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May
#BookSpin - Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb
#DoubleSpin - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

@TheAromaofBooks

Well, that was quite a ride! Robin Hobb is an incredible storyteller (as a rarely-reads fantasy, big books or series reader, I‘ve finished the trilogy in 9 months, which is quite bizarre!). She‘s just kept pulling me back in. And (eventually) we even got dragons.

Time for a few months away, but I‘ll definitely be back to this world and (presumably.some of) these characters.

“You are confusing plumbing and love. Again. “

Yes, I‘m still going with Fitz & (thankfully) The Fool. Robin Hobb is a master storyteller. I‘d decided I was DEFINITELY giving up after this book. Buuut… I‘ll probably need to carry on after a (long) break. She‘s kind of genius.

9 hours left, and 7 days before Libby eats the audiobook. I REALLY don‘t want to be left with waiting for 3 weeks for the final 90 minutes! (Ramps up speed to x2.5 😬)

JULY 2023 WRAP UP

🎧📚 34 books this month. So many 5 star books!

New Reads & Old.

Multiple re-reads that rocked!!

I‘d recommend these 16 for a variety of reasons.

I owe infinite reviews becuz … work … ARGH

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

On one hand, it‘s still keeping my interest.
On the other hand, I keep deciding I‘ve had enough of the series now.
And yet I‘m still going.
**FOR ANOTHER 25 HOURS ⏰**
I‘ve thoroughly dissected my issues with epic fantasy (notably its epicness 🙄. Also, for a book called Assassin‘s Quest, there‘s way too much assassining. And questing).
But my main issue right now, is WHERE ARE THE DRAGONS???

I‘m really not a very good fantasy reader. Sorry!

1. Gaaaah! (Actually it might be fine. There should be at least one picture book I can return. Don‘t ask.)
2. What have you done to me? I don‘t read fantasy, I don‘t read chunksters, and I‘m rubbish at series. And yet here we are. And it‘s not even May. I hold you all entirely responsible for this peculiar behaviour.
3. How many hours? Bit scared to look….

I love this series but man does it go to some dark places. I am rationing it to reduce the odds of acquiring a bad case of novel-induced anxiety.

#manicmonday #lettera
Tagged book
(Kate) Atkinson
Atonement (film)
Adam and the Ants
All of my Heart (ABC)

Thanks for the tag Jenny 😁
Anyone join in.

Look @TrishB I finished the trilogy and I LOVED it. I‘ve been totally immersed in this world for over a week. In the early sections I sometimes felt so anxious for Fitz getting buffeted around by the forces of evil that I had to take a break and read some middle grade fiction to recover! So so good. I do love a really long fantasy book now and then so I can really live in it - it feels like I was there for every minute of Fitz‘ journey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Finally completed the Farseer Trilogy! What monster books they were at 800 plus a piece. I loved the series as a whole, although I must say the conclusion was more 🌟🌟🌟🌟stars For me. It was a bit of a slog in the middle lots of repetition and for all the journey I went through with them, the ending was rushed, I needed more! That said, I still loved them and my characters, especially Nighteyes and the Fool. Dickens meets Fantasy!

This was an excellent ending to the Farseer Trilogy. Absolutely epic and my favorite of the trilogy. So many people said to keep going, that the series gets better and better and they were right. This was a #Chunkster - 36 hour audiobook but worth the time. This is not a standalone, though Hobb does a nice summary at the beginning of the story. 5⭐️
#NSR22 - High Fantasy
#bookspinbingo - 2 squares
#19822022 - 1997
#Roaringwolf - Luck

“I awake every morning with ink on my hands.” 🖋✋🏻

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#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

I made up a challenge TBR for myself of series I would like to start, catch up on or finish this year. I‘ve checked off 9/100 so far and I‘m working on 10/100 😬 I doubt I will finish this but it gives me a goal 🤪

#NeverEndingTBR #BookNerd 🤓💙📚

1. I bought myself Assassin‘s Quest: Illustrated Edition 😊
2. So many tropes to love 💕

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This was an adventure, nail bitting for a lot of it.

