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I am really upset right now!! 🤬 I just got this email from #botm advising that my 6 credits will be lost if I don‘t use them all by 12/22. I bought an annual subscription in fall of 2016 and at no time was there an expiration on how long you could skip for. I don‘t recall that being communicated when they went to the credit system and I can‘t find anything about it on their website.

Did anyone know about this? Or get a similar email?

Took a long lunch so I could finish and be able to donate to the library when in town tomorrow. A friend gave me the complete series. I am determined to get them off my shelves by the end of the year. It really is just one very long soap opera. I'm finally past where the show is. Makes for more interesting reading. Last few pages were particularly enthralling.
#poldark #mounttbr #readmyshelves

Another satisfying addition to the #Poldark soap opera, however was performed by one of those male narrators (Oliver J. Hembrough) who reads female characters as breathy, nasal, whiney, or just in a horrible high falsetto. So tired of hearing this in my audiobooks 🤦‍♀️

1. Commuting (40-60 min drive to work each way depending on traffic) or doing chores.

2. Library primarily (support your local library!), Audible as a last resort.

3. Sped up! Usually 1.75

4. I like Mark Bramhall - I listened to his narration of The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin. On the flip side, Sheila Mitchell is awful. So raspy I can‘t listen to her at all.

5. What an odd question. Who has a favorite book? I ❤️ THEM ALL.
#audiobookinquiry

Wow! Lots going on in this book. Interesting to read on the heels of Peter Ackroyd's Revolution; some historical events and characters appear. And at the same time some scenes are depressingly relevant to the 21st century 😑Additional comments spoiler tagged.

I finished this book weeks ago but somehow missed reviewing it.

Book 7 of the Poldark series and huge changes are afoot. This book had some major plot developments and I anticipate that the series will change greatly from this point.

Some of the story lines, especially near the end of the book, bordered on the soap operatic.

That said, this is top notch historical fiction and I love it.

Second half of the Poldark series. About to dive in.

"To be good to the poor, to be benevolent to the poor, to build them a fine new hospital... all these were admirable aims and deserving of high commendation. Now abideth Faith, Hope and Charity, and the greatest of these is Charity. But what about Hope? All these people... were bent on alleviating distress. But what about trying to PREVENT the distress?"

Oh, I could kiss you, Ross Poldark.

"You may find a lot of well-wishers but not many well-doers."

That is challenging.

I haven't posted for a while as I'm currently reading the Poldark Series, which there's 12 of and I'd rather review them all at once, but I decided to do a Sam Carne themed photo today, he's become one of my favourite characters, and I wanted to share it here! The Angry Tide is full of twists and turns, it's such a roller coaster ride but it's so worth the read, not my favourite Poldark, but brilliant all the same. #poldark #winstongraham #demelza

Home for Canada Day weekend. My parents moved one of their bookcases into my old room. Luckily for me, it contains most of the mysteries! Top shelf is for some historical fiction and light fiction. Second shelf features Minette Walters, P.D. James, and Harry Bingham 😄