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peanutnine
A Restless Truth | Freya Marske
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#Bibliophile #2ndBkInTrilogy
One of my more recent favorite series, each book delightful in its own way. I need more queer historical fantasy like this in my life ✨

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

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Mattsbookaday
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Pickpick

Death in the Spires, by KJ Charles (2024)

Premise: Let go from his job after his employer receives a note calling him a murderer, a man tracks down his old college friends to try to find out who killed one of their own.

Review: Every time I read a KJ Charles book I expect a fun, queer, historical romp, but get something far more interesting. This is a compelling mystery that handles privilege and marginalization really successful. Cont

Mattsbookaday My only critique is that the plot is ‘dark academia‘ but it‘s written with the lighter touch of a cozy mystery; the mismatch in tone is noticeable but did not negatively impact my enjoyment of the book.

Bookish Pair: Charles‘ MM regency romance series, Society of Gentlemen, remains the best exploration of the real politics of the time I‘ve encountered.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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julesG I love her books, exactly for the exploration of the politics of the time. 7h
Mattsbookaday @julesG absolutely! Her regency romance stuff is so good for that. No one else wants us to know what those lords and dukes were actually up to! 7h
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Texreader
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peaKnit I really enjoyed the book, I still think about it. Thank you for the article link. 12h
MemoirsForMe Cool! Thx for sharing! 11h
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BarbaraJean
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Mehso-so

Belated review…

Honestly, I didn't enjoy this. I didn't find it engaging, for all its action. The characters held promise, but weren't developed at all. I was initially excited about a strong female protagonist in Cora, but her characterization & role flattened as the book went on. Cooper sacrifices character development for horrific action sequences and scenic descriptions that fell flat. There were problematic racial stereotypes galore, but⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) … I was bracing myself for far worse. There was a lot of “noble savage“ to the descriptions of the “good” Native characters, then basically all the Native characters/tribes allied with the French were portrayed as bad/scheming/backward, while their French allies were largely let off the hook. It was so interesting to see the book‘s combo of “of-the-time” stereotypes with some more nuanced depictions of Native characters & culture than ⤵️ 16h
BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …I'd have expected. I was pleasantly surprised by the respect shown for the traditions described near the end of the book. But I hated the ending!

Ultimately, I'm torn about this book's value as a classic. It deserves some credit for how it has shaped other writing, and it has some value as a biased but illuminating portrayal of a specific time and place. But on balance, I don't think I'd recommend it. ⤵️
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BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) One more off the TBR, read for the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead, and an adventure novel for Q2 of the #ClassicsChallenge. @Lunakay 16h
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AmyG I read this after the movie came out. What a slow, tedious read. 15h
Lunakay Well done! 11h
BarbaraJean @AmyG SO tedious! @Lunakay Thank you! 1h
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Texreader
The Count of Monte Cristo | Alexandre Dumas
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#tlt #threelistThursday

Faves: tagged
Pride and Prejudice
Frankenstein

I‘ve read and really liked David Copperfield. I expect to read Dickens‘ other books this year for #whattheDickens and I‘ll probably read Mansfield Park someday

I recently bought The Three Musketeers so I‘m looking forward to that one

Not a huge fan of the books I read in high school and college: The Scarlet Letter and Candide

ChaoticMissAdventures I really really struggled years ago when I read with 16h
dabbe I was surprised GREAT EX wasn't on the list, but I adored BLEAK HOUSE. I'm still working through NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 16h
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Texreader
A Golden Age | Tahmima Anam
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I‘ve picked my next #foodandlit book for #Bangladesh

@Catsandbooks

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cariashley
The Bright Sword | Lev Grossman
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Starting this chunkster! Excited to read this since I loooved The Magicians series. I‘m due with my first baby in less than 5 weeks so this feels like my last chance to read a big physical book for a while 😅 I‘m off work today and it‘s finally nice enough to sit outside, so am very happy.

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Read_By_Red
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter | Stephen Graham Jones
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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is part horror and part historical fiction. The Pikuni are real, buffalo were hunted nearly to extinction while Native Americans were forced onto reservations, and the murder of 217 Blackfeet did occur. The way in which Stephen Graham Jones interweaves these tragic historical events with the fictional events created a truly gripping tale. The audiobook is simply phenomenal. I love that it is a full-cast audiobook.

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bookish_wookish
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth | Andrew Joseph White
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I love this cover and the pages! I‘m excited for the story too!

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MyNamesParadise
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Pickpick

Going into the book I didn‘t know the history of the Magdalene laundries so I didn‘t pick up on all the references at first. But after reading it I did some research and wow this is a powerful little book! I watch the film adaptation (now streaming on Hulu) & thought it was brilliant! To think that this was going on in my lifetime at some point is just horrific. I‘ll be eager to read more from the author.