Im not sure how Hobb does it, this book has almost 900 pages, the pages are far from action packed, there's no build up to an epic ending yet you can't stop reading and its so immersing. I see what people mean about it being a comfort read as that's excatly what it felt like to me.

Once again the world building is minimal but somehow the world is vibrant, Hobb really is excellent at creating worlds with a minimum of on page fuss.

Excellent

I read the Mad Ship trilogy a few years back and found them brilliant... Also enjoyed the rain wild chronicles. I guess this trilogy didn't quite meet my expectations... Although really good in terms of the world created and connecting with all of the characters, I felt it quite drawn out and it took me really long to finish. Glad I read them though!

Third book in The Farseer‘s Trilogy and it was EPIC!
I think it may be my favourite of the 3. But it‘s hard to choose.
It was so satisfying finally seeing some of the big mysteries unravel.
Fitz, as ever, was an absolute pleasure as a protagonist. Superseded only by Nighteyes, who I think is one of the best characters ever written. Awesome conclusion to the trilogy.

I finally finished this trilogy and Robin Hobb is one of my new favorite authors. This series really packs a punch, and the slower, more methodical pacing makes it really refreshing. I highly recommend this series! https://amysbookreviews.com/2020/09/29/assassins-quest-by-robin-hobb-review/

#quest is even in the title! #Tropesinaugust

I am a fan of this series, though I am reading it very, very slowly...still only on the second trilogy of the larger 16 book set.

Day 4: Assassin‘s Quest by Robin Hobb #7Days7Books

This entire series, for me, explores different expressions of love without placing them in a hierarchy. It was also the first book I read that wasn‘t strictly heteronormative which was somewhat of a revelation to teenage me.

I loved the first two of this series but I found that too much of this one was spent with the characters stuck not doing much. Trying not to give anything away so forgive the vagueness. I felt that more could have been made of this book but a good ending to the story, when it got there.

I have spent the morning cleaning my house and listening to the audiobook of Assassin's Quest. Now time for coffee and journaling.

I hope you are all doing ok ♥️

Ok... this is my currently reading pile 🙈 I can't seem to stick to one or two books just now.

I am half way through Assassins Quest and Crescent City and not too far into Platform Seven and Illuminae. Enjoying them all.

A strong finish to an excellent trilogy. Difficult to review without spoilers but it‘s gripping all the way to the end, everything ties up nicely with a number of flourishing twists to keep you guessing and I really grew to love Fitz and Nighteyes. I felt like Fitz‘s personality develops nicely in this book without losing key character flaws, which really humanises him as a character. On to the live ship trader trilogy I go!

Happy New Year! Just returned from a week of reading on the beach, and by the pool, and on the plane, and anywhere else I could!

Finished Assassin's Quest for #Booked2019 - Political Intrigue
Read Dragon Springs Road for #Booked2020 #CoverCrush (love that beautiful emerald green!)
Read One Day in December in a day for #Booked2020 Finish in a day
And yesterday on the flight home I finished Internment for #Booked2020 Hat/head covering on cover.

Started this one on Kobo last night. I'm excited to complete the Farseer trilogy, and am so thankful to all the Littens who have trumpeted their love for Robin Hobb. I don't think I'd have picked up these books without the Litsy love, and I've been so engrossed in Fitz's world. #BlameitonLitsy

I'll be using this towards #Booked2019 because I've been reading enough real world political intrigue in the news, so it's fantasy world intrigue ftw!

As much as I enjoyed this concluding volume of this trilogy boy was it a slog! It would benefit hugely from a severe editing as it got vague & flabby in places. Fitz finally gets out that damn keep though he's still as slow on the uptake as ever. Plot took a slightly disappointing turn into fantasy cliche (enter dragons) & the climax took a lot of getting to which diminished it ever so slightly. Did love the ending though... cont. in comments ⬇️⬇️

It took me a MONTH to read the first book of this trilogy (including 2 weeks of not reading it at all) and 2 weeks to read the second one. This one has 849 pages so not sure how long it will take me to get through it.....

....and then I remember my daughter goes back to school on Tuesday and I do a brief and very restrained happy dance.

