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Currently Reading?

topic posted Wed, May 19, 2004 - 5:16 PM by  Elisabeth
I just picked up The Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd. A huge tome. I read his Sarum, which was pretty good.
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  • Mo-R...
    Mo-Ren Ishii
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    Re: Currently Reading?

    Thu, May 20, 2004 - 4:07 PM
    I am reading 'Devil in the White City' by Eric Larson. I love the turn of the century in big cities. It is not fiction, though it reads like it! I recommend it to everyone!
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  • Coach C
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    Re: Currently Reading?

    Thu, May 20, 2004 - 10:15 PM
    "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" by Christopher Moore

    Far and away the funniest book I've ever read. My friend Vlad was threatened with arrest in two seperate airports because it caused him to laugh so hard he was frightening the other travellers.

    Here's the amazon link so you can buy it yourself:

    tinyurl.com/yt9sw
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  • Re: Currently Reading?

    Thu, August 18, 2005 - 6:18 PM
    Queen's Fool by Phillipa Gregory

    Interesting insight to being a Jewish person in Tudor England, and Europe as a whole.
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    • Elis...
      Elisabeth
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      Thu, August 18, 2005 - 7:28 PM
      The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant about 15th-century Florence. Great so far.
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        Fri, August 19, 2005 - 12:46 AM
        I loved that book! About a year ago I was in Florence, and I read The Birth of Venus this Spring....I could practically smell the city, feel the artistic energy throughout the whole read...That woman writes dead on!
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        • ophelia
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          Re: Currently Reading?

          Wed, August 24, 2005 - 9:52 AM
          Not really reading historical fiction per se, but i am reading a collection by PG Wodehouse. Since it's all written contemporaneously, it suppose now it kind of is tho... the way he uses language is amazing. he captures the time period so well.
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          • Elis...
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            Re: Currently Reading?

            Wed, August 24, 2005 - 11:06 AM
            I LOVE PG Wodehouse. Fun and definitely a sense of the times. I have a big collection book and pick it up every so often and read it cover-to-cover.
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  • Diego
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    Re: Currently Reading?

    Sat, November 26, 2005 - 4:56 PM
    That's a good one. I read it last march. I thought the ending was a bit anti-climactic, though.

    Still, it made me want to get Rutherfurd's other books.
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