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The Belgariad
The Belgariad | David Eddings
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wanderinglynn
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Thanks for the tag @inthegreensandblues

Yes, I have quite a few books I read and reread including the tagged series. I originally read it at age 12, so over the past 30+ years, I‘ve read it innumerable times.

My other fave rereads include HHGTTG, Pride & Prejudice, books by Neil Gaiman, Patricia Briggs, Lisa Kleypas, Mary Oliver . . .

#littenswanttoknow

BarkingMadRead I‘ve read the Stand by Stephen King at least 20 times, and I‘ve read Little Women and also Pride and Prejudice at least 5 times each 2y
wanderinglynn @BarkingMadRun 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing!! ❤️ 2y
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Chrissyreadit
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My original books that I had since release date are MIA (I think I loaned them out but have no memory...) and my replacements have arrived!

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keys_on_fire
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I have reread this series so many times that my copies are pretty worn out, so when I saw THE ENTIRE series at my local thrift store for $.99 each, I couldn‘t pass it up!! They weren‘t all together so it was a fun little scavenger hunt 😄 Now I can spread the joy of this series to some friends by letting them borrow my older copies without worrying if I get them back or not! 🤪😂
I also can‘t believe how good the condition of these copies were!!

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bromeliad
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Mehso-so

#BFCr3 book 1/6 is done, and with it I finished this series! Fluffy, predictable high fantasy. Good for my mood the last couple days. I spectacularly failed at the no caffeine/sugar goal yesterday because I was having a rough go at it. Better today...still have a headache though. 😥 I'm sure it'll go away soon though! #HSreadathon

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bromeliad
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Drinking Klarbrunn and reading the fluffy second volume of The Belgariad while I try not to die from sugar and caffeine withdrawal. #BFCr3, day 1, here we go! #HSreadathon @Megabooks @Tineke @tjwill @cewilf @cobwebmoth @KathyWheeler @TheEllieMo @guinsgirlreads @Emilymdxn

johncadams Read this recently and loved it all over again!
5y
Suet624 Ooh, those are both hard to give up! 5y
Tineke Queck question though. Sunday is the first day of the challenge? 5y
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bromeliad @Tineke the email I got says round 3 starts Sunday Aug 4, so that was my assumption! 5y
bromeliad @Suet624 yeah, not looking forward to this, but if I can make it the full six weeks without caving, I should have kicked the habits pretty well! 5y
Tineke @bromeliad I thought so too. Great, then my first day has ended already😂 10pm here. 5y
Megabooks @Tineke Weeks run Sunday to Saturday. @bromeliad I‘ve cut down to one sugary drink, so kudos to you for cutting out sugar and caffeine!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 Someone would have to pry my unsweetened tea out of my hands!! 🤣 5y
bromeliad @Tineke Aah, I hope that doesn't set you too far back! and @Megabooks thanks, and kudos to YOU for cutting back!! 👏 I'm not disciplined enough to cut back--that only lasts like two days and then I'm back to where I started 😩 5y
Suet624 @bromeliad I‘m rooting for you. 5y
bromeliad @Suet624 Thank you!! ❤ 5y
Emilymdxn You‘re off to a great start! So impressed at you doing this, #goteam 5y
bromeliad @Emilymdxn Thank you!! 5y
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jchawkins
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This book has me laughing out loud. I forgot how much I enjoy the Eddingses and their world. It's been too long! 😂😂😂

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mreads
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Borderline pick the nostalgia of a childhood favorite has worn off under some of the misogynistic representations of some female characters.

Centique I know what you mean. I loved this so much as a teenager but I reread the first one last year and the female representations got to me as well. Such a shame 😔 5y
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So happy this childhood favorite has held up. Epic fantasy novel of gods, men and sorcerers on a journey (of course) where a battles will be fought to save the world from evil. And for a book from the 80s there's a great strong female protagonist - Polgara, one of my favorite characters ever.

3 books in one volume and I'm on to volume 2

wanderinglynn This is one of my favorite series & what introduced me to epic fantasy when I was a child. 5y
mreads @wanderinglynn it's so great rereading and I'm looking forward to pulling it out in 5 years and reading it again. 5y
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VictoriaB
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❤️ A bit of a trip in the wayback machine, but still my favorites: Belgarion and Ce‘Nedra
❤️ Freesia
❤️Chocolate. The darker, the better
❤️ 💕💖💕

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Went shopping at a new used bookstore near me for a swap and of course found nothing for the swap but was taken back to my (ahem dating myself) childhood with these two volumes. I loved this fantasy series, there are actually 10 books in all, only 5 here so I'll have to search out the other 5. I hope it even a little bit lives up to my memories.

wanderinglynn Love this series! ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
ErikasMindfulShelf I loved this series as well as a kid! 5y
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Centique
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#abbainaugust #whydidithavetobeme

It sucks to be the chosen one. No, honestly! It‘s a common trope particularly in fantasy. Text above from https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne
Garion from The Belgariad is one of my favourite characters who regularly bemoans #whydidithavetobeme

