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The Bones of Avalon
The Bones of Avalon | Phil Rickman
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A country divided. A newly crowned, desperately vulnerable young queen. Can one man uncover the secret that will save her throne? It is 1560, and Elizabeth Tudor has been on the throne for a year. Dr. John Dee, at 32 already acclaimed throughout Europe, is her astrologer and consultant in the hidden arts... a controversial appointment in these days of superstition and religious strife. When dangerous questions of Elizabeth's legitimacy arise, the mild, bookish Dee finds himself summoned before William Cecil, who tasks him with an important mission. Along with Robert Dudley, Dee's daring friend and former student who is also rumored to be the Queen's secret lover, Dee must travel to the famously mystical town of Glastonbury to find the missing bones of King Arthur. Once these long-lost relics, the embodiment of a legacy vitally important to the Tudor line, are ensconced in London, doubts as to the Queen's supremacy as the rightful Tudor heir will be dispelled. But the quest quickly turns deadlyDee and Dudley arrive in Glastonbury to discover the town mourning the gruesome execution of its abbot, and more death soon follows at the old abbey. Racing to uncover the secrets buried there, Dee finds himself caught in the tangled roots of English magic, unexpected violence, the breathless stirring of first love... and the cold heart of a complex plot against Elizabeth.
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Jazz2
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Last weekend before going back to work. Not entirely sure how I feel this book at the moment. Bum mumma didn‘t raise a quitter 💁🏼‍♀️

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julesG
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January 2017 was a slow month. I didn't have as much reading time as I had hoped for, but I started lots of interesting books, bought more new (e)books than I intended, started re-reading some classics on #serialreader and am participating in some challenges (#LitsyAtoZ, #hpchapteraday, #readJanuary).

britt_brooke Looks like it was still a great month! 🙌🏻 7y
Lmstraubie If this is a slow month I can only imagine what a fast month looks like!! 😊 7y
julesG @lmstraubie Yeah, well, what can I say. I can manage to read a book a day - who needs sleep? - but lately my kids took up too much of my time and I actually needed the sleep. *sigh* 7y
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Donna_sBookMinute Five books in a month is good. My January total was 5 too. My reading plan is a guide to help me increase my numbers. Challenges met are icing on the cake. 7y
julesG @Donna_sBookMinute You're right. It's just awe-inspiring when I see Littens posting their January statistics of double or triple that number. Then again, I remember: Quality not Quantity! So, enjoying my reading time and the books I read is more important than managing to read a book a day. 😉 7y
Donna_sBookMinute No shade. 🌴🌳 We all read at different speeds and with different goals. Quality over quantity works for me. 👩🏽‍🏫 7y
Lmstraubie Darn kids 😉 and sleep is sooooo overrated 😴 ( but I'm a crank without it!) 7y
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The_Book_Wyrm
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Hour 19 :D At this rate I'll have time for fiddle practice this evening possibly!

#24in48 #24in48readathon

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The_Book_Wyrm
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Tea time in the 😄📚♬📚🍴 #24in48readathon
#vegan #avocado #24in48

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The_Book_Wyrm
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Book number two here I come! #shelfie #24in48 #24in48readathon

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julesG
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This novel had been on my #ebookreader, and hence on my #TBR, for much too long.
It was slow at the start and I was about to give up, when it started to pick up speed.

Annoying were typos, repeated words, grammar slips, some strangely placed sentence stress.

3.5/5 stars

Which one to pick next? #LitsAtoZ

BookishMarginalia So many good choices! 7y
julesG @BookishMarginalia See, that's the problem. ;) Guess I'll just read the next Dr Dee novel and be done with it. 7y
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julesG
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Starting the day in a café, after a doctor's appointment. Could be worse.

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julesG
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And now we're picking up the pace.

Lots of typos, repeated words ("And we then we went ...") and some switching from the past tense use into present tense. So mainly, a good editing could have avoided these.

Sorry, but I tend to notice such things and then they annoy me. Am I the only one.

CouronneDhiver No, those errors always bother me too! 7y
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julesG
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This is very slow going. First I thought it was just the style, now I am no longer so sure it is "just" the style I am having problems with. I think I was hoping for more #action, but it's a #murdermystery set in the early Elizabethan times (Elizabeth I, that is), there won't be any fingerprint analysis or spectroscopy of minute evidence.
Still, now that Dr Dee and I have found the first corpse, I need to read on.

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julesG
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It's a good thing Dr Dee loves books. According to his mother, he either has his nose in the stars or in his books.

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