Am I a bad mama for being overjoyed to get my reading time back?

The final installment in the Farseer trilogy was long, sometimes exhausting, but the end was most satisfying! Hobb is a master storyteller - I am completely in love with all the characters (except maybe for Regal). And I think Nighteyes might be the wisest of them all.

This is my first Hobb trilogy, and highly recommend it! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ But now to decide which of her series to tackle next!

#TallShipCelebration #Quest

I really, really, want to read this Hobb series again. It's been so long and I loved it so much back in the day when I originally read it.

I haven't even read her newest trilogy, Fitz and The Fool, yet, cuz I want to start back at the beginning first. I have them...they're sitting on my shelf taunting me...I just gotta get to them. 😅

@CrowCAH

Even longer than the previous installment, there is possibly too much of the walking-hunting-making camp-eating element, along with the frequent "hot girl tries to bed Fitz" episodes, but things pick up speed towards the end and everything comes to a reasonably satisfying conclusion. I think the trilogy as a whole deserves 5, if only for Nighteyes, hands down the best wolf in all fiction.

I just couldn‘t. This Author is out to wrench our feels and make us sad.
Nope. I am not finishing this nor am I going to continue reading any of Robin Hobbs books at this point in time.
No thank you.
⭐️ DNF‘d 54% through.

This is the weakest book in the trilogy. There was a large part of the book that was slow and dragged (too much time on the repetitive “we walked, then built camp, hunted, and slept”). That time could of been spent on developing the ending more. But through out the whole book I was completely invested in the world and the characters. Also an odd pairing at the end didn‘t sit well with me.

Last night of the semester in the FP commuter house. This exchange between Jojen and Bran reminds me of Fitz, and how difficult it was for him to return to caring about things the way a human does after being more Witted than not.

A great 3rd and final installment. Hobb really brings the story together very well. The ending is a bit long in my opinion making it less climactic than I feel it should have been. Overall though it's a wonderful book written by an amazing author and I would recommend reading.

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4. Rainy & coolish (not cold)
5. Any epic fantasy series because I can read them straight through!

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To anyone who struggles with the first book of this series as much as me: Keep on reading! It will soon turn into one of the best fantasy series you have ever read.😍

I love it when I get so completely absorbed by a good story that I forget everything around me and when sudden turns and revealings actually leave you being shocked because you didn't expect it.

I want to read more from this universe and would love to hear your suggestions.🤗

I don‘t think I‘ll finish another in 2018, so my final year end total is 68 (16 over target!). I‘ve read some corkers this year, most of which were #blameitonlitsy! 🎉🎉🎉

I hope that can't be considered a spoiler but: A bear called Hilda!! 😂😂😂
That's just the most ridiculous name for a bear! 😁
I had to laugh so hard when I read this ^^
I really like the book so far, this series is just getting better and better!

I am so sad to be parting with these characters! An epic end to the Farseer trilogy. I can't say more than that without breaking it down in a way that will spoil it.

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Someday I will be able to read this whole series. Someday.

#toberead #foolsassassin #robinhobb #fiction

Oh I love a good train journey...... empty carriage, rolling countryside, snacks and spending time with friends (via post!)

Almost 40 hours is a long audiobook! But it was great. I really like The Fool, and of course Night Eyes and Fitz.

Robin Hobb is really good at in depth chunkster fantasy, with strong history and fun interesting characters. She‘s a commitment, but so worth it!

A diverse reading month - fictionalised true story, two lots of short stories ( book clubs!), a chunkster epic and an award winning novella! Sadly no #onenonfictionamonth though. #septemberinbooks

Wow - Robin Hobb sure can close out a trilogy with a bang! This really is a true quest - a long road trip, adventure, magic, disaster, recovery, disaster again, heartbreak, riddles, puzzles, tests of strength and skill - it has it all! This book really showcases why Robin Hobb is a supreme storyteller. Cant say anymore or it'll be a spoiler!

Celebrating the final 2 chapters with a caramel custard doughnut topped with a Cadbury‘s Crunchie! #readingsnacks