Mdargusch Nice! 👍🏼 6y
emilyhaldi Very clever!!! 6y
Reviewsbylola This one is new to me. Great choice! 6y
Cinfhen Great choice 🏆 6y
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Super loving rereading this gem! My wonderful aunt gifted the series to me as a teen and each book had a profound impact on me. Reading through the series again is making me incredibly nostalgic! 💕 #davideddings #belgariad #queenofscorcery #summerreading

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this pic!! Welcome to Litsy!! 6y
Bronte_Chintz Welcome to Litsy! Hope you love it here! 6y
TuesdayReviews This is one of the few big fantasy series from my youth that I have never reread as an adult. (edited) 6y
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KnightOwl @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks thank you so much! 6y
KnightOwl @Bronte_Chintz thanks! I do, it‘s a lot of fun! 6y
KnightOwl @TuesdayReviews same here! My copies have been misplaced and I had no luck finding them at the library until recently. 6y
chriss68 I devoured his books as a teen. I loved the strong female characters. This makes me want to reread them all! Welcome to Litsy! 💜📚 6y
rather_be_reading Welcome to Litsy!! 📚🎉📚 @LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y
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keys_on_fire
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#TuesdayTidbits @JenlovesJT47
1️⃣ - The Belgariad/Mallorean
2️⃣ - Macaroni with hot milk and butter
3️⃣ - The Joe Schmoe Show - You‘ll probably have to find it on DVD, but it‘s awesome - and Kyle XY
4️⃣ - @Dana1084 @Briary

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nerdyartemis
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Are you a fan of the Lord of the rings. Love Cheering for a protagonist from a quiet village, then this is your book. Had some fantasy cravings and it was fulfilled by this book.

AmyG Welcome🎉🎉🎉 And thanks. I am a bit new to fantasy. (edited) 6y
Chrissyreadit One of my all time favorite series of books ever. My son loves it too.welcome to Litsy! 6y
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nerdyartemis Thank you for the warm welcome my fellow littens. I'm relatively young and therefore, my posts will be mostly about the fiction and fantasy genre. Stay tuned and happy reading. 6y
Bklover Hi there! Welcome to Litsy! You will probably find quite a few kindred spirits here. Enjoy! 6y
julesG Welcome to Litsy! 6y
TrishB Thanks @Jess7 followed everyone back 👍🏻😁 6y
BookaholicNatty Thanks @Jess7 welcome welcome @nerdyartemis hope you love it here just as much as I do! It‘s great to have a new book friend! ❤️📚 6y
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LazyOwl
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I've always thought The Belgariad would make a great TV series. David Eddings was very vocal about his not wanting his books to be made into movies/on screen, which I respect, but was always a bit bummed by it as it would be great to see some of my favourite books on screen.

#fallintobooks #thisshouldbeatvseries @RealLifeReading

Centique I love them too! Wouldn‘t Polgara be awesome on TV?! 6y
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laurenanalepa
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#maybookflowers #war : when I think of war in books, I think back to my dad reading me the Belgariad when I was a little kid. This was post-Hobbit & pre-Harry Potter in my fantasy education, and it remains one of my favorite series ever.
Also, recently reread via audible: very hard to do when the guy pronounces all the made up words differently. It was a struggle.

omie Seriously, I also had to bail on the audio book with all the pronunciations being completely funky, and not matching how i've pronounced things for decades. 😂 5y
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Jovy
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A few of my go to #happyreads #marchintoreading

RealLifeReading The Magic Faraway Tree!!! OHHHHH I loved that as a kid!! 7y
TK-421 I ❤️ Eddings! 7y
Jovy @RealLifeReading @TK-421 Enid Blyton gave me my first taste of fantasy and Eddings sealed my fate. Always will be a fantasy book nerd first! 7y
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Sweet_Honesty72
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Of course I've read many of David Eddings books!

Kitiarablue I read The Elenium years ago and loved them! I will definitely be adding the ones you've listed to my tbr list! 7y
Sweet_Honesty72 I have actually not read The Elenium so I think I'm looking that one up right now! ☺️ 7y
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LazyOwl
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These were the first books that really got me into fantasy. For a great sidekick for #booktober day 13 I always loved Silk.
#fantasy #sidekick #thief

stevieboy Still have my originals from 30ish years ago .... Like to reread them every now and then😀 7y
LazyOwl Me too, I've re-read these quite a few times @stevieboy 7y
NovelPairing Awww, these were some of my first epic fantasy novels too! So many memories.... 7y
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Centique
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11 year old was up half the night reading this under the covers! I'll count that as a success at indoctrinating her with one of my old favourite fantasy novels ;-)

pppooraikul Great parenting! 🎉 8y
pppooraikul And such a great choice too. I love the Belgariad series. So dazzling and fun. And I think it'll be a good morality lesson for children. 👍 8y
bookwrm526 Love love love!!! 8y
Centique I'm glad you think so! I was scratching my head when she asked for a "grown up" book and then I thought Eddings for sure :) 8y
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nils_shukla
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Loved this series. It was an easy read, full of good humour and high adventure.