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What are you reading June 2012?

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Darkest Evening" by Ann Cleeves
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime
Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Mon June 18th, 2012, 9:25 am

[quote=""SonjaMarie""]How is it?

SM[/quote]

Quite good so far - well-written. I've read one of her other books - Sacrifice - but this looks like being the first in a crime series.
Currently reading: "The Darkest Evening" by Ann Cleeves
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Brenna
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Post by Brenna » Mon June 18th, 2012, 2:59 pm

[quote=""rockygirl""]The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

I'm devouring this one.[/quote]

I really enjoyed it!! It is one of my favorites.
Brenna
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sweetpotatoboy
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Post by sweetpotatoboy » Mon June 18th, 2012, 3:55 pm

Just started Golden Fox by Wilbur Smith.

The contemporary novel I just finished, The Perks of being a Wallflower, is absolutely fantastic and highly recommended.
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Post by fljustice » Mon June 18th, 2012, 6:18 pm

Finished the NF The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow. Lots of math history and eye-opening research on the illusion of patterns and the patterns of illusion. Next up on the TBR shelf is Liberty by Garrison Keillor.
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rockygirl
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Post by rockygirl » Tue June 19th, 2012, 1:44 am

From the TBR shelf, An Enduring Love: My Life with the Shahby Farah Pahlavi

I picked it up for a buck. It's in excellent condition!
Currently reading Cocaine Blues.
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Post by rebecca » Tue June 19th, 2012, 2:03 am

[quote=""Brenna""]I really enjoyed it!! It is one of my favorites.[/quote]

WOW The Kitchen House has been on my TBR list since forever, I'll have to read it if I can find the time.

Bec :)
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Post by rockygirl » Tue June 19th, 2012, 2:08 am

I liked The Kitchen House. It's a fast read. It was on my nook--I forgot all about it. I don't think it's realistic, but I was engrossed.
Currently reading Cocaine Blues.
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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
Location: California Bay Area

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Tue June 19th, 2012, 3:52 am

I'm reading The Queen's Gamble by Barbara Kyle. So far it's good.
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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

Post by Vanessa » Tue June 19th, 2012, 5:09 pm

I'll be starting Pandora by Jilly Cooper later!
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
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Post by Tanzanite » Wed June 20th, 2012, 11:31 pm

Should finish up Her Highness, the Traitor tomorrow and then on to The Queen's Vow.
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