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JUNE 2014 (Group Read 2): Corrag by Susan Fletcher
I'm in on this one come June!Thanks for setting the group read threads up for me, Dawn. :)
I better put this in the request list at the library soon. :)
This should be a good group read! Lots of participation me thinks. :)
Hurray! I'm really excited for this one.
Hah! My name is in the waiting list #1... *moon walking•
Terri wrote: "I'm in on this one come June!Thanks for setting the group read threads up for me, Dawn. :)"
Absolutely no problem!
I'm in for this one too!
My library has copies of this under two titles: Corrag and The Highland Witch. At least, I think they are the same book. Looks like it was published as Corrag first, then as The Highland Witch.
My copy is in transit. So I should be able to start on time at the beginning of June!
Hope I'll be able to find it. I've traced my ancestry back to the MacDonald clan of the Highlands. I'm extremely interested in this read. Yay!!!
My copy just arrived and other than the fact that it's obviously a discarded library book, it's in mint condition. So much so, some pages were still stuck together - as in had never been read. I have this cover though
I am ready for this one also. :)
I'm going to pick mine up at the library today. My cover
I haven't reserved my copy yet. I had better get onto it.
Reserved! And it was available at my library so I shall be picking it up this weekend.
Picked mine up at the library yesterday. It has the same cover Darcy shows above, with Corrag as the title.
I got the same cover as Darcy too.
I've already read it but am picking up a copy from my library for my wife. I think she'll like it. Same cover as Darcy.
Well, hasn't Darcy started a cover craze. I'm going to try and break that run of covers...have to wait a couple days though. :)
I suspect that cover is probably the U.S. library edition with that title, hence why so many of us have it.
You get the US edition in libraries in Canada? I thought Canada got mostly Commonwealth editions.
I've noticed it's about 50/50 which copies we get. Seems to depend on whether we get Commonwealth or US release dates for the books.
Hadn't thought of that. So if something gets released in the US first, maybe you end up with more US editions in circulation.(Although that theory wouldn't work for this one) :)
That may work too but I was thinking more along the line of this: Sometimes a book is released in Canada on the North American release date and sometimes on the Commonwealth release date. So depending on which release schedule we're on, that's the cover we get.
Terri wrote: "You get the US edition in libraries in Canada? I thought Canada got mostly Commonwealth editions."Ah.. I tricked you all. I got it from Better World Books; it's from the Nashville library.
But yeah, sometimes we get Commonwealth releases, sometimes American, sometimes exclusive Canadian ones (we scored by with J.K. Rowling on that). Often we get the option of all of them. It's a wonder we aren't a manic nation...oh wait...
Darcy wrote: "Terri wrote: "You get the US edition in libraries in Canada? I thought Canada got mostly Commonwealth editions."Ah.. I tricked you all. I got it from Better World Books; it's from the Nashville l..."
One of the great things about having a Canadian fiancé (the single bad thing being that we're so far apart at the moment: Him - Edmonton, Alberta, Me- Fort Worth, Texas) is that the Canadian/Commonwealth release dates on UK authors are often much sooner than the U.S. release dates. Especially true of new Terry Pratchett books. I was reading Raising Steam four months before it was released in the states :D
Hey that is a good set up, Kimberlibri..I mean, obviously not a good set up because you are apart, but good for you as a reader. :)
Only one of my reservations was ready last Saturday, so I decided not to pick it up until the other one came in. (both reservations are our two June group reads).So, I'll be off to the library THIS coming weekend to get both books.
Just in time.
Seeing as my fellow mods will start the month with this one, I'll start the month reading the other group read book, The Lion and the Lamb
Will come to Corrag after I finish that one.
The 1st is bearing down on us. Have we all got Corrag ready to go? :)
In my grubby little hands :)
Sitting right there on the ottoman!! Just waiting for the weekend.
I'm afraid I jumped the gun on this one and started a couple of days ago, out of necessity I have to say, away from home and had it in my bag. My excuse anyway.50 pages in and I'm enjoying the style and POV of what I'm reading so far.
For those interested in a bit of background re: the Massacre of Glencoehttp://www.rampantscotland.com/featur...
I am on page 209.Maybe it just me, but so far this is leaning toward the historical romance side.
Just barely started Corrag today - just read the introductory material before the first chapter. I want to finish Edwin: High King of Britain first before I get too far into a new book.
