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  Whatcha Reading in February??

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  No YA-HF at the moment. I'm currently working on the Rachel Morgan series by Kim Harrison but there is a book I picked up from the library Prisoners in the Palace by Michaela MacColl. It is about how Victoria became queen. I'm pretty excited about the whole thing :)

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  Ciarra 

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  I am currently reading Awakened by PC and Kristin Cast. No HF yet, but there are a lot of YAHF on my TBR.

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    Megan Marie 

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    I have Awakened on hold. I'm a little nervous about reading it because I've heard that it is pretty terrible. I have to read it though. I figure I've stuck with the series this long I might as well know what is going to happen next. Let me know what you think of it :)

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    Ciarra 

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    I finished it a while ago, it was okay but it was mostly just moving the plot along with a few highlights. I am now reading Juliet by Anne Fortier, All Quiet on the Western Front, Pride and Prejudice, and The Shack. Yes, I do mean all at the same time.

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    Megan Marie (edited)

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    LOL..I completely believe you. I tend to do that as well. Can't ever seem to stay focused on one book at a time. Like right now I'm in the middle of Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare, The Darkest Passion by Gena Showalter, and For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison. I'll flip back and forth between the three until they're done :P

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    Ciarra 

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    Ya the only problem is that The Shack and All Quiet on the Western Front are for school.

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    Megan Marie 

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    O yick...It doesn't matter whether I've desperately wanted to read the book or not, if it is assigned for school it's almost a promise that I won't read it.

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    Ciarra 

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    Me too, and I don't think I will like All Quiet anyway. I hate war books and that's what the entire book is about.

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    Brady (edited)

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    I have to warn you, you will feel like hurting ALL of the main characters in the House of Night series...I read all of them up until the most recent, where I gave up on it (I found a few better books...). I just finished Vivaldi's Virgins by Barbara Quick. Very good. :) I'm going to start Her Mother's Daughter by Julianne Lee, about Queen Mary Tudor. And I have to read Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry for school.

    I am also reading The Explosionist for fun. It's based in Scotland, during a point of rebellion and in the 1900s (early-mid, but not sure exactly what year).

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    Megan Marie 

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    @Ciarra - Yea, I don't mind war stories as long as they aren't really dry.
    @Brady - I've read them all so far as well, up til this new one. I keep hoping it's going to get better so I keep reading. I reallly want to read Her Mother's Daughter!! I'm a big fan of Mary Tudor, I tend to think she got the shaft in terms of her life. Let me know what you think of it :)

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    Ciarra 

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    @Brady- I feel like hurting the characters 99% of the time, but I keep reading hoping it will get better or at least that Nefret gets hers.
    @Megan- All Quiet isn't boring, its just not my cup of tea to use a bad cleche.

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• Charlotte B 

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  I read Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith. That's the only historical fiction I have read so far.

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    Megan Marie 

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    I just went and added this to my TBR. Sounds really good. What did you think?

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    I really liked it. It is hard to find a world war 2 novel that doesn't just talk about fighting

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    Megan Marie 

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    Very true...I imagine that's because usually it's a guy writing and they tend to focus strictly on all othe military maneuvers. Usually that doesn't really bother me but I'm also a history major and am really used to that sort of thing being involved in whatever I am reading.

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  Megan Marie 

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  I just started Prisoners in the Palace so far so good. I haven't read much about Queen Victoria so I'm pretty excited :)

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  Ciarra 

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  Finished All Quiet on the Western Front and am currently reading Animal Farm.

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    Megan Marie 

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    O you poor girl. Sorry bout your bad luck :( Hopefully you get through it soon. Not one of my favorite books ever.

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    Ciarra 

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    Well, it was better than what I had to read before this; The Prince and Communist Manifesto are the most boring books EVER!!

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    Megan Marie 

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    LOL... I've always thought so :P

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    Ciarra 

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    And we have four more to read this semester, but I can't think of the titles off the top of my head.

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    Megan Marie 

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    What class are these for?

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    Ciarra 

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    My Honors World Civilizations class, we are doing this instead of using a test book. It is getting more interesting as the semester goes on though.

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    Megan Marie 

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    That does sound good. I would always much rather read a novel then attempt to read a textbook.

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    Ciarra 

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    Me too, I don't mind reading novels that aren't in my usual genres if I don't have to read a World Civilizations text book.

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    Megan Marie 

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    LOL..amen :)

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  Alexandra C 

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  I am not reading any YA-HF right now. Currently I am reading Wicked:The life and times of the wicked witch of the west

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    Ciarra 

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    That's on my TBR! Let me know what you think.

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    Megan Marie 

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    I've had this on my TBR for ages. I saw the Broadway production when I was in NYC a couple of years ago but I have yet to read the book.

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    Brady 

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    Me too! I own the book, and got halfway through, but I just lost my focus, and I haven;t re-started it.

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  Megan Marie 

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  So..I finished Prisoners in the Palace: A Novel of Romance and Intrigue by Michaela MacColl and really enjoyed it. I haven't read much about Queen Victoria before or after she was crowned so this book was interesting to me. I will probably be searching out further reading on her.

  I am now reading Threads and Flames by Esther Friesner which is about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. I'm only about 40 pages in but thus far I am enjoying the story.

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    Ciarra 

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    Sounds good.

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    Megan Marie 

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    Yep yep..I just got to the part where the main character and her friend have finally reached Ellis Island after there long journey from Poland. I'm kinda diggin' the story :)

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    Ciarra 

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    I may have to look into that book. It sounds really good and out of my comfort zone for reading. I have really been diverse with my reading lately. It makes things more interesting.

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    Megan Marie 

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    Sure does. I mean I've read books from this era before but nothing on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire so I thought I'd give it a try. What are you reading right now?

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    Ciarra 

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    Well, I am reading Animal Farm, which is an allegory about the Russian revolution I think. I am still reading Juliet and Pride and Prejudice and began reading Antigone for English class.

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    Megan Marie 

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    Ooo...All of those are good except for Animal Farm. Not a huge fan of that one, however, I really enjoyed Antigone. I'm big into Sophocles :D

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    Ciarra 

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    I like it and it is my second time through.

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    Ciarra 

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    Antigone that is.

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