# Whatcha Readin' Oct 2012 Edition

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**Created:** [September 30, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-oct-2012-edition/636309 "2012-09-30T12:40:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-oct-2012-edition/636309/76 "2012-10-11T19:26:38Z")

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> [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](#):
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> …I also read _The King’s Speech_, by Lionel Logue’s grandson. It was a nice supplement to the movie, which was an excellent drama but necessarily took liberties, especially with the timeline.

Ah, good! Had you seen my post in the Sept. thread?:

> [@Whatcha Readin' Sept 2012 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-sept-2012-edition/633257/83):
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> I’m reading _The King’s Speech_, nonfiction by Mark Logue, grandson of Lionel Logue, King George VI’s speech therapist, and it’s pretty good. Draws heavily on Logue’s diaries and correspondence with the monarch. If you liked the movie of the same name (even though it took some liberties with the facts and timeline), you’d like this.

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