December 2010: What are you reading?

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Mon December 27th, 2010, 8:58 pm

[quote=""Madeleine""]This has to be a contender for the cheesy covers competition!

On a less sensationalist note, I'm just about to start reading "Agatha Raisin and a Spoonful of Poison", modern crime set in the Cotswolds.[/quote]

Oh, the quotes in the book are cheesy enough on their own.

Apparently this author helped Fabio ghost write his own little romance novels some time ago (the 80's I think?). A gal at Goodreads read and reviewed a few of them recently. Hilarious. The reviews that is, not the books

Amanda · Post by **Amanda** » Mon December 27th, 2010, 9:54 pm

I have started Trianon by Elena Marie Vidal.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Mon December 27th, 2010, 10:02 pm

Started We Two last night, Gillian Gill's NF about Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Perdita · Post by **Perdita** » Mon December 27th, 2010, 10:50 pm

Santa got me Heartstone by CJ Sansom and I'm loving it so far

Berengaria · Post by **Berengaria** » Mon December 27th, 2010, 11:10 pm

I have turned to a library book that came in just before Christmas: On the Farm by Stevie Cameron. It's about the travesty that is the Willy Pickton murders. Some descriptions are gruesome, but the detailed descriptions of the poor women's lives make for powerful reading. I want to get it read before BoswellBaxter's book comes in the mail. I am so stoked for it! What a wonderful way to start the new year!!

Alisha Marie Klapheke · Post by **Alisha Marie Klapheke** » Tue December 28th, 2010, 4:25 am

I'm reading The Love Knot by Elizabeth Chadwick. Last night I read the part where young Prince Henry shows off his English. I like how the book is, of course, in modern English, but when Henry speaks it is in Old English. You are a clever one, Ms. Chadwick. I am jealous of your abilities. I am really enjoying the book--thank you for your work.

Divia · Post by **Divia** » Tue December 28th, 2010, 3:24 pm

I'm still reading Fruitlands about the Alcott experiment and it really sucks.

LoobyG · Post by **LoobyG** » Tue December 28th, 2010, 6:18 pm

Finally finished 'The Snow Mountain' by Catherine Gavin which I really loved, the way she captured the Romanov family was fab. Now started 'Shadow of the Moon' by M M Kaye.

annis · Post by **annis** » Tue December 28th, 2010, 6:47 pm

I just recently read Catherine Gavin's novel of the French Revolution, "Dawn of Splendour"

This is the first in a trilogy which I've been meaning to read for years, but never got round to. When it popped up on an online auction cheap I snaffled it. I enjoyed it and will hunt out the other two now (French Fortune and One Candle Burning.

Divia · Post by **Divia** » Tue December 28th, 2010, 7:29 pm

[quote=""LoobyG""]Finally finished 'The Snow Mountain' by Catherine Gavin which I really loved, the way she captured the Romanov family was fab. [/quote]

I've had this on my bookcase for almost 2 years now. I hope to get to it one day.