[quote=""Kasthu""]Rebecca' Johns's The Countess left me a little cold, so I decided to read Penmarric instead.[/quote]
Ooooh, is this your first Howatch? I can't remember. Finished Seventrees by Janice Young Brooks (very good) and after tossing Corragg for the moment I think I'll settle into Tamarisk by Claire Lorrimer.
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October 2010: What Are You Reading?
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[quote=""Ariadne""]Halfway through Rebecca Johns' The Countess and enjoying it much more than I expected! (I don't go in for blood and violence, normally.)[/quote]
I really want to read this one I find Elizabeth Bathory horrifying and fascinating. Years ago, I read and enjoyed The Blood Countess by Andrei Codrescu. I'm looking forward to this one, and to hearing your opinions
I really want to read this one I find Elizabeth Bathory horrifying and fascinating. Years ago, I read and enjoyed The Blood Countess by Andrei Codrescu. I'm looking forward to this one, and to hearing your opinions

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I also have "The Countess" on my Amazon WL, but still not sure if I want to read it. She creeps me out 
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So far on the blood-o-meter, The Countess barely rates, and I'm learning a lot about the lives of noblewomen in 16th-century Hungary. (I admit I like this part.) But there are some glimmers of nastiness to come. The back cover hints that the charges against her may have been a trumped-up conspiracy, so I'm curious where this will lead.
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[quote=""Ariadne""]So far on the blood-o-meter, The Countess barely rates, and I'm learning a lot about the lives of noblewomen in 16th-century Hungary. (I admit I like this part.) But there are some glimmers of nastiness to come. The back cover hints that the charges against her may have been a trumped-up conspiracy, so I'm curious where this will lead.[/quote]
Well let us know how the rest of it is.
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Well let us know how the rest of it is.
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[quote=""Ariadne""]So far on the blood-o-meter, The Countess barely rates, and I'm learning a lot about the lives of noblewomen in 16th-century Hungary. (I admit I like this part.) But there are some glimmers of nastiness to come. The back cover hints that the charges against her may have been a trumped-up conspiracy, so I'm curious where this will lead.[/quote]
Lol, blood-o-meter. You've reminded me I have Bathory by A Mordeaux sitting around somewhere. Michele (A Reader's Respite) gifted me with that in revenge for my suckering her into reading Heir Apparent. Said I should burn it afterward.

Lol, blood-o-meter. You've reminded me I have Bathory by A Mordeaux sitting around somewhere. Michele (A Reader's Respite) gifted me with that in revenge for my suckering her into reading Heir Apparent. Said I should burn it afterward.


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Just finished 'Dawn's Early Light' by Elswyth Thane which I enjoyed tremendously, I've ordered the third book in the Williamsburg series and am awaiting the thud on my door mat
Until then, I'm going to have a short break from HF and read 'Dead to the World' by Charlaine Harris, the 4th book in the Sookie Stackhouse series.
