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Thank you for this #Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView 😁

1️⃣ Oooh, this is a tough question for me! Usually, I prefer books to have a quicker pace. However, there is something magical about a slow burn done right when the payoff is worth it!

2️⃣ Tagged! I‘m happy when a book has one great twist, but “The Palace Job” has one in almost every chapter. What started as a seemingly breezy heist story turned out to have many more layers than I was expecting!

Thank you for this #DailyTarot @Annie1215 and thank you for the tag @MoonWitch94 😁

#ThreeOfClubs #Preparation

I immediately thought of the rogues from “The Palace Job”! These notorious con artists have got to make many preparations in order to stay one or two (or 300) steps ahead of their mark! 😉

@Branwen @Meaw_catlady @ErinSueMreads Would you like to play? 😀

If you like comic fantasy that combines humour with subversive undertones, might I suggest The Rogues of the Republic trilogy? This is a genuinely funny series and deserves far more love. Also there‘s a sassy unicorn 🦄
#20series20days @Andrew65

Thank you for this Precious #ManicMonday @JoScho 😁

#LetterP
📖 - “(The) Palace Job” by Patrick Weekes (Fantasy novels usually lean more heavily into either comedy or drama, but this one blended the two genres perfectly!)
📝 - Pratchett, Terry
🎥 - “Pan‘s Labyrinth”
📺 - “Pinky and the Brain” (Admit it, the theme song is playing in your head, now, isn‘t it!)
🎤 - Perry, Steve (Journey)
🎸 - Pink Floyd
🎶 - “Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix

Half heist book, half magical quest book with a cast of really great characters? Yes, please.

It did not disappoint! Stayed up past my bedtime to finish this and it was everything I wanted it to be and then some. Heist, sarcasm, a little political intrigue, motley crew of equally interesting, purposeful characters, and a story that was wrapped up well enough to stand on its own but also leaves plenty of room for the story to continue, which it does because it‘s a trilogy!!

This is going to be one of those books I finish in a single day. Just over half way through, only another 3 hours or so if reading left, and I don‘t want to put it down.

One of the characters is a unicorn, aka a pointy-headed horse.

Had my library order this and it came in earlier than I expected, which has thrown off my TBR for this month, but I started it last night and I‘m already hooked. I love heist movies and the first chapter was a prison break scene done very much in the style of the Oceans movies or Now You See Me. I‘m so excited for this. Female mastermind, motley crew of thieves, high stakes heist, revenge. The highest of expectations.

#fantasy #heist #unicorn

Finished book # 2 for #4in48readathon late last night! The Palace Job was a super fast read. Not as good as Six of Crows but it was definitely similar if you‘re looking for a good read-alike. It‘s part of a series so we‘ll see if I continue.

Now onto book # 3!

About halfway through this one and I‘m on the fence. It‘s a heist mixed with fantasy (which I‘ve discovered I can‘t seem to get enough of), but I wish I had more background on the characters. They‘re likable but I don‘t feel like I really know them. We‘ll see where I land after another 200 pages 🤞🏻

#4in48readathon

I was hoping there would be #duckquotes in this one.

First day of my holidays and I'm reading this in between a few chores. #litsypartyofone

This story starts in the sky (though no mention of whether it's blue), and I figured I'd snap a photo of the sky by place since we've just received a thunderstorm alert. We won't have blue skies for long today. #MrBlueSky #JuneTunz

Scene: woman dressed in her jimjam bottoms and slippers, chasing the postlady across the complex courtyard to make sure she didn't have to carve out a day to go to the ill-placed postal outlet. Success though, I exchanged the card for the box and got this gem along with the last of my #summersolsticebookexchange #summersantagoespostal books. Just have to wait for the finisher to complete my stitching project, and pick up some local stuff.

I know some of you love the caper genre as much as me, this is a goodie. As funny and as tricky as any story about a team running a con should be. The first has been sitting on my shelf for too many years but with only 100 pages left after finally starting it, I went out and bought the rest of the trilogy. How's that for a endorsement? Good enough to spend real money on.

Today's photo brought to you by the realization that I don't really know the difference between blue, indigo, and violet. But if you decide to do a rainbow pyramid, you better be Roy G Biv.
#bookpyramid
#photoadaynov16

If you really want a book about a ragtag group committing the biggest heist, grab this. I read this a while ago so this is a reread for me. Let's hope I love it the same.

I thought reading would distract me from politics but I can't seem to get away even in fantasy worlds...

This was described as a mix of Firefly and Leverage, but set in a fantasy world with magic. I'm only about 10% in, but so far it has been pretty good, with lots of action right off the bat.