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I loved Philippa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl and The Boleyn Inheritance I have a few others lurking on my tbr...
Currently reading Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad




I haven't read any of her's either, but The White Queen is waiting for me to pick up at the library on Tues., and I have The Red Queen down as a possibility for 5.1.





29 minutes later....I am going to start The Daring Game, even though I have a number of other books to read, but its a fairly easy read at about 220 pgs and its something that I have read in the past.



I'm using it in task 10.6 In the pink as I have this version of the book which has a nice dusky pink! I had tried to fit it into several challenges as I REALLY want to catch up with this series!...


Still working on The Count of Monte Cristo and The Raw Shark Texts .




I really enjoyed the tales of Oscar Wilde. His writing is entertaining and has a twist of the dark side to it.
I'm continuing with Coffee: A Dark History. It's an interesting history, although written a bit dryly. Lots of names listed, none of which I know, and lots of dates. The coffee stories and coffee trade is really interesting, though, and keeps me reading through the dry parts.





How are you liking [book:Middlemar..."
I've been reading Middlemarch off and on all summer and have found it to be complex and challenging--that is to say complex, and somewhat dry at times. Eliot's critic/critique of her own society, or as she implies early in the book, the society from which her own emerged, is fascinating! She seems to admire it and detest it in the same sentence. Its not an easy read but its a lovely read! I keep thinking I would like to find some criticism of Eliot and Middlemarch but I question the availability of English language criticism in Norway! Alas!







Also thoroughly enjoying Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire for Task 30.3. (Shipwrecked!, first book of two). Really happy to have the opportunity to read this one again, so good. :D

I'm enjoying The White Queen. Thanks Jayme.

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