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A Second Chance: The Chronicles of St. Mary's Book Three
A Second Chance: The Chronicles of St. Mary's Book Three | Jodi Taylor
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St Mary's is back and nothing is going right for Max. Once again, it's just one damned thing after another. The action jumps from an encounter with a mirror-stealing Isaac Newton to the bloody battlefield at Agincourt. Discover how a simple fact-finding assignment to witness the ancient and murderous cheese- rolling ceremony in Gloucester can result in CBC - concussion by cheese. The long awaited jump to Bronze Age Troy ends in personal catastrophe for Max and just when it seems things couldn't get any worse - it's back to the Cretaceous Period again to confront an old enemy who has nothing to lose. So, make the tea, grab the chocolate biscuits, settle back and discover exactly why the entire history department has painted itself blue ...
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Super_Jane
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4.25/5 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌘 #sciencefiction #timetravel #history

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Mollyanna
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My July pick for #12Booksof2023. Such a great series.

Andrew65 Another series I need to get to. 3mo
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Texreader
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Jodi Taylor wins for a third month for April with the tagged book, but Symphony of Echoes I think is the better of the two and the best of all three Jodi Taylor books in this bracket. #readingbracket2023

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Texreader
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Daughter & I went to our art museum where there‘s a special exhibit of art from Rome and Pompeii. There were a couple of pieces of art about Troy including this one of Paris on Mount Ida. Timely, since I just read about the Trojan War in the tagged book, and of course, our upcoming trip to Rome. #serieslove2023 @TheSpineView @Andrew65

TheSpineView 👍🌞🤩 11mo
Andrew65 Enjoy your trip to Rome. 11mo
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Texreader
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Running to escape the Greeks in the Battle for Troy and the French peasants in Agincourt, this third book in the time-traveling series is as full of adventures and rollicking laughs as ever. And an extraordinary poignant scene caps it off in the Cretaceous. But I agree with another reviewer here on litsy that the deux ex machina at the end left me liking this book much less than the other two. It seems the author was writing a trilogy and then ⬇️

Texreader Changed her mind. It‘s just a little too convenient. So book 4 better be a doozy! Still another fantastic wild ride! #serieslove2023 @TheSpineView @Andrew65 11mo
TheSpineView Awesome! 11mo
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Texreader
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In book 2, at St Mary‘s off-site or day-out, where time travel can take you anywhere, it was the great dodo chase. This time, book 3, it‘s 19th century Gloucestershire cheese-rolling—which I googled—it‘s a real thing. St Mary‘s fielded some men who are described quite nicely for the event, as undaunted. Indeed. “We‘re St Mary‘s. We don‘t daunt.” What a great theme for just about anything! 😂

#serieslove2023 @TheSpineView @Andrew65

squirrelbrain Cheese rolling is *still* a thing these days! 🧀 12mo
TheSpineView 👍🌞 12mo
Andrew65 Sounds good. Cheese rolling still very popular. (edited) 12mo
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Texreader
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#wondrouswednesday Thanks @TheSpineView for the tag!

1) Ted Lasso, Mandalorian, Last Kingdom, & Shadow & Bone
2) definitely the tagged series, The Chronicles of St Mary‘s!

Want to play @GingerAntics @julesG @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @dabbe ?

Deblovestoread 💜 #2 12mo
Bklover YES to #2❤️ 12mo
TheSpineView You're welcome! 12mo
julesG I agree with #2, but it would certainly make me mad. No TV show could ever be as good as the books. 12mo
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You are a time traveler and a historian with an assignment to witness and document parts of the Trojan War. This chapter is awesome, in which the main character Max assigns tasks to the team to prepare for the trip for the next 9 months—language learning, map drawing, studying social and economic structures, learning the entire royal family (apparently in Troy it is huge)… What fun! #serieslove2023 @TheSpineView @Andrew65

Andrew65 Sounds brilliant 😍 12mo
TheSpineView Love time travel stories! 12mo
Texreader @TheSpineView @Andrew65 If you haven‘t started this series yet I highly recommend it 12mo
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Texreader
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I love this advice! “When making a difficult decision, look at the situation in reverse.” I‘ve really got to remember that.

#serieslove2023

TheSpineView 👍🤩🌞 12mo
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Texreader
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I started this one last night. I‘m looking forward to continuing with #serieslove2023

@TheSpineView @Andrew65

TheSpineView Excellent! Love finding new series! 12mo
Andrew65 This series is on my radar, hope you enjoy it. 12mo
Texreader @Andrew65 @TheSpineView I loved books 1 & 2 so I‘m hoping it continues. 12mo
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Texreader
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#wondrouswednesday Thanks @Eggs for the tag!

