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December 2010: What are you reading?
Almost done with Guests of the Emperor by Janice Young Brooks. About a group of female civilians kept in a Japanese POW camp in Malaysia during WWII. Scary stuff. Going to start The Burning Land by Emma Drummond later today. Boer War.
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
- SonjaMarie
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I've finished "Shipwreck: A Saga of Sea Tragedy and Sunken Treasure" by Dave Horner (270pgs, 2002ed)*. A good book.
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Books Read In 2014: 109 - June: 17 (May: 17)
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- cw gortner
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Finished The Companions by Sherri Tepper (fun) and just started The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir. I was in the mood for something Tudor. We'll see how it goes. So far, it's easy enough to read but her portrait of Elizabeth is not bewitching me. It's also third person POV and she tends to jump into other character's heads at random, sometimes within the same paragraph. I liked Innocent Traitor's style better.
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
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THE TUDOR SECRET, Book I in the Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles
THE CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI
THE LAST QUEEN
www.cwgortner.com
- Berengaria
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Multiple Reads
I'm reading a trio of Plaidy novels right now...Battle Between the Queens, Queen from Provence and Hammer of the Scots and am quite happy flipping between them! A Happy Yule to all of you; coming to this forum has introduced me to some very great people and wonderful novels! 


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
- MLE (Emily Cotton)
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- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
- Location: California Bay Area
[quote=""cw gortner""] she tends to jump into other character's heads at random, sometimes within the same paragraph. [/quote]
Before I started writing fiction, I never noticed things like that -- although I did notice if the story wasn't flowing. But now there's a little editor-demon in my head, screaming 'POV fault! POV fault!' Do you find yourself not enjoying books as much when you are in writer-mode, or is it just me?
Before I started writing fiction, I never noticed things like that -- although I did notice if the story wasn't flowing. But now there's a little editor-demon in my head, screaming 'POV fault! POV fault!' Do you find yourself not enjoying books as much when you are in writer-mode, or is it just me?
I'm trying to read Sisters Red, but its really not htat good. Everyone loved it on Amazon but I just can't get into it.
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[quote=""Nefret""]The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas[/quote]
Did you read the first two leading up to this or are you going in cold?
Did you read the first two leading up to this or are you going in cold?
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