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Another beautiful saga, but I don't like the tv serie!

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I‘m in love with the show Poldark (Dr. Enys anyone? 😍) and read the first book in the series shortly after finishing the show. Book 2 is just as good, if not better. I love Demelza and I must say, Ross does not deserve her! The TV show is a fairly faithful adaptation (minus the last season) and I felt like I was visiting old friends. I‘m really looking forward to book 3! 4⭐️

#Poldark
#historicalfiction

Starter this last night
I must say, the characters are pretty spot on in personalities when comparing the new series to the novel. Although Demelza has dark skin, hair and eyes.
I also write down characters names (with descriptions) to refer to later, as there are a few.
I like the timelines mentioned in the book, where in the series they showed time passing by growing pregnancies or children aging.
I think this will be an easy & enjoyable listen

These books are not “light reads” so I‘m gonna have to put this back on my TBR shelf for now. My life has gotten crazy and although I re-checked out the book from the library twice, I can‘t seem to make a sizable dent in it. I changed my Goodreads goal also because I‘m done with working on that for 2019, and that‘s fine because I still read more than in 2018. On to 2020...

Finished my third book of the #24B4Monday #Readathon, so far read for 22 hours 44 minutes, having read 10 hrs 29 mins so far today. Need to read another 1 hour and 16 minutes with 1 hour and 48 minutes left of the Readathon to get to 24 hours.
This is the second Poldark book and overall was very enjoyable, although at times has a habit of describing the story more. I would like to see more dialogue and interaction between the characters at times.

Reading Demelza with @Andrew65 Watching the European election and wondering what is wrong with people in my country.

Starting to listen to book 2 of the Poldark series today, which I will be reading along with @Tove_Reads
This will be my accompaniment on a 400 mile drive to John O‘Groats for a week away from work.

Not totally convinced yet, but will read the second Poldark book, since it was clearly waiting for me at the library 📚 Maybe @Andrew65 will read it with me?

Better than the first one

Loving 🥰 this series by Winston Graham! The reader does a wonderful job and is able to make multiple characters distinct, even children! 4/5⭐️s

Also, Thank you @JoScho for my Christmas book! I‘m saving it to open on the 25th. You are so sweet and generous. I‘m actually struggling to get into the Christmas spirit. Cards from @Kaye and @robinb are helping, along with seeing all Christmas 🎄 posts. My Litsy friends warm my heart ❤️!

I just really fall into these books. I want to spend time with the characters and live in their world. Even for just a bit.

At work I now have an hour lunch. I‘m used to eating in 10 minutes as a teacher. I think I may get a lot of reading done on my lunch breaks though. So appropriate now that I‘m working in a library.

I liked but didn‘t love this second book in the Poldark series. I did enjoy continuing on with Ross and Demelza and their community. The plot though was a bit disjointed (and stressful). I‘ll wait awhile before I decide whether to continue on.

A good, but not great, series, so far. I still feel like the author is holding back on us and not giving the characters the depth he could give them. Better plot with this one, more coherent than the first book.

Reading the second book of the Poldark series...

“And then the mine was quite deserted and alone in the mist. And the silence of its inactivity and the silence of the windless misty day was like a pall on the countryside.”

I am hooked listening to the second Poldark novel

I have a whole week off from work, so I'm gonna read, read, read!

”An hour before dawn they went down to the cove, following the bubble of the stream and the descending combe, with a glowworm here and there green-lit like a jewel in the dark.” - Winston Graham, Demelza.
Graham's beautiful descriptive language ❤️
#Poldark

I know Demelza is supposed to have dark hair. I know as a book lover I'm supposed to hate TV or movie based book covers. I know.

I just don't care!

I love these books so far, and this one has inspired me to read the rest of the series.

Beautiful writing, fantastic story line.

"... trying to wash away the megrims of the night."

Megrims.

What an excellent word.

5/5✨
See previous post on Ross Poldark.
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I just love the characters and the time period.

Poldark Series Book 2. Enjoying this series! #poldark

#FeistyFeb
#TBR
@RealLifeReading

The bottom 2 rows of this bookcase are ALL TBR. 😱

I made a reading plan at the beginning of a month once and found that it stressed me out. I just have to go where the whim takes me!

Does anyone else find reading plans stressful?

Another book down on the #litsyatoz challenge the #letterG @BookishMarginalia

I have over 100 pages left to go before I finish this so hoping to complete this for the #litsyAtoZ for #letterG

😭 If you've watched the series you know what I mean.

On to the second book...Is it Sunday yet? #Poldark

Jane is amused by this 1953 cover found at our campus library. She also shares my annoyance that the books explicitly refer to Demelza's rich dark hair, but on tv she's a redhead.

Great story, love Ross and Demelza

A worthy follow-up to the first Poldark novel. There are many emotional ups and downs in this novel. We also get to see the growth a development if Ross's marriage. I really enjoyed it, and I look forward to reading the third one.

"He bowed. 'The essence of a good joke is that only two should share it.'
'I thought that was the essence of a good bed,' said Francis."