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The Favourite: Ralegh and His Queen | Mathew Lyons
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In The Favourite, Mathew Lyons strips away the myth - and the self-mythologising - to find Sir Walter Ralegh in the one role in which his contemporaries knew him best: the courtier who could win the attention - and the heart - of Elizabeth I, while also being the 'most hated man in England'. Using first-hand accounts, Lyons uncovers the maze of ambition, desire and amorality in which Ralegh lived before he rose to fame - a brutal Elizabethan world riven with crime and corruption and riddled with traitors and spies.
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Jerdencon
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1. Nelson DeMille
2. Tana French
3. Kate Morton
4. JK Rowling and as Robert Galbraith
5. Frederik Bachman

Reggie There were some Nelson Demille‘s that scared the hell out of me in a very “holy crap that could happen” kind of way. 5y
minkyb I love all of the authors you listed. It has been a while since I read a Demille but I definitely agree with @Reggie ‘s comment! 5y
Erofan 👍 5y
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Emma3
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📚 1. I prefer print 🛏 2. I like to read on my bed 🍫 3. Chocolate all the way 📖 4. I don‘t like to have too many on the go at one time o get confused! Tend to have one print one ebook and a Serial Reader so that I always have something to read 🌛 5. I tend to read more at night due to time but I like reading any time! #readingfavourites @thereadingowlvina

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kezzlou85
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#readingfavourites @thereadingowlvina
1: print but I love ebooks too.
2: on the sofa with the dog
3: fruit juice and chocolate
4: multiple books
5: both though generally read in the evening.

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kezzlou85
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#readingfavourites @thereadingowlvina

1: print but I love ebooks as well
2: curled up on the sofa with the dog.
3: fruit juice and chocolate.
4: multiple books
5: either though generally read in the evening.

thereadingowlvina Fruit juice is a good idea! 😊 6y
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Fridayfilms
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Zadie Smith, Martin Amis

Obscure ones from childhood to share with my son

Peanut M&Ms, strawberry laces

I got my dad miniature library card and book stamp pins

Watch movies, though that's still slightly bookish behaviour

Spaghetti bolognese

Distance makes the heart grow fonder. Places in Canada, new and familiar

Loved The Florida Project (film) and Motherland (series). Genre-wise I'm partial to dark family stuff

Eh?

You're it

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KassKho
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❤️ Etsy and Indigo
❤️ ModCloth (even if I can‘t always afford it)
❤️Green
❤️ Raspberry
❤️ Mashed Potatoes
❤️ Any Korean ones
❤️ MacDonald
❤️ Fall
❤️ noon
❤️ October
❤️ Christmas
#ssgp

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KassKho
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Toffee cookies (I‘m eating one as I type this) 🍪
Green 🐉
Mugs! Specifically ones with Tinkerbell on them 🧚🏽‍♀️
Yay but only if it‘s a collections of singers 👩‍🎤
Knitting 👩🏽‍🎨
Fiction every time 📚
Sunflower 🌻
Not unless I want them to collect dust 😝

#aboutme #ssgp #secretsantagoespostal

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LA_Mead
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1. The Martian 2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 3. The Colour Purple 4. Can't say I've read a memoir in a while...any recommendations? 5. Pride & Prejudice. 6. 🤔 #playingfavorites

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julesG
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Balibee146
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1. All the Shakespeare and The Power and The Glory
2. White with a black pattern
3. My
4. Daemons (Dark Materials trilogy)
5. Righto!
#FriYAYintro @jess.how

TrishB Daemons - great pick 👍 7y
thewallflower0707 🙌 (still crying over HDM though) 7y
Cinfhen 🖐🏼👊🏼💕 7y
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Sace 🙋‍♀️ 7y
quietlycuriouskate Yeah but daemons are real though.... just need to catch 'em with the tail of your eye! 😉 7y
OrangeMooseReads 🙏🏼 7y
DGRachel 🤚🏻😊 7y
Balibee146 Cheers @TrishB @River_Voice so that's why I keep seeing a second Vizsla out the corner of my eye :-D 7y
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youneverarrived
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Tagged by @erzascarletbookgasm for #topfivefaves 😘

