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Wow - what a find!

Sounds like a fascinating read.

Thanks for telling us about it.

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For some reason I thought it was going to be like Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Iwas expecting to proceed at a rather leisurely pace wandering dream-like through the story from "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" to "And the ashes blew towards us with the salt wind of the sea". Instead I ended up blasting through this page-turner, anxious to see how things developed& surprised that the characters weren't behaving at all as I assumed they would.

Here's my review: The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones

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I've just finished Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie and I have to say it's probably one of the best biographies I've read in a long time. Massie seems to have magically transformed material that could have been very heavy reading into something quite light that was easy to breeze through. She certainly was a remarkable woman!!

I remember thinking that his Peter the Great (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize) was a bit tough so perhaps this is easier because I have a better understanding of the times which included Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, Marie Antoinette etc.

I'm now moving on to Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty though I'm really not looking forward to the ending of it.

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Sounds interesting and those love spells are just in time for Valentine's Day Thanks for sharing it!

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Thanks for the references. I'm going to have to read more about Victoria!!

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Good to know!

This is the first time I've tried an Austen sequel and the first time I've read P. D. James so I didn't know quite what to expect. I agree with you, it was a good read

p.s. Love the pinkies )

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Just finished Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James.

If you've ever wondered what happens to Elizabeth & Darcy after you leave them in Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice, this is a good one for you. Of course it doesn't hold a candle to P & P but it was kind of a nice way to catch up with old friends.

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Hehehe ... though some people might think that a world full of Edwards and Bellas was the real nightmare

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Just finished The Passage: A Novel by Justin Cronin.

Wow - this one's a page turner for sure!! I got a lot less sleep because I just had to read one more chapter for before turning in for the night.

It begins in 2018 asall hell breaks loose when a human engineered virus turns the majority of the population into vampires (and not the Edward & Bella kind). It then fast forwards 100 years to the post-apocalyptic world where the remaining humans are trying to survive.

It's the first book of a trilogy with the second installment due this year (2012).

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I do read pretty quickly but these two are also quite "bite sized" ) I'm impatiently waiting for the third book now.