1) I keep learning so much now that I read a lot of non-fiction thanks to the #readingthecontinents challenges
2) tagged, if I can fit it in
3) I‘m going to go with a new fave genre, travel books, and those I‘ve enjoyed most recently are by Levison Wood (walking everywhere), Bernard Ollivier (walking the Silk Road), and Stephen O‘Shea (his hilarious jaunt through The Alps)

Tagging all Littens!

Eggs Thanks for playing! You have really immersed yourself w book travel👏🏻👏🏻 13mo
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LostInSpace
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I love this series, anything history related always holds my interests.

In the 3rd book in the series, the team travels to Troy to see the Trojan horse, they get in all sorts of trouble and find different ways to cause chaos.

The world building is awesome, the character development is exceptional. Looking forward to the next book!

UwannaPublishme I see an adorable pug! 😍 2y
LostInSpace @UwannaPublishme I tried to get him to look at me but he wasn‘t having it! 🤣 2y
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HeyT
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I am just breezing through these St. Mary's books. I just love the characters and the world so much. This one has a bit of a cliffy at the end and went in different directions than I expected which was interesting.

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sparrowssavvy
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This third book in the Chronicles of St. Mary‘s was just as witty, charming and jammed full of history as the others. The characters are just so delightful. In this one, I loved everything although I must admit that I didn‘t buy one storyline as realistic to a specific character. That said, it definitely advanced the story and had a great payout. Each book is literally like a season as so many stories happen. Highly recommend this series!!

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Preciouz29
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Enjoyed until I got to the ending! 😱😱😱 Very unsure how I feel about this now; will have to see how the next book goes....

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GidgetsTreasures75
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2-17-20: My 12th finished book of 2020! #asecondchance #joditaylor Book 3 in the series. 🌟🌟🌟🌟👍🏼📖#️⃣1️⃣2️⃣

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monalyisha
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Bloody Hell!

This installment took me to some very unexpected & very emotional places. Sometimes, the stories can feel a bit long, since so much happens (& they cover such vast swaths of time!) but by the last hour, I didn‘t ever want it to end. I‘m sure I‘ll be kicking myself in the teeth when the series is done & I‘ve got no more left to read. I can hear me chastising me now: “How could you have ever implied that we should be given less?!” 😆

Lucy_Anywhere I've only just discovered this series - I'm reading the second book now 😀 4y
monalyisha @Lucy_Anywhere Another author I like (Stephanie Burgis) recommended them & I‘m so thankful she did! The characters are so good. 4y
lilistar This series is so good, so many emotions! 4y
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Shaunesay
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#24in48 Check-in
2:45 reading time
41 minutes of audio
107 pages
Currently Reading: Nefertiti and A Second Chance (audiobook)

#24in48readathon #audiobook #joditaylor #chroniclesofstmarys

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WeeWeegieBookworm
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Audiobook stitching. Relaxing after a busy shift at work.

CoverToCoverGirl What are you stitching! 5y
RavenLovelyReads I always wanted to learn to cross stitch- do you think this is something I can teach myself? Maybe watching a YouTube video? 5y
WeeWeegieBookworm @CoverToCoverGirl it doesn't look like much at the moment but its going to be a pack of wolves 😊 5y
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WeeWeegieBookworm @RavenLovelyReads totally! I started with wee a6 kits and went from there. It's not perfect and I'm probably doing it wrong but I enjoy it and it looks good in the end, which is all that matters 😁 5y
CoverToCoverGirl I‘m self taught, (33 years ago and before YouTube) so yes you can teach yourself @RavenLovelyReads ! 😊 5y
CoverToCoverGirl It‘ll be beautiful when it‘s done! (edited) 5y
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Karionie
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A fast-paced installment of a seriously fun series. I must admit, I don‘t really like the protagonist. I think if I knew her in real life, she‘d drive me nuts. But the series is a lot of fun. Never a dull moment. And being a time-travel based series, those not-dull moments can happen any time from the Cretaceous period on into the murky future.

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rwmg
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This was an emotional roller coaster with a gripping fall of Troy which I had to put down at times to reduce the tension, the hilarious cheese rolling contest, and the exciting battle of Agincourt. The ending prophesied by Cassandra came true in a very unexpected way but despite the cliffhanger I think it's a good place to break.

