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Davina wrote:
I really like Philippa Gregory's books. I live just up the road, literally, from where Anne Boleyn's sister and husband lived (a firens lives i part of the moated manor house that was theirs) and we have a local pub called The Anne Boleyn (the Bullen's- for that is what they were- were big landowners around here).I am also a long term fan of Poe- I enjoy his poetry too.
That's amazing- I love reading about her, Elizabeth I. and the whole era. It's amazing that they are still so present in certain places- also went to Hatfield as well as the National Portrait Gallery in London.
I can highly recommend "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies" by Hilary Mantel (RSC is going to make plays out of them, I am considering flying over for that if I'll get tickets), and anything by Alison Weir.
I bought "Bring Up the Bodies" first and couldn't put it down again (I've been told I read it on a beach in Portugal, but I was completely unaware of my surroundings, really). Now I'm waiting for the third installment, which is as annoying as waiting for Sherlock's season 3... 
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Paul Auster - The New York Trilogy
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I've gotten a bit into "Young Sherlock Holmes", currently reading the second book. I like very much that Mycroft Holmes appears so often in these novels (at least so far). I am huge fan of the Holmes brothers and enjoy anything that brings them together.
After this I hope to finally get around to reading "The Cuckoo's Calling".
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Started the newest Stephen King book yesterday. Doctor Sleep. It's a sequel to The Shining.
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Not actually reading it yet but the next thing I start will be the new Neil Gaiman book. Ocean at the End of the Lane. I've got tickets to a signing Satuday and I"m so excited I might spontaneously combust.!!
I like many of Gaiman's books. My favs are Neverwhere and American Gods.
Have you finished Ocean at the End of the Lane? How was it? (No spoilers!!)
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I am reading "Never Mind" by Edward St Aubyn. Benedict mentioned his books in an interview and I thought I could give them a try. A very well-written, disturbing novel.
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I am reading "Never Mind" by Edward St Aubyn. Benedict mentioned his books in an interview and I thought I could give them a try. A very well-written, disturbing novel.
Hmmmm, disturbing. I like disturbing. *takes notes*
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Bought a copy of The Amazing Adventures of Kavelair and Clay. Been meaning to read it forever but then I heard BC mention that filming it would be a dream project for him and well, with that sort of reccomendation, ..I was highly motivated to finally read it.
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- Kerkerian
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I've gotten a bit into "Young Sherlock Holmes", currently reading the second book. I like very much that Mycroft Holmes appears so often in these novels (at least so far). I am huge fan of the Holmes brothers and enjoy anything that brings them together.
After this I hope to finally get around to reading "The Cuckoo's Calling".
I've also read those simply because I needed something during the wait, and I did quite warm to them. They clearly are meant for a young audience, but they still are entertaining, and I do agree about Mycroft.
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reading "A Slight Trick of the Mind" by Mitch Cullin. Looking forward to Ian McKellan as the aging post -WWII Sherlock.
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After reading, I hope you wouldn't mind sharing your thoughts about the book 
. I am so much interested about the project
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Currently I'm reading The White Queen and the Red Queen. I don't have Starz and it will be a several months before it's on Netflix. Sheesh, I'm surprised anyone in England was alive after the War of the Roses.
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I'm currently reading North and South and I read Beowulf a couple of weaks ago for my literature class.
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Just reading ACD 56 short stories - had to giggle when I started the latest one. In the second paragraph it says "Come at once if convenient - if inconvenient come all the same", I never noticed this on previous readings so it must have stuck in my head after watching BBC Sherlock. I have been writing a SH story myself and I think it has a good start. I am not a writer as such so I don't really no if it has any merit. Where would I go to get any other opinions?
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Oh I never mentioned the title. "The Adventure of The Creeping Man"
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When asked about what I'm reading I often say "It's...ummm... an online book." and they will never fully understand. 
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When asked about what I'm reading I often say "It's...ummm... an online book." and they will never fully understand.
Is it good or bad that I immediately knew what you meant?!?!
I'm re-reading The Hobbit to get in the mood for the movie x
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When asked about what I'm reading I often say "It's...ummm... an online book." and they will never fully understand.
To avoid a long explaination of what fanfic are, I usually say "Something about Sherlock Holmes". 
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Me Before You - Jojo Moyes
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"To fake the death of one sibling may be regarded as a misfortune; to fake the death of both looks like carelessness." Oscar Wilde about Mycroft Holmes
"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)
“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)