I meant to start today but fell asleep instead. Maybe tomorrow!
Lia wrote: "I am on page 209.
Maybe it just me, but so far this is leaning toward the historical romance side."
That's strike one against this book!
Maybe it just me, but so far this is leaning toward the historical romance side."
That's strike one against this book!
Derek wrote: "Lia wrote: "I am on page 209.Maybe it just me, but so far this is leaning toward the historical romance side."
That's strike one against this book!"
Before I started reading it that would be my opinion too Derek, but I am being drawn in somewhat by the depictions of Scotland at that time and by the treatment meted out to those who don't comply to the norm.
On the back cover of my copy the words, lyrical, lonesome girl, passion and betrayal all point to a romantic novel as does the review by Marie Claire but so far so good. Page 180. We'll see how it continues.
Haydn wrote: "... The depictions of Scotland at that time and by the treatment meted out to those who don't comply to the norm...."Completely agree with you on the points mentioned above. Those are the ones that keep my attention.
Yeah, it's got a bit of the romance in it. My main irritation is that no matter what book I read about the Massacre of Glencoe, the female protagonist is always in love/besotted by Alisdair Og. No offence meant to the man, but surely there were other unattached men in the Glen. Beh
Haydn wrote: "Derek wrote: "Lia wrote: "I am on page 209.
Maybe it just me, but so far this is leaning toward the historical romance side."
That's strike one against this book!"
Before I started reading it tha..."
I'm reading The Ill-Made Knight right now, but I'm going to follow this discussion, and then make up my mind if I want read this one or not. If it ends up leaning too much towards historical romance, I'll probably pass on it. Thanks for the feedback!
Maybe it just me, but so far this is leaning toward the historical romance side."
That's strike one against this book!"
Before I started reading it tha..."
I'm reading The Ill-Made Knight right now, but I'm going to follow this discussion, and then make up my mind if I want read this one or not. If it ends up leaning too much towards historical romance, I'll probably pass on it. Thanks for the feedback!
Darcy wrote: "Yeah, it's got a bit of the romance in it. My main irritation is that no matter what book I read about the Massacre of Glencoe, the female protagonist is always in love/besotted by Angus Og. No off..."Maybe there was a single man shortage?? ;)
Ick. Romance. I'll be skipping that stuff and doing a lot of eye rolling. Hopefully there is plenty of other stuff going on too. :)Have started the other group read. Will find out about the romane in Corrag once I have finished that other book.
Here is a short video on the Glencoe massacre.Secretly posted to the group's videos by one of my fellow mods (show yourself!). :D
https://www.goodreads.com/videos/6573...
I finished the book about 15 minutes ago. This one definitely heavy on the romance side for me. For those who care about clean language, this book is squeaky clean.
Terri wrote: "Here is a short video on the Glencoe massacre.Secretly posted to the group's videos by one of my fellow mods (show yourself!). :D..."
Ahh, that would be me. I noticed that one of the featured videos had been pulled on YouTube leaving an ugly grey space so I thought I would fill it up with some new ones.
Took me a bit to find something that wasn't a song for this one!
haha!! yeah. I had that problem with a few of the Celtic themes. I went with a song in the end on one of the group reads (the Cuchulain themed group read I think), because I couldn't find anything else.p.s I saw that missing vid the other day. Meant to go delete it and forgot to.
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The Massacre of Glencoe happened at 5am on 13th February 1692 when thirty-eight members of the Macdonald clan were killed by soldiers who had enjoyed the clan's hospitality for the previous ten days. Many more died from exposure in the mountains. Fifty miles to the south Corrag is condemned for her involvement in the Massacre. She is imprisoned, accused of witchcraft and murder, and awaits her death. The era of witch-hunts is coming to an end - but Charles Leslie, an Irish propagandist and Jacobite, hears of the Massacre and, keen to publicise it, comes to the tollbooth to question her on the events of that night, and the weeks preceding it. Leslie seeks any information that will condemn the Protestant King William, rumoured to be involved in the massacre, and reinstate the Catholic James. Corrag agrees to talk to him so that the truth may be known about her involvement, and so that she may be less alone, in her final days. As she tells her story, Leslie questions his own beliefs and purpose - and a friendship develops between them that alters both their lives. In Corrag, Susan Fletcher tells us the story of an epic historic event, of the difference a single heart can make - and how deep and lasting relationships that can come from the most unlikely places.