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Charlotte Bingham
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MrsMorland
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Charlotte Bingham
I really really want to like her books. i love anything set during the world wars, and many of her books are, but I just can't get past the atrocious writing! I've tried 4 different ones. Is it just me? Does anyone her like her? Are any of her books better than the rest?
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Miss Moppet
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[quote=""MrsMorland""]I really really want to like her books. i love anything set during the world wars, and many of her books are, but I just can't get past the atrocious writing! I've tried 4 different ones. Is it just me? Does anyone her like her? Are any of her books better than the rest?[/quote]
She's one of those authors whose books I think look interesting in the library, but I pick them up only to very quickly put them back on the shelf because they seem a bit bland and formulaic. I like world war settings too but I need the book to have some kind of bite.
She's one of those authors whose books I think look interesting in the library, but I pick them up only to very quickly put them back on the shelf because they seem a bit bland and formulaic. I like world war settings too but I need the book to have some kind of bite.
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Vanessa
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- 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
I've never read a book by this author but have a couple on my TBR pile. On Fantastic Fiction it likens her to Maeve Binchy and I like Maeve Binchy.
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
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MrsMorland
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Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4361
- 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
Yes, it makes you wonder they do comparisons like that. I wouldn't have thought they would be particularly similar, seeing as one writes about stories set in Ireland and the other about stories set usually during WWII (I think!).
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