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The Castle of Kings | Oliver P�tzsch

#CoK
#Castle

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shawnmooney

The Castle of Kings | Oliver P�tzsch

Oh dear, can you say "clunker" boys and girls? ?
#Castle #CoK

Sydsavvy Lol yes. 7y

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shawnmooney

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena: A Novel | Anthony Marra

Re-posting this from a month ago, this time for #BestReadsOf2017SoFar.
Although now that I've finished Marra's A Constellation of Vital Phenomenon, it definitely needs to go on here so if forced I'd bump, um, um, the Sudjic to make room for it.
#JubilantJuly

Cinfhen Have you started #CoK?!? 7y

shawnmooney @Cinfhen Yes! Click on the hashtag and you'll find a couple posts including my suggestion that we change the hashtag to #Castle. 😘😘 7y

ReadingEnvy I'm saving Autumn for Autumn and hopefully Knaussgard's Autumn too. 7y

saresmoore @ReadingEnvy I HAD THE SAME PLAN! 🤜🤛 7y

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shawnmooney

The Castle of Kings | Oliver P�tzsch

#Castle
#CoK
(Buddy readers, please weigh in on my suggested change to #Castle for the hashtag - I certainly don't want to be the boss of y'all)

MamaGina I've enjoyed his Hangman's Daughter series🤓 7y

drokka I've no problem with #Castle as the tag. 7y

Annl I am fine with #Castle 7y

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saresmoore Ooh, this is so intriguing! 7y

drokka Will you join us @saresmoore ? 7y

shawnmooney @drokka I hope @saresmoore does! And this book is screaming to @LeahBergen too, 'Read me!' But I might be on those two ladies' shit list au moment. 😍😂😘 7y

LeahBergen This one is tempting but ... I loathed his book, The Hangman's Daughter. 😬 Great premise, cool setting, snazzy beginning - and then it got bogged down in mediocre writing and far-fetched plot machinations. He reiterated what had occurred repeatedly and it could've been shaved down by at least a third. There ... my rudest book comment EVER. 😂 7y

shawnmooney @LeahBergen But....um....what did you really think? 😂😂 Well hopefully this one will turn out better! I'd hate to bail.... 😍 7y

saresmoore @drokka @shawnmooney I will see what my library has and, in the meantime, remain shamelessly non-committal. 🙂 7y

shawnmooney @saresmoore Voyeur-reading-buddy? That sounds pretty hot, in a 16th century German castle sort of way… :-) 7y

saresmoore @shawnmooney 😂 7y

shawnmooney @saresmoore I'd better be careful with my late night comments – you might be tabulating how many glasses of wine I've had! 😂😂🥂🥂🥂 7y

saresmoore @shawnmooney Ahahaha! No way. Especially since I always seem to be drinking when you're just waking up...and vice versa. It keeps things interesting! 😘 7y

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shawnmooney

The Castle of Kings | Oliver P�tzsch

#Castle #CoK

saresmoore (Better hashtag.) Dirty minds think alike? 7y

shawnmooney @saresmoore My buddy readers are probably all sleeping now so I haven't obtained permission to change it - so perhaps temporarily unilateralistic of me! 7y

saresmoore Well, perhaps I should just get my mind out of the gutter and focus on the actual books! 7y

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LeahBergen I think #CoK has a nicer ... ring to it. Oh yes ... I just went there. 😂 @saresmoore 7y

shawnmooney @saresmoore Come on! If you did that I'd be all alone down here! 😂 7y

shawnmooney Oh never mind, @LeahBergen will keep me company! 😂😂 7y

saresmoore @LeahBergen @shawnmooney I'm so glad to have found my people! 😆😘 7y

readinginthedark 😯But coins are shiny! Babies like shiny things. 😂 7y

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shawnmooney

The Quiet Violence of Dreams | K. Sello Duiker

These chunksters are two of my three buddy reads this month (the third one is both tiny and an ebook) so, given my predilection for reading in cafes whenever possible, I guess I'll get some free weight training (if not a dislocated shoulder) too!

