Welcome to the Historical Fiction Online forums: a friendly place to discuss, review and discover historical fiction.
If this is your first visit, please be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above.
You will have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.
To start viewing posts, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Book Shopping Today: 2013 Edition

For discussions of historical fiction. Threads that do not relate to historical fiction should be started in the Chat forum or elsewhere on the forum, depending on the topic.
Post Reply
rebecca
Compulsive Reader
Posts: 798
Joined: July 2011

Post by rebecca » Wed March 27th, 2013, 1:44 am

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Rachel Joyce arrived an hour ago. But I'm still re-reading Feast For Crows.

Has anyone read 'Harold....'?

Bec :)
Last edited by rebecca on Wed March 27th, 2013, 1:45 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: misspelt word
Top
User avatar
Madeleine
Bibliomaniac
Posts: 5823
Joined: August 2008
Currently reading: "Murder on the Moorland" by Helen Cox
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Wed March 27th, 2013, 8:47 pm

Just ordered "Dangerous to know" by Tasha Alexander.
Currently reading "Murder on the Moorland" by Helen Cox
Top
User avatar
Berengaria
Avid Reader
Posts: 307
Joined: July 2010
Location: northern Vancouver Island, BC Canada

Post by Berengaria » Fri March 29th, 2013, 8:25 pm

Just bought Shadow on the Crown. So far, I'm enjoying the read! :)
Image My 4 girls!


“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the loss of expensive diversions or variety of company if she can be amused with an author in her closet.” ~Lady Montagu
Top
User avatar
Madeleine
Bibliomaniac
Posts: 5823
Joined: August 2008
Currently reading: "Murder on the Moorland" by Helen Cox
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Sat March 30th, 2013, 7:14 pm

Peaches for M le Cure by Joanne Harris, and the latest Victoria Thompson.
Currently reading "Murder on the Moorland" by Helen Cox
Top
User avatar
Madeleine
Bibliomaniac
Posts: 5823
Joined: August 2008
Currently reading: "Murder on the Moorland" by Helen Cox
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Fri April 5th, 2013, 1:11 pm

Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris, and books 2 and 3 (City of Ashes and City of Glass) in the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare.
Last edited by Madeleine on Fri April 5th, 2013, 2:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Currently reading "Murder on the Moorland" by Helen Cox
Top
User avatar
Vanessa
Bibliomaniac
Posts: 4334
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

Post by Vanessa » Sun April 7th, 2013, 12:00 pm

A couple of advance reading copies to read and review:

Hurry Up and Wait by Isabel Ashdown
After Flodden by Rosemary Goring (I'm sure I've seen this mentioned on here?)
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
Top
User avatar
Berengaria
Avid Reader
Posts: 307
Joined: July 2010
Location: northern Vancouver Island, BC Canada

Post by Berengaria » Wed April 10th, 2013, 3:47 pm

Just bought The Ashford Affair by Lauren Willig. Takes place in Kenya in the 1920's.
Image My 4 girls!


“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the loss of expensive diversions or variety of company if she can be amused with an author in her closet.” ~Lady Montagu
Top
User avatar
Misfit
Bibliomaniac
Posts: 9581
Joined: August 2008
Location: Seattle, WA

Post by Misfit » Fri April 12th, 2013, 12:26 pm

Minette by Melanie Clegg.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
Top
User avatar
Madeleine
Bibliomaniac
Posts: 5823
Joined: August 2008
Currently reading: "Murder on the Moorland" by Helen Cox
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Fri April 12th, 2013, 1:10 pm

The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes, non HF.
Currently reading "Murder on the Moorland" by Helen Cox
Top
User avatar
Nefret
Bibliomaniac
Posts: 2989
Joined: February 2009
Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
Location: Temple of Isis

Post by Nefret » Sat April 13th, 2013, 4:08 am

Library book sale today...

Lord of Sunset by Parke Godwin
Sherwood by Parke Godwin
Robin and the King by Parke Godwin
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
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}
Top
Post Reply

Return to “General Discussion”