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Tombland | C. J. Sansom

It just turn 8 PM in Phoenix, AZ Temps are still above 100º, but the sun is down. Sitting on the couch, ready to catch up with the #ShardlakeBR. Kate almost made it to the couch. She's already hygge-in'.

Have a lovely Sunday, everybody, and kick butt this week! 🩵💙🩵

#hyggehourreadathon
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TheBookHippie 66F and sprinkling rain… which isn‘t stopping fireworks in the neighborhood 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 at 11PM 🤦🏻‍♀️ 3d

AllDebooks Cute 😍 🐾 3d

dabbe @TheBookHippie What frickin' calendar are they following? 😂 3d

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Leftcoastzen 👍🐶I‘m melting! 3d

AnnCrystal 💕🐕‍🦺💝. 3d

Chrissyreadit 😘💛💛💛 3d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen I hear ya! 🖤🐾🖤 2d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🖤🐾🖤 2d

dabbe @Chrissyreadit 😘🖤🐾🖤 2d

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Tombland | C. J. Sansom

#fictionaltraveler
@julieclair 😘

The #ShardlakeBR is beginning our LAST book in the series. I can't believe it! We'll be on the merry ol' island of England surrounded by water on all sides! It looks like a lot of time will be spent in the Northfolk area, bordering the North Sea on the east. The North Sea reminds me of Wart (King Arthur) learning to fly as a goose (thanks to Merlyn's magic) over the North Sea with Lyo-Lyok. Love that book! 🌊

julieclair Enjoy! 3d

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dabbe

Tombland | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR @dabbe

Excellent discussion yesterday, Shardlakians! We now approach the last book in the series: TOMBLAND. And it is a major chunkster: 86 chapters and close to 900 pages! That's why we'll read it in three parts; then, the length will be pretty close to what we've been doing all along. Happy reading!

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Susanita Is this the right tag list? ;) 1w

CBee @Susanita I was wondering 😂 1w

Librarybelle OMG! I‘m still on book two. I really fell behind! 😂🤦🏻‍♀️ 1w

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dabbe @Susanita @CBee Oops! Sorry about that! #toomanylists 😂 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle You're running too many book clubs, m'dear! 😂 Seriously, no worries! 💙🩵💙 1w

AnnCrystal Thank you for the tag, but I don't have this book. My apologies. 📚💝. 1w

CBee @dabbe I‘m really surprised I haven‘t done this yet 😂 1w

LiseWorks Fantastic about breaking it up because I can take time reading it. 1w

Cuilin @Librarybelle You‘re not alone, I‘m on book two also 🤦‍♀️ 1w

Librarybelle That makes me feel better, @Cuilin ! 1w

lil1inblue I can't believe we're on the last book! No more H VIII - this promises to be interesting! 1w

dabbe @LiseWorks IKR? Thank goodness! 😍 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue I think we're going to see more of Mary, Elizabeth, and Edward in this one! 🤩 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle I hope you know I was just kidding with you. You've got so much on your plate so absolutely no worries whatsoever. 😍 1w

lil1inblue @dabbe It's gonna be interesting! 🤩🤩🤩 1w

Librarybelle Oh I completely know! I won‘t be blocking you anytime soon! 😂 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle Now THAT made my day. 😍😂😘 1w

Daisey This is the only one of the series I've not read at all, and I just downloaded the ebook today. However, I still have some other reading to finish before I can start it. So, intrigued to see where this one goes. 2d

dabbe @Daisey It's a doozy! Our only 3-monther! 🤩😍🤩 1d

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Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

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Catsandbooks Wonderful! 🎉 👏🏼 6d

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dabbe

Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

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CSeydel Looking good! 1w

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LiseWorks

Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

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This series keeps getting better and better. I love to read about this era. I don't think I would want to live in it, though. #SeriesLove25 #Read2025 #ISpyBingoJuly @Andrew65 @TheSpineView @DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1w

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1w

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Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

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1546 is the sunset year of King Henry VIII's reign but he is still alive for now & his councillors are locked in a power struggle between the Catholic faction & the Protestant Reformers. Radicals are being burned at the stake & Queen Catherine Parr is teetering on the edge of disaster.

