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"Very little worth knowing is taught by fear."

#fantasy

It‘s a good summer to revisit some old favorite authors for me.

We do many things in our latest episode. Select a December book of the month, dissect the modern educational system, and mull over starting a bumper sticker company. Enjoy!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5PXIqw5GAPMVsxWIj1LN7g?si=V3ewPO6WRT-WwC2ICrg4W...

1/5⭐ I was willing to give it a chance despite not connecting with the characters but stopped 10% in at the casual pet murder and an idiot adult expecting a 6 year old to understand what he was talking about without any explanation. #roll100

Things have been a bit trying lately, so going for the comfort re-read and food. #WeArePack

🎧 I loved this book! I wasn‘t sure if I would. It‘s well written. Epic fantasy. Fitz is a typical kid, if not a little too perfect at times. A bastard Prince used as a pawn by his grandfather & uncles. Nosy & Smithy bring added depth and interest. I‘ll be adding book 2 to my TBR. If you haven‘t read it, you probably should.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#TemptingTitles @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#WithAnOccupation

Another gorgeous day! I am taking advantage of this weather for as long as I can! Took a nice walk during my lunch break today! 🌿💕📚

I managed to snag a comfy window seat in my downtown coffee shop this morning! 😀💕📚

It is in the 40's here today so I took my first walk in the woods of the new year! 🌿💕📚 There was still some snow in the ground, and everything was a bit slippery, but it was SO worth it! I got to read on my favorite bench for a bit too! It really made me remember how much I love reading at the park and now I'm even more excited for spring to arrive!

A grounded, character-driven fantasy that relies on the strength of its worldbuilding and the humanity of its inhabitants to tell a believable, engrossing story.

I really really love a good fantasy map! 😍📚💕

Having already read the Rainwilds Chronicles, I scoured this map to find familiar territory and was super excited to see the Rain Wilds and Bingtown! Seeing places I've already read about felt like coming home! 😊

I have been SO inspired by Rae's enthusiasm for this series that I decided to reroute my current Hobb reading trajectory and go back to the beginning and start these next! I have read the Rain Wilds Chronicles and LOVED them, so I'm excited to read the rest of the books in the right order! 🥰📚💕 Thanks @RaeLovesToRead ! #catsoflitsy #chaplin

It took me while to settle in, but once I had I rattled thro‘ - simply loved being in this world with Fitz.

It felt disturbingly current in places - Chivalry stepping away from his princely role, the powers that be appearing to do nothing in the face of threats to their people. And the misting felt very close to home!

The world she built is quite wonderful - even as a not-a-great-fantasy-reader, I can see myself coming back v soon for part 2!

Assassin's Apprentice had superb character development.

Next year as a challenge to read what I own and to thin out my shelves I asked @ripley_reads (thank you!!) to randomly select 12 numbers from my total number of unread books. I have a year to read these books, or I have to unhaul them if I don't.
This is the chosen stack! Some I'm excited for, others I'm scared of (I see you Robin Hobb) but I think this will be a fun way to read what I own! See any greats?

Credit to MegWithBooks on YT for idea

I don‘t normally do graphic novels but I may have to change my mind!

I last read this twenty years ago, and honestly, I remembered that I loved it but not much else about it. It deserves every bit of hype that it has ever received. It is a wonderful book that had me guessing, fretting, speculating, and flat out worrying about Fritz, the protagonist, well past the end. In fact the 2nd book is going to get bumped and read rather quickly now as well. This is a fantasy masterwork. Full stop.

Just saw this on Robin Hobb‘s FB page. Dark Horse Comics has adapted the series, to be released in December:

https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/3595/epic-farseer-trilogy-comes-dark-horse-comics...

“She made a dagger for her father‘s birthday, with a grip like a leaping stag, and yet done so cleverly that it‘s a comfort in the hand, with not a jag or edge to catch on anything. Now, that‘s a bit of beauty that will live on long after her hair grays or her cheeks wrinkle. Someday her grandchildren will look at that work and think what a clever woman she was.”

#SundaySentence

This week's comfort read.

I bought book 2 a while ago not knowing it was a trilogy series. Because I liked the cover. Thanks to ebay now I've got them all. Hopefully I'll read them at some point this year since I've heard good things.

Thanks for the tag @JenReadsAlot
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

The books whose worlds have infringed on my daily living the most are usually fantasy ones! So stories from the realm of the Elderlings or Westeros gets me hung up and wishing I was back there when they finish...

Best part of a week? Getting to go back to sleep on a day off 😆

Worst part of a week? Having to wake up 🙃

Ok! Let's do this...
Thanks for the tag @jenniferw88
#manicmonday #letterA @CBee

📚 Assassin's Apprentice (Hobb)
✒ Jane Austen
📺 Agatha Christie's Poirot / Marple
🎤 Andrea Bocelli
🎶 Anywhere (Rita Ora)

You are all tagged 😘
Including you, Randy @The_Penniless_Author

Fun idea from @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Post your favourite A book

Very easy pick for me 😅 This is by far one of my favourite books

#AlphabetGame #LetterA

Part 1/3 of shelf 3/21 of my bookshelf tour 🤪

Favorite book of this bunch is tagged 🥰

#BookshelfTour #RobinHobb #RobertJordan #BrandonSanderson

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

In this week‘s countdown to #WyrdAndWonder, I share my Top 5 Fantasy Subgenre Reads.

http://wanderinglynn.com/2022/04/18/countdown-2-top-5-fantasy-subgenre-reads/

What are some of your fave fantasy subgenres?

