I've finished reading "The Pessimist's Guide to History: An Irresistible Compendium of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres, and Mayhem - From 14 Billion Years Ago to 2007" by Doris Flexner and Stuart Berg Flexner (2008, 468pgs)*. A very interesting albeit sad and a bit discouraging book.
SM
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What are you reading? April 2011
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SonjaMarie
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What are you reading? April 2011
The Lady Jane Grey Internet Museum
My Booksfree Queue
Original Join Date: Mar 2006
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Books Read In 2014: 109 - June: 17 (May: 17)
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My Booksfree Queue
Original Join Date: Mar 2006
Previous Amount of Posts: 2,517
Books Read In 2014: 109 - June: 17 (May: 17)
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What are you reading? April 2011
Daneclere by Pamela Hill. Didn't make much progress Saturday as I was watching another set of Dark Shadows DVD's 
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
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Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
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- 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
I've just started The Lady's Slipper by Deborah Swift.
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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Nefret
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- Joined: February 2009
- Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
- Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
- Location: Temple of Isis
[quote=""LoobyG""]Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier 
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That whole trilogy is great.
[/quote]That whole trilogy is great.
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
Still slogging through a non-fiction on women and the sea. Interesting and good "bed book" because each chapter is discreet. Started Alexandria by Lindsey Davis (a Didius Falco mystery). I'm not usually into the historical mysteries, but I'm a sucker for anything set in Alexandria. Have a non-HF ARC I need to get to next.
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princess garnet
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