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Jess861
The Wise Woman: A Novel | Philippa Gregory
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Mehso-so

I didn't love this book but I didn't hate it either - it was a little long but I'll never forget it. The book seems to be true to it's time. I wish the witchcraft had been dialed down a bit. It seemed overdone at times, making the book less historical fiction. The characters are all awful people and the relationships absolutely toxic - but I feel this works for the time period. This is a dark read.

Note: Many trigger warnings in this book.

Cuilin I understand, magical realism can ruin a book for me. I don‘t mind a sprinkling but too much takes me out of the time period and becomes more of the fantasy genre. 4mo
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Jess861
The Wise Woman: A Novel | Philippa Gregory
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Starting this book tonight for #BookedInTime . My goal is to get at least half way through by the end of the weekend. Have a couple of appointments for the kids tomorrow and they have swim class Saturday - but other than that it will be a relaxing weekend before the chaos of real life starts again on Monday!

#BookedInTimeJanuary25 #BookedInTimeTudors #JumpStart2025

 @Cuilin @Lizpixie

Cuilin Wonderful, have a lovely weekend and enjoy your reading. 5mo
Lizpixie Hope it‘s a good read👍 5mo
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#BookedInTime #BookedInTimeJanuary25 #BookedInTimeTudors

In the wake of the War of the Roses, the House of Tudor succeeded the Plantagenets. They ruled 118 years from Henry VII to Elizabeth I, succeeded by the Stuarts. The most well known Tudor being Henry VIII, with his six wives, and his daughter Elizabeth I, who reigned for 45 years. I‘m reading book 1 of Shardlake series. You? Comment, post or review at the end of the month!

ChaoticMissAdventures An incredible time. I am going to finally read 5mo
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Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures I can‘t tell you how much I loved that whole trilogy. I‘m looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it. Enjoy. 5mo
Daisey This is a great series! 5mo
Bookwormjillk I have a hard time getting through books set in this period but I‘m going to try 5mo
Amiable I think I might give this one a go, too—thanks to @dabbe ! 5mo
Itchyfeetreader I am going with this one. I have read widely from this period and wanted a new vs re read🤞🤞 5mo
Jess861 I've decided on reading a Philippa Gregory book set in this time period. Really not sure if I'll like this author but going to give it a go. 5mo
Cuilin @Amiable yes!!! 5mo
Cuilin @Bookwormjillk good luck, just remember we‘re fans of #hailthebail if it isn‘t for you. 🤞you‘ll enjoy it. 5mo
Cuilin @Itchyfeetreader sounds fabulous!! 5mo
Cuilin @Jess861 I‘ve never read Gregory. She is popular. Good luck. 5mo
dabbe @Amiable #woohoo! I think you're going to love it! ❣️🥂❣️ 5mo
dabbe I'm in the middle of REVELATION, book 4 in the Shardlake series. Reading it with the #ShardlakeSeriesBR and for #BookedInTime. All are welcome to join us! ❣️🥂❣️ 5mo
dabbe DISSOLUTION is also on the spreadsheet! 🤩 5mo
dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures On the spreadsheet! 🤩 5mo
dabbe @Bookwormjillk On the spreadsheet! 🤩 5mo
dabbe @Itchyfeetreader On the spreadsheet! 🤩 5mo
dabbe @Jess861 On the spreadsheet! 🤩 5mo
dabbe @Cuilin YES!!! 🤩🙌🏻🤩 5mo
julieclair @Jess861 I‘m giving Philippa Gregory a try, too. 5mo
Cuilin @julieclair i‘d love to know what you think of her writing I have never read her so I‘m really interested. 5mo
julieclair @Cuilin Will do! 5mo
Cuilin @AllDebooks oh very intriguing 🤔 5mo
rwmg My most likely contender is the next in a series I'm reading intermittently: 5mo
Cuilin @rubyslippersreads I don‘t think any wife of Henry VIII had a good time, but I particularly felt bad for the teenage Catherine Howard. Enjoy. 5mo
Cuilin @rwmg Fabulous, looking forward to your thoughts. 5mo
Mollyanna I‘m in the middle of Revelation with @dabbe and also in the middle of Wolf Hall. Hopefully I can finish Wolf Hall in January. I‘ve read several of Gregory‘s books. They‘re pretty good. 5mo
Cuilin @Mollyanna Love Wolf Hall. 5mo
dabbe @julieclair On the spreadsheet! 🤩 5mo
dabbe @rubyslippersreads On the spreadsheet! 🤩 5mo
dabbe @AllDebooks On the spreadsheet! 🤩 5mo
dabbe @AllDebooks On the spreadsheet! 🤩 5mo
dabbe @rwmg On the spreadsheet! 🤩 5mo
dabbe @Mollyanna 🤩 5mo
julieclair @Mollyanna Glad to hear you enjoyed reading Gregory! 5mo
sblbooks 1. I'm planning on reading this one 5mo
Cuilin @sblbooks that one really looks good!! 5mo
Bluebird I love Shardlake! I hope you enjoy the first one! This month I‘m reading 5mo
Amiable I just started “Dissolution” today! Is there a Storygraph challenge set up for this already? I can usually be more organized when I can follow along on there. 😄 Shall I set one up? 5mo
Cuilin @Amiable there‘s a StoryGraph challenge for #bookedInTime organized by @julieclair I started today too. (edited) 5mo
Cuilin @Bluebird I started dissolution today. So far so good. 😊 5mo
Amiable @Cuilin Excellent! 👍🏼 5mo
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