I really really love the paperback editions of this trilogy! The pretty script and gold touches on the covers are so so lovely! 😍📖 I did however save my original mass market paperbacks of this trilogy even though they're falling apart, because I am really attached to them!

I chose the tagged, Book 1 of the Farseer Trilogy, for the Two of Cups reversed for today‘s #tarottakeover as this book focuses on Fitz‘s beginnings.

Also, it‘s one of my favorite fantasy series. ❤️

#BookCoverChallenge
Day 194.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

I just changed out my mass market paperbacks for these beautiful UK paperback editions of the Realm of the Elderlings series by Robin Hobb 😍 I can‘t wait to dive back into this series 🥰

#IHaveABookBuyingProblem #CantStopWontStop
#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

🌟🌟🌟🌟. It‘s been awhile since I‘ve driven into some high fantasy. Excellent old school world building with characters to love or not. The magic is a bit underwhelming at this point, but being only on book one, I‘m sure I‘ll learn more. If Dickens were to write a fantasy, this would be the one.

I finished this up last night. What a great read! The ending to book 1 felt a little rushed or incomplete, but that is probably intended due to the events that happened (Fitz isn‘t all-knowing!). I looooved the depth of descriptions. I read the illustrated version of the book, which was nice to “see” some of the characters. The artwork was very well done. I‘ll be picking up the next in the series as soon as I finish up another book or two.

I know I should be reading something from my TBR, but I‘m currently re-reading these 2.
MOBY in preparation for Bees, as I need a refresher on what‘s happened.
Assassin‘s Apprentice just cos I want to. I finished the RotE series a few months ago and I just miss the characters. Robin Hobb is amazing. I‘m loving the re-read, it‘s so good picking up on all the little intricacies now that I know the characters well and what‘s to become of them.

Wow loved this book! So engaging I wanted to know happened next so badly! At work I would just think about what would happen or how much longer till I could read again. I liked the magic system even if I didn‘t fully understand it, interesting characters, and love the animals.

I love this Thursday's questions @MoonWitch94
#thoughtfulthursday

1) I 🖤 them... especially if it's not immediately apparent they are unreliable. I'm quite easy to fool because I'm quite trusting (I.e. gullible) 🤣

2) I 🖤 my new Eddie the Bookworm bag.

3) I'd usually say Poirot or ASOI&F, but I've been thinking about Fitz and the Fool today - I still have the second trilogy to look forward to! Highly recommended.

Kindle tells me that I‘m 43% through the book, and I am already enthralled with the storytelling. An interesting world that you learn about bit by bit through the eyes of a boy. I already see myself picking up the next book as soon as I can.

Loved it!

#sundayfunday @ozma.of.oz

📚 JK Rowling who writes as the Cormoran Strike series as Robert Galbraith.
📚 Written by Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden
📚 Yes

Happy National Paperback Book Day!

#paperbackbookday #paperbackbooks

I have the illustrated hardcovers. Seems logical to purchase the audiobooks ... if they‘re $5. 😁 #AudibleSale

I never should have put off reading Robin Hobb for so long! I've believed for years that she writes inaccessible high brow fantasy books but having seen a fair few booktubers tackle this series last year and watched their reviews I began to think that maybe that perception is wrong. And it was!

I ate this book up! I love a family saga and basically thats what this is, but in a fantasy world.

Loved it.

I read the Mad Ship trilogy a few years back and found them brilliant... Also enjoyed the rain wild chronicles. I guess this trilogy didn't quite meet my expectations... Although really good in terms of the world created and connecting with all of the characters, I felt it quite drawn out and it took me really long to finish. Glad I read them though!

Kept putting it down but when picked it back up I got through it. Hoping book 2 better

Not sure what to make of it yet

This one does character so well that I thought the other parts of the story would fall flat but they don't. I usually struggle with books longer than 200 pages but this one had me. Plus big excite for where the Fool's story goes, because I was told, not spoilers, but things that encouraged me to start on the trilogy in the first place.

Book cushion with everything need in its handy pocket , 100 pages to go till complete. Not my usual read but preserving with it. With all the reveiws this book has must keep going as I have the rest of the paper backs in the series to read. Nice chilled day off. The wheel wins every time for what I read. I I rolled Assassins apprentice📖9️⃣ in (jan) today‘s pick is 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩! #SpinTheWheelApp #spinthewheel 👉 https://spinthewheel.app/download

I rolled Assassins apprentice📖 in (jan) today‘s pick is 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩! #SpinTheWheelApp #spinthewheel 👉 https://spinthewheel.app/download even better thing is as read and complete the book you can hide the slice and carry on with the other choices it great fun. I do this one every night want to read and if fed up of one book I chose another That way never bored then all get completed. I read 4 books this month already.takes me 6mth normally 😂