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What Are You Reading? November 2012
- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4237
- 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 Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens.
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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- Joined: May 2012
Posted by Madeline

I just love Flavia de Luce! I did wonder if the premise of the precocious, very young heroine/detective might get old fairly quickly, but Flavia has a mitigating and endearing vulnerability about her, and I've really enjoyed the whole series- now waiting on next year's episode to come outJust started "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" by Alan Bradley.

- Madeleine
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 5721
- Joined: August 2008
- Currently reading: The Chalet by Catherine Cooper
- Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime
- Location: Essex/London
[quote=""annis""]Posted by Madeline
I just love Flavia de Luce! I did wonder if the premise of the precocious, very young heroine/detective might get old fairly quickly, but Flavia has a mitigating and endearing vulnerability about her, and I've really enjoyed the whole series- now waiting on next year's episode to come out
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Yes it's promising so far. The chemistry stuff goes straight over my head though
but I like Flavia a lot already.
I just love Flavia de Luce! I did wonder if the premise of the precocious, very young heroine/detective might get old fairly quickly, but Flavia has a mitigating and endearing vulnerability about her, and I've really enjoyed the whole series- now waiting on next year's episode to come out

Yes it's promising so far. The chemistry stuff goes straight over my head though

Currently reading: The Chalet by Catherine Cooper
Finally got around to reading The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau and I'm enjoying it a lot. A bit lighter than Sansom, but lots going on.
Disclaimer. I was sent this by the UK publisher Orion last year. My policy on reading novels for endorsement is that mostly I buy them myself, read in my own time and only if I really like them do I go ahead and shout to readers. Orion sent me this copy as a complimentary but in the full knowledge that I don't read for quotes. It has been on my shelf for over a year - moved house with it in March - but this week was the week where the whim struck and I picked it up. So far so good.
Disclaimer. I was sent this by the UK publisher Orion last year. My policy on reading novels for endorsement is that mostly I buy them myself, read in my own time and only if I really like them do I go ahead and shout to readers. Orion sent me this copy as a complimentary but in the full knowledge that I don't read for quotes. It has been on my shelf for over a year - moved house with it in March - but this week was the week where the whim struck and I picked it up. So far so good.

Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
[quote=""EC2""]Finally got around to reading The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau and I'm enjoying it a lot. A bit lighter than Sansom, but lots going on.[/quote]
Sounds interesting. I may read it next. Right now I am reading a very different perspective of nuns!
Sounds interesting. I may read it next. Right now I am reading a very different perspective of nuns!
~Susan~
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http://www.unofficialroyalty.com/
- MLE (Emily Cotton)
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 3562
- Joined: August 2008
- 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
[quote=""EC2""]Finally got around to reading The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau and I'm enjoying it a lot. A bit lighter than Sansom, but lots going on.
Disclaimer. I was sent this by the UK publisher Orion last year. My policy on reading novels for endorsement is that mostly I buy them myself, read in my own time and only if I really like them do I go ahead and shout to readers. Orion sent me this copy as a complimentary but in the full knowledge that I don't read for quotes. It has been on my shelf for over a year - moved house with it in March - but this week was the week where the whim struck and I picked it up. So far so good.
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Somebody gave me that, too. It's collecting dust on the TBR pile. If you like it, maybe I'll get around to reading it.
Disclaimer. I was sent this by the UK publisher Orion last year. My policy on reading novels for endorsement is that mostly I buy them myself, read in my own time and only if I really like them do I go ahead and shout to readers. Orion sent me this copy as a complimentary but in the full knowledge that I don't read for quotes. It has been on my shelf for over a year - moved house with it in March - but this week was the week where the whim struck and I picked it up. So far so good.

Somebody gave me that, too. It's collecting dust on the TBR pile. If you like it, maybe I'll get around to reading it.
[quote=""MLE""]Somebody gave me that, too. It's collecting dust on the TBR pile. If you like it, maybe I'll get around to reading it.[/quote]
With the caveat that a pinch of salt is required in places, it's a fine and intriguing adventure story with entertaining characters and an appealing heroine. I like it a lot.
With the caveat that a pinch of salt is required in places, it's a fine and intriguing adventure story with entertaining characters and an appealing heroine. I like it a lot.
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com