Gezemice This looks like fun! 5y
rwmg @Gezemice they are fun, more so with each book, though I'm not sure the author is doing her homework 5y
Gezemice @rwmg I put it on my list, although I will start from the first one. Thanks for the review! 5y
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swynn
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Third in Taylor's humorous time-travel series. This one has trips to Isaac Newton's Cambridge, Troy, the Cretaceous, and the Battle of Agincourt, all with the sort of mayhem that makes "Historian" the most perilous job on the planet. I'm not sure how I feel about the final twist, which feels a bit dishonest. But this one ends with a cliffhanger, so I guess I'll just have to accept it and see where she goes with it.

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CaitZ
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I stayed up way to late last night finishing this, but I love this series. The time traveling historians visit Troy during the Trojan War and have a couple of other adventures. Her plots are plausible and leave you wondering what really happened in history.

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Leniverse
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I didn‘t bail, and it wasn‘t quite a pan. The historical action is great, and I laughed out loud a lot. But in addition to the Max/Leon drama llama, this book got timey wimey in a bad circular way. St. Mary‘s becomes both cause and effect in way to many historical and personal events. My pet theory of why Max and Leon are so important to St. Mary‘s is destroyed. And in the end the author pulls a humongous deus ex machina.

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Aw, crap. 😕 5y
Leniverse @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled It might not bother you that much? 😬 Seems most people love it. If you have the book you might as well read it. 😉 There‘s a hysterical episode involving toxic honey. If you go into the book with moderate expectations you should be fine. 5y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I‘ll stick with it! They‘re so much fun. 5y
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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Just read it (well, listened to the audio) It was fun, and I enjoyed myself. But, I‘ll admit, I got kinda hopeful when Leon died, that maybe the relationship was finally over, but . . . No. Now it‘s just Max/Leon 2.0. *sigh* Wanted more Agincourt, less YA nonsense. 5y
Leniverse @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled If you continue with the series, do let me know if 2.0 makes them grow up a bit? I'm just not willing to go through the same formula again. 5y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Absolutely! 😂 5y
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Leniverse
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I was really enjoying this series. The characters are endearingly quirky and devastatingly prone to dying, the historical parts are well done and edge-of-your-seat, the banter and mishaps laugh out loud funny. But at 52% in book 3 I have lost all will to read on. I‘ve realised there‘s a pattern of gobsmackingly ridiculous relationship drama between the same two characters in EVERY book, and it has gotten really old. 🤯😒

Tamra That‘s too bad. 😒 5y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Oh no! Ive finished the first two and was about to move to #3. I can see what you mean . . . that‘s a bummer. I‘d prefer more historical fiction scenes than the high school drama 🙁 5y
Leniverse @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Yes, I thought they had it sorted in book 2. But I was really enjoying book 3 too, until Leon suddenly showed that he has as much un-dealt with baggage as Max. Again. And Max predictably reacted in the worst way possible. Again. I guess I‘ll still finish the book, but probably won‘t bother getting any more of them. 5y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Ah jeez. Enough already with the Max/Leon 🤦‍♀️ I‘ll try book 3 but knowing I‘ll probably sigh a lot. 5y
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CaitZ
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Taking a few minutes to read before catching the train home. This is the tree in Chicago Union Station.

Bklover Pretty!!! 5y
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BarbaraJean
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So. Good. I felt like the second book in the series was a bit all over the place, but this one felt much more coherent (in the midst of its madcap escapades through time!). It was both hilarious and heartbreaking... and I thought I wasn‘t going to forgive Taylor for a certain plot twist, but then... well, let‘s just say everyone got a second chance by the end of the book. 😏

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BarbaraJean
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Making July reading plans!
📚Ask the Passengers and Better Than Fiction for book clubs
📚Parable of the Talents for #Earthseedbuddyread
📚A Second Chance because my hold came in on Libby
📚El Deafo and Pocket Full of Rye because I didn‘t want to waste my June Hoopla checkouts
📚Sing, Unburied, Sing because I was going to read it last month
📚The Penderwicks because summer. And because TBR.

No doubt more will get added for #24in48 July 21-22!

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This is the 3rd book in the Chronicles of St. Mary‘s, a series about a group of historians who “investigate major historical events in contemporary time” (aka time travel.) This book hints at the base timeline being in the near future though in a time travel book everything is suspect!

Fast & fun reads w/adventure, romance and melodrama, this installment in particular was a tear jerker with Leon making a choice that has far reaching consequences.

Dogearedcopy Image: Audiobook cover which hints at the main setting of the story but which I admittedly posted because it was easier than trying to re-size the rectangular ebook/print cover. (edited) 6y
Itchyfeetreader This is one of my favourites from the series ! 6y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled This sounds fun - something different for me! Stacked! 6y
Dogearedcopy @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I should mention that this is a series best read in order (kinda ironic given that it‘s about time travel) so you will want to start with (edited) 6y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Good to know - will do 👍 6y
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"We‘re St Mary‘s. We run on tea."
Serious weed pulling has been happening this week. I park GC1(Garden Club 1) next to whatever spot I'm working on and fire up audiobook. #chronicalsofstmarys #seriesbinge #listenwhileyouwork ?

