General Discussion • First or Third Person Narrative?
Do you prefer first-person narrative or third-person in a historical novel? I chose first-person because I really got into his character in my research. On what criteria would you choose first or...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • What Are You Reading? August 2023
New thread for the month! Share your summer reads.From the library: The Wayward Prince by Leonard GoldbergThe new and 7th installment in the "Daughter of Sherlock Holmes" series.Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleAsk Your Fellow Readers • Youth Protagonists - Young tribal healer and roman...
There was a book - can't remember the title or the author - it was a book about a young tribal teen in the UK fleeing with her little sister and there's a young dude - MAY be Roman - who is pursuing...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • What Are You Reading? Sept 2023
Coming up on all things related Pumpkin Spice Latte season! Share your reads this month.Starting: Reign by Katharine McGee (YA)New and finale installment in the "American Royals" seriesStatistics:...
View ArticleHistorical Romance • Looking for a regency romance
Read this book almost a decade back in 2013, but it was an older book; by one of the leading historical fiction writers i think. It is about a woman who arrives at a lords house with a letter. This is...
View ArticleWho Wrote It? What's the Title? • Colonial VA to modern day America
Trying to find a series that starts with a family settling in Virginia along the Potomac River. Believe story opens with family dealing with French pirates, goes through the revolution and civil war...
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History in the News • Tree at Hadrian's Wall felled
Shocked to see that the iconic tree at Sycamore Gap (as featured in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, with Kevin Costner scampering along the wall) has been deliberately felled, in an act of what looks...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • What Are You Reading? Oct. 2023
Sorry to post a new thread up for the month! Spooks, pumpkins, leaves, and more--share your reads.Statistics: Posted by princess garnet — Fri October 6th, 2023, 10:38 pm — Replies 6 — Views 268
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • What Are You Reading? Nov. 2023
Turkey and cranberry season! Share your reads this month.Started from the library: Voices of the Dead by Ambrose ParryNew and #4 installment in the "Raven, Fisher, & Simpson" series. It was...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • What Are You Reading? Dec. 2023
Merry, merry reading this month!Share your reads.Yesterday's Tides by Roseanna M. WhiteDual time novel between 1914 and 1942 in Ocracoke Island, NC. Some of the side characters in the author's...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • What Are You Reading? January 2024
Happy New Year! Share your reads.Statistics: Posted by princess garnet — 52 minutes ago — Replies 0 — Views 3
View ArticleMember Reading Logs - 2022 • Madeleine's Reading Log 2024
"The Harbour Lights Mystery" by Emyllia Hall - 7/10Statistics: Posted by Madeleine — Sat January 6th, 2024, 2:02 pm — Replies 0 — Views 12
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Member Reading Logs - 2022 • Vanessa’s 2024 Reads
Here’s my list for January:The Boot Camp Murder by Matthew RossMonica Minton quits her high flying job under a dark cloud. Luckily, a business opportunity comes her way and she sets up the ‘We Sit...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • What Are You Reading? February 2024
The shortest month of the year. Share your love of good reads this month!Re-reading Secrets of the Nile by Tasha Alexander ("Lady Emily Mystery" #16)Statistics: Posted by princess garnet — Sun...
View ArticleMovies, Television, Radio, and Music • Matthew Shardlake comes to TV (C J...
Just seen on Facebook that Disney have made a series based on the first book "Dissolution", starting soon (in the UK). Sean Bean is playing Cromwell!Statistics: Posted by Madeleine — Yesterday, 5:09...
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Chat • FYI: Forum board to close by Feb. 29th
[Note: I've started a separate thread for everyone to view]MLE, one of our long time members, has posted this forum board will be shut down by Feb. 29th if no one offers to host. If it's really "final...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • What Are You Reading? March 2024
Flip of the calendar and a new month! Share your readsA Murder in Postscript by Mary WintersFirst book in "A Lady of Letters Mystery" series. I've got the 2nd book Murder in Masquerade on hold from...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • What Are You Reading? April 2024
Happy Easter! Share your reads this month.Starting from the library: The Blues Brothers by Daniel de Vise (NF)The backstory of the 1980 classic movie.Statistics: Posted by princess garnet — Mon April...
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Chat • RIP C J Sansom
Sadly, C J Sansom, author of the Shardlake books, died over the weekend. I was only watching something last night about the forthcoming Shardlake TV series and being disappointed it’s not being shown...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • What Are You Reading? May 2024
Flowers are bursting everywhere! And good books too. Share your reads this month.Finishing:The Real Queen Charlotte by Catherine Curzon (NF)Biography of Queen Charlotte. It was published to coincide...
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