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That serpent-tongued hunchback might be able to convince the King the ballad could be suppressed, but whatever orders governments and kings issued, they could not prevent a wind from blowing or a fart from stinking. Even if they rounded up every copy of the broadside in Spain, the ballad would still be sung wherever anyone had memorised the words. Banning it would only make it taste sweeter in the mouth, like smuggled wine.

Some fizz with my book.

Some flaws, but overall good. The lengthy digressions into California's history take away from the narrative and the twists are a little messy but the characters and setting are good. I could see it becoming a series and I would continue reading if so.

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My favorite Cotton Malone book to date!

May was a good reading month for me.
Other high points for the month were:
The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
Notorious RBG : The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsberg

My #May book for #12BooksFor2023 is The Bishop‘s Pawn. An excellent Cotton Malone thriller centred around what happened in Martin Luther King‘s final days. Always love Cotton Malone books but this is one of the very best and learned a lot about Martin Luther King in this book. This reads exceptionally well as a standalone even though it is a book in a series.

Wow. Wow. Wow!! I saw this book at Goodwill and waivered over buying it (for a whopping $2.99 lol). It sounded interesting, but I have a pile of books on my TBR stack to get through. Well, my Aunt saw through that lame excuse and bought it for me, and I‘m so glad she did! I loved this story of the Rabishevsky brothers - this was a total page turner that I didn‘t want to put down. What other Andrew Gross books should I read? I‘m hooked now!

I rarely bail, but 24% in and I simply cannot continue. This book was not written for me. It has some great reviews, but 🤷🏼

Yes, it‘s time to start yet another new series 😍 I really hope it‘s a good one!

Hey #TeamCryptKeepers. I thought I would add a bingo for #Scarathlon since most of our team seems to like Thrillers, and i love bingo. Give yourself points for each line 20pts. The whole board 100pts. @StayCurious @Clwojick Please show your post with book read and bi go board with the spots for that book.
@TheBookHippie @JenReadsAlot @BarkingMadRead @kezzlou85 @Marmie7 @Rissa1 @aperfectmjk @Bookishgal71 @Nazgul93 @natsahara

I hauled a haul 🥰 A little birdy told me the Betrayals was dark academia, so had to feed my obsession.

(Waterstones website, it was Waterstones website that told me...)