this before To Defy a King, as EC will be visiting my blog on Septrember 14!)
I read To Defy a King before I started to read The King's Favor. It actually works as a great flashback! Hope you had a great weekend in Tahoe! Went to Reno in 92 and hoped to get up to the lake, but that was the year of the great blizzard!
I read To Defy a King before I started to read The King's Favor. It actually works as a great flashback! Hope you had a great weekend in Tahoe! Went to Reno in 92 and hoped to get up to the lake, but that was the year of the great blizzard!

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the loss of expensive diversions or variety of company if she can be amused with an author in her closet. ~Lady Montagu
- cw gortner
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1288
- Joined: September 2008
- Location: San Francisco,CA
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[quote=""Berengaria""]I read To Defy a King before I started to read The King's Favor. It actually works as a great flashback! Hope you had a great weekend in Tahoe! Went to Reno in 92 and hoped to get up to the lake, but that was the year of the great blizzard![/quote]
Oh, yes. Massive snow that year. I love to ski, but I actually love the summer more there: it was gorgeous and we swam in the lake. I'm going back up the weekend of the 25th for a book group event; the women of the group happen to live in that area and so I agreed to go talk to them in person. Should be fun; the group leader lives near Cave Rock, a very scenic area on the Nevada side of the lake. I'll take photos.
My partner and I are going on a 10-day trip to Guatemala at the end of September and so I'll bring To Defy A King with me on the plane.
I devoured City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin this weekend; very atmospheric and riveting. I really enjoyed it. It suited my Romanov / thriller needs perfectly.
Oh, yes. Massive snow that year. I love to ski, but I actually love the summer more there: it was gorgeous and we swam in the lake. I'm going back up the weekend of the 25th for a book group event; the women of the group happen to live in that area and so I agreed to go talk to them in person. Should be fun; the group leader lives near Cave Rock, a very scenic area on the Nevada side of the lake. I'll take photos.
My partner and I are going on a 10-day trip to Guatemala at the end of September and so I'll bring To Defy A King with me on the plane.
I devoured City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin this weekend; very atmospheric and riveting. I really enjoyed it. It suited my Romanov / thriller needs perfectly.
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THE QUEEN'S VOW available on June 12, 2012!
THE TUDOR SECRET, Book I in the Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles
THE CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI
THE LAST QUEEN
www.cwgortner.com
THE TUDOR SECRET, Book I in the Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles
THE CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI
THE LAST QUEEN
www.cwgortner.com
- JoshuaKaitlyn
- Reader
- Posts: 85
- Joined: April 2010
- Location: Manchester UK
- sweetpotatoboy
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1641
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: London, UK