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Book Shopping Today: 2013 Edition

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Madeleine
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Post by Madeleine » Tue September 10th, 2013, 2:56 pm

13 by Kelley Armstrong, and Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare.
Currently reading: "Keeping a Christmas Promise" by Jo Thomas.
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Post by Madeleine » Thu September 12th, 2013, 1:05 pm

The Silent Tide by Rachel Hore
City of Devils by Diana Bretherick
Eden Falls by Jane Sanderson
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Post by Madeleine » Sun September 15th, 2013, 12:39 pm

The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier.
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Post by Madeleine » Tue September 24th, 2013, 8:30 am

I've just ordered:

The Burning Air by Erin Kelly
The Windermere Witness by Rebecca Tope
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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.
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Post by Vanessa » Thu September 26th, 2013, 4:17 pm

Got a bit giddy at the library today and came home with:

Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford
Brother's Fury by Giles Kristian
The Traitor's Pit by V M Whitworth
Kate's Progress by Cynthia Harrod Eagles
The Rose Garden by Marita Conlon McKenna
The Sea Garden by Marcia Willett
Lady of Passion by Freda Lightfoot
My Lady Deceiver by Freda Lightfoot
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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 Madeleine » Fri September 27th, 2013, 8:16 am

Yesterday I got:

Heartbreak Hotel by Deborah Moggach
The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis
Dead Water by Ann Cleeves
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Post by princess garnet » Sat September 28th, 2013, 4:35 pm

The Confessions of Marie-Antoinette by Juliet Grey
Final installment of her trilogy

King Breaker by Rowena C. Daniells
Had no idea she had written another novel to conclude her "Chronicles of King Rolen's Kin" trilogy until I saw it last night.
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Post by emr » Sun September 29th, 2013, 7:22 am

The new reprint of Named of the Dragon by Susanna Kearsley
"So many books, so little time."
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Post by Madeleine » Tue October 1st, 2013, 10:03 am

The Shadow Year by Hannah Richell.
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Post by emr » Thu October 3rd, 2013, 10:20 am

The Ways of the World by Robert Goddard
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