#CoK #DuikerBuddyRead

saresmoore 1. Stop making me want to read huge books! 2. That hashtag... 😳😂 7y

shawnmooney @saresmoore 😂I assume you're referring to the three-letter hashtag? I did gently suggest changing it but.... 😂😂 7y

ReadingEnvy Most people would read them one at a time.... 7y

shawnmooney @ReadingEnvy Thank gawd I am not most people! 😂😂 7y

ReadingEnvy @shawnmooney yep 🤗 7y

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shawnmooney

The Castle of Kings | Oliver P�tzsch

Got this doorstopper of a 650-page hardcover for 30% off at a Boxing Day sale. I am planning to read it for the Litsy reading challenge - set over 150 years ago - this one's set in 16th century what-is-now-Germany.

drokka Ooooh. I did not know he had a new book out. Blast! My 2016 book budget has all but evaporated, and 2017 is seriously reduced and pretty much spoken for. How to make this happen *goes to ponder* 8y

shawnmooney @drokka If you're an Audible subscriber, I see they have it. If not, why not take advantage of their trial offer of a free audiobook? But I know audiobooks aren't for everyone... 8y

drokka I'm not an audible subscriber, but love audiobooks. I've not done any of his on audio, but will look into it. Thanks for he info. Turns out my library has the book. Who knew? (edited) 8y

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shawnmooney @Cinfhen This is the one! ❤😘 8y

Cinfhen @shawnmooney I am so in! Can we tackle this over the summer? 8y

shawnmooney @Cinfhen Yes! 😍 8y

shawnmooney @Cinfhen Hey girlfriend, are we still on for this buddy read? I won't be at all offended if for any reason you don't want to – especially given my tendency to bail. I have a feeling this one will be a keeper, but who knows! :-) Is July good for you? Also, are you OK with reading it over a couple months or more? It's quite a hefty tome! 😍😍 (edited) 8y

shawnmooney @drokka Would you be interested in joining our buddy read? 8y

drokka Oh yes please! I have a copy now, so I can do it over a couple/few months. July would work for me as a start time as well (or whenever really). Thanks for thinking of me 🙂 8y

Cinfhen Thanks for the reminder! 😘😘😘July sounds good because I'm tackling GWTW in June! Yes, I'm willing to give it a go and happy @drokka wants in! 8y

shawnmooney @drokka @Cinfhen I am excited to begin in July! ❤️ 8y

shawnmooney @Annl Care to join our buddy read? We'll be starting July 1st 8y

Annl Yes I would love to! 8y

shawnmooney @Cinfhen @drokka We've got another buddy to read along with us, @Annl ! Great! 8y

drokka Welcome @Annl ! 8y

Annl Thanks @drokka 8y

Cinfhen Hi @Annl happy to have another reader along for the journey 😊 8y

Cinfhen @drokka @Annl and Shawn, we need a clever hashtag!!! 8y

Annl @shawnmooney @Cinfhen @drokka I checked out a cop of The Castle of Kings from the library today. Are we still starting tomorrow? 7y

drokka @shawnmooney @Cinfhen @Annl I'm going to try to start tomorrow. If not, Sunday for sure. Since I'm now packing for a move, I'll likely be spreading it out over both July and August as well. As for a tag I wonder how well #CoK would go over. I did think we could do @OPCoK, but I don't know if that's informative enough. It is about the Peasants Revolt so we could maybe use that? #PeasantsRevolt 7y

Cinfhen I'm away for the weekend and didn't bring my copy along, but plan on starting next week @Annl @shawnmooney @drokka 7y

Cinfhen I like #CoK short & sweet @drooka 7y

shawnmooney @Cinfhen @drokka @Annl Am I the only dirty-minded book geek who will always be pronouncing this hashtag in my mind and giggling? I don't care about that, but now that I've planted the impure thought in your pure minds, might I suggest #tcok instead? If nobody cares about that – I really do not - #cok is just fine! 😂 7y

Cinfhen Hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 7y

Annl I am fine with either. 😉 7y

drokka I'm down with #CoK. And no, you are not alone @shawnmooney my inner 12 year old says it the same way. 😂 @Cinfhen @Annl 7y

shawnmooney @Cinfhen @drokka @Annl Guys, my very first post with #CoK got a guffawing comment about the hashtag. Can I suggest we just go with #Castle instead? 😂 (edited) 7y

Cinfhen Hi @shawnmooney @drokka @Annl please forgive me...I wasn't able to shlepp #castle to Florida- looks like I may not be joining the buddy read...I'm still trying to finish #gwtw 7y

shawnmooney @Cinfhen Oh that's too bad, but no worries! I'm not at all sure I'm going to finish it, but it's holding my interest enough to continue for now… 7y

drokka @Cinfhen That's poopy, but I totally get it. Do what you have to do for you. No point in resenting a book because you feel it's a chore. Enjoy your holiday ⛱🎢🎡🏖🌊🌊 7y

Cinfhen Just seeing these comments now @drokka @shawnmooney Thanks for the good vacation wishes 😘😘😗and seeing that Shawn bailed.....I'm feeling less guilty about abandoning ship! 7y

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