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umbrellagirl
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GRRM has nothing on Jodi Taylor when it comes to killing off characters 😭

eri.reads Agree! I ♥️ this series! Definitely had me depressed a time or two. 😁 6y
umbrellagirl @eri.reads I love the series but wow. Have you read the short stories as well? I haven‘t but I‘m wondering if I should go in order or just read the novels and then the stories or some other order. I am just starting book 4. 6y
DarcysMom I love, love, love this series! If you don't read the short stories in between the novels, make sure you read them after the novels - you don't want to be spoiled. 6y
umbrellagirl @DarcysMom I read Battersea Barricades before any of the books! I‘ve since switched to the correct order 🙂 6y
eri.reads Yes I've read the short stories too. I read them in order along with the novels, but most (if not all) of them are stand-a-lone so it would be ok if you read the novels first up to the latest release. I would def read the ss before that one. 😁 6y
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coffeenebula
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Hooky.

tammysue 👍🏼😁 6y
daena Good for you! 6y
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ralexist
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While I don't think this was the strongest in the series, I still enjoyed it very much. Each book has always been filled with multiple adventures throughout time which is part of their appeal but it was kind of fun to spend more time in one locale, Troy. Definitely some twists I didn't expect and I agree with other readers that on the relationship front there was more drama than needs be but I don't think it detracted overall. On to the next!

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ralexist
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Now how could you not love a series where you get a paragraph like this on page two?

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I like Max and I like British humor, so I enjoyed the prose. What I didn't like was a sort of meaningless and death and rebirth that kind of devalues the characters. If characters are easily killed and brought back to life, why do I care if they're in peril? So I'm not sure I'll read the next one.

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howjessicareads
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WHAT. Book, you are not allowed to end on a cliffhanger like that when I am ALL OUT of audible credits and the library doesn't have any of the books in its system. 😩😭😢

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howjessicareads
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I'm unstoppable!! Well, except that I won't get any more Audible credits for another 3.5 weeks. 😜 #bookwormproblems

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eri.reads
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I have absolutely loved The Chronicles of St. Mary's series since I discovered it late last year. It's witty, quirky and portrays historical events wrapped up as fiction...need I say more?? This one is my second fave! 😄

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Sue
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Sod Jodi Taylor and her sodding cliff-hangers. #StMary's4lyfe

Laura317 Uh oh! 7y
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bookwormmichelle
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I have just been tearing through these and forgetting to take pictures or enter them in. I think I need a twelve step program 😯 She kind of wrote herself into a corner here. What happens next??? (don't tell me)

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Audrey
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Max and crew (time traveling historians!) go to observe Troy. Many if Max' hypotheses make sense. This is really fun series with a kick ass, no apologies heroine.

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catieohjoy
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Delightful as usual! This is the third book in the series, and it ends on the biggest cliffhanger so far. The fourth installment is already in my Audible library, and I'm going to start it immediately! (I swear I've been reading other things, but these keep demanding my attention! 😄)

Coleen These covers are sucking me in. I'm going to have to add this series to my TBR. 😏 8y
Sydsavvy I can't put them down! 7y
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Kathrin
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Wow... What a head spinning adventure was that? This series is just so fast, so packed with action and snarky dialogue that it's almost hard to keep up with everything.

Oh and with that ending, I have to read the next one... Of course!

I really do like Zara Ramm as narrator in the audio book version. She does a phenomenal job!

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Kathrin
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Doing budgets at work, which means solitary Excel hell for hours at a time... Which also means, I listen to a lot of audio books right now... At least something!! 🔊🔊🔊

SusanInTiburon I just learned about Jodi Taylor's series. Fun! 8y
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annahenke
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The best one yet! This was a lot more emotional than the others. Two books finished during #24in48

DGRachel Having the short stories to read in between is a great break from these emotional moments. Are you reading those, too? 8y
annahenke Not yet, but plan to get to them soon! 8y
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Nooooo! 😢😩😭 I can't believe he dies!!!

LauraBrook I know!!!! But keep reading! 8y
DGRachel Yes, keep reading!!!! 8y
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annahenke
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Finally starting #24in48 readathon! Listening to this fun romp with history while I get ready for a day of reading.

DGRachel It's awesome! I love St.Mary's SO much! 8y
LauraBrook St Mary's rules!!!! I'm reading the 6th one now. They're so addictive! 8y
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