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The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

I don's read horror... but I saw that this one is a bestseller... From Publishers WeeklyQuote:Considering the recent rush of door-stopping historical novels, first-timer Kostova is getting a big...

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I've been thinking about reading this one. Sounds interesting.

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I saw this one a few months ago, but it looked too expensive. It did look interesting though. Maybe one day. Or I could ask for it as an Xmas present.

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I'm after this one as well, as it looks intriguing (and I've seen good reports of it). Going to put it on my Christmas list...if I can wait that long.

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I bought it, started it, then someone begged me to borrow it and hasn't returned it. Grrrr! It got mixed reviews but sold really well!

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Wow, I hope your friend gives it back soon, Athenaphoenix27! Why would you lend a book you were in the process of reading??

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LOL, at any given time I have several books going at once. One in bedroom, bathrooms, living room, now in the car. The one in the bedroom is the "main" one I'm reading always. The Historian was in the...

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I just found a copy in a remaindered bookshop. So far, its intriguing.

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I've just finished it, and I am very disappointed. That huge, sprawling, complex search for the monster, leads to .... someone turns up out of the blue and just shoots him? Anticlimacteric or what?. I...

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Are you a hard-core horror fan? I wonder if someone like me who prefers the not so horrific horror might like it?

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I suppose I am hard-core in a way. Though my preference is for the atmospheric, rather than the merely bloody. My favourite author is H P Lovecraft, and I prefer Carmilla to Dracula; to put my tastes...

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The descriptions of foreign places will appeal to me. I will give it a go!

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I have read The Historian. I enjoyed most of the book some parts seem to drag on, but otherwise pretty good book. Its a long book though. Gives some great details of some of the places they visitCrystal

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I'm in the process of reading this now... I will post my opinions, etc. when I am done. I too find that the book drags on somewhat but I'm really going to give it a solid go!

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