Book series: Harry Potter (even though I still haven't read them all)
Movie: Lost in Translation
Colour: 💛💛💛
Dessert: I like them all 😂but if I had to choose probably coffee cake
Flower: Roses

Tagging @Noonlightreader @Redwritinghood @Leftcoastzen @tracy_anne8

Redwritinghood Oh no - I'm terrible at choosing favorites. I'll see what I can come up with. 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Heck yes Lost in Translation. 7y
Sophoclessweetheart Coffee cake and yellow roses 😍🙌 7y
Sace Beautiful collage! 7y
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KassKho
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1) Libya Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty is still one of my favourite series!
2) Good Will Hunting even though I often cry when watching it
3) Green
4) deep fried ice cream even though I only have it when I get Mexican food
5) Sunflowers 🌻

#topfivefaves

batsy Oh my gosh, I forgot sunflowers! The best flower :) 7y
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Magpiegem
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Ok I haven't taken part in one of these before and it's time I got involved!! So here goes!
1. Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde 2. Ghostbusters... no wait The Breakfast Club... home alone... and then my brain explodes in a muddle of 80s films! 3. Blue 4. Eton Mess 5. Peonies #TopFiveFaves

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Sarah83
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@scripturient tagged me for #topfivefaves. thanks for that. So let's have a look:

📕 Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, Miss Marple
🎬 Dead poets society
⏺️Blue
🍮 Mouse au chocolat
💐 Gerbera

I choose @Bambolina_81 @julesG @Yellowpigeon and @vivastory . Have fun.

scripturient Gerbera. 👍🏻😊 7y
Avanders Ooo Love Dead Poet's Society - Nuwanda! 🤓😍 7y
Sarah83 @scripturient I love them so much. 😍 But they don't last very long. 🤔 7y
Bambolina_81 Ooh I just saw this! Yay blue 😊 7y
Sarah83 @Bambolina_81 😁 so now it's your turn. 🤗 7y
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cleoh
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Too many favourites to count! 1- PJO 2- 10 Things I Hate About You 3- Purple 💜 4- cookies and hot chocolate 5- hydrangeas I feel like I've been a bit AWOL from here for a while because of school and moving house but it's nice to be back 😊

AmandaL It's nice to have you back! 7y
BibliophileMomma It's the time of year for hot chocolate! Starting to stick up my stash. Have you had white hot chocolate? It's my favorite. 7y
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nickimags
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Great question @BookishGirl06
I go through phases so my favourite genres changes regularly. At the moment I'd say historical fiction, women's fiction and memoirs. 😂

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Sarah83
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#Litsy321Favorites @Jess7

📖 cosy mystery, romance, victorian crimis
📖 J. Fforde, A.C. Doyle, A. Christie
📖 Sherlock Holmes, And then were none,
Harry Potter
📖 @scripturient @MrBook @Liberty
📖 Hugendubel, Büchergilde
📖 Mayersche, Amazon
📖 My Harry Potter mug
📖 My couch
📖 autumn

Jess7 Thank you for participating 🤗 I liked this book too 7y
Liberty 😘 7y
MrBook AAHH! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thank you, I'm blushing ☺️. For me to be even considered alongside the myth, the legend, the icon, the supreme bibliophile @Liberty is mind-blowing. ☺️ 7y
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scripturient Awwww, Sarah, I am very honored! 🤗 And in that company even more so. 😘😘 @Liberty @MrBook ☺️ 7y
MrBook @scripturient I think you were one of my first friends on here ☺️😁👍🏻👍🏻. 7y
scripturient @MrBook 😁👍🏻☺️ 7y
Sarah83 @Liberty @MrBook @scripturient You are all inspiring. So reading your posts is always a great joy. 😍 7y
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