Shardlake is summoned by Lord Parr, uncle to the Queen & asked to take on one more investigation. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf A dangerous manuscript written by the Queen called 'Lamentation of a Sinner' has been stolen from the palace & if brought to the King's attention it could seal her fate. Shardlake's investigation leads him to look into the death of a printer known for heretical leanings. Was he about to print the Queen's stolen book? If he was, where is it now? 1w

OutsmartYourShelf The sixth & sadly penultimate book in this series sees Shardlake treading the very fine line between orthodoxy & heresy, the basis of which alters with the changing of King's mind. It must have been an extremely stressful time to live - not knowing if you will be arrested from one moment to the next for some perceived wrong. It's a long book (over 700 pages) but it didn't seem to drag at all & the interwoven plots were all very well done. 4🌟 1w

OutsmartYourShelf Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5592776336
Read 29th May - 30th June 2025

#ReadAway2025 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
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DieAReader 🎉Fantastic!! 1w

dabbe W🤩WZA! What a fabulous review! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1w

OutsmartYourShelf @dabbe Thank you! 1w

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Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

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lil1inblue Catherine Parr's story is truly fascinating. It is a bit tragic, because it seems like she was unable to say no to the king's proposal (and may have wanted to), and had to make the best of her plight. 1w

AnneCecilie I felt truly sorry for her. She seemed like one of the good ones. It also shows how little power a woman had, even the widow after a king. 1w

LiseWorks I was sad that she was betrayed by her last husband. It was probably vwey common for woman dying in child birth when being over 30 1w

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dabbe @lil1inblue I always wondered how she must have felt, KNOWING he had two previous wives' heads cut off! And what if she had said no; he probably would have had her in the Tower for treason as well. 1w

dabbe @AnneCecilie So true! 1w

dabbe @LiseWorks He's the jerk that was in the books, too! Thomas Seymour: UGH! And he came on to Princess Elizabeth while married to Catherine while she was pregnant with his child! #douchebag 1w

dabbe I found Barak's story arc to be heartbreaking. Once a vibrant, street-smart ally, now he is left physically diminished. I hated seeing him relegated to a more minor role--Guy, too. And poor Shardlake! He ends the novel more isolated than ever. His unrequited love for Catherine Parr remains unresolved, his friendship with Guy Malton is strained further by working for Parr, and Barak‘s accident leaves him without his closest confidant, 1w

Deblovestoread I don‘t think she could‘ve have said no, nor did she probably sleep well at night wondering if she did anything wrong. And to have to be married to Henry at that time of his life…yuck! 1w

dabbe @Deblovestoread So disgustingly true! #majorickfactor 1w

OutsmartYourShelf Sorry if I‘ve mentioned it before, but there‘s a great nonfiction account of Catherine Parr‘s last marriage & subsequent death in ‘The Mysterious Death of Catherine Parr‘ by June Woolerton. 1w

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf #stacked! And thanks for the rec! 😍 1w

Bookish_Thoughts I couldn‘t believe Barak‘s story arc. 😢 And poor Catherine Parr. I think Henry VIII was her third husband? She was widowed twice before marrying him. If I remember right. I can‘t imagine living knowing your survival depended on political winds. 😨 1w

dabbe @Bookish_Thoughts Yeah, we think we have it bad now with the state of affairs in this world, but man, not even being able to practice your own religion for fear of being hanged ... whoah! 😳 1w

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Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

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Karisimo It didn‘t feel too slow or bogged down to me! 1w

lil1inblue For me, it enhanced the reading experience. But I also love fantasy, which often involves a lot of world-building. I don't know about anyone else, but the last 25% of the book actually went quite quickly for me, because of how it unfolded! 1w

dabbe @Karisimo Same here. It took a while for the background to build, and I feel we truly got to see how long it takes to solve a mystery! But then, BAM! We all who've read it know exactly when things just went 😱, and then thos pages kept flipping! 1w

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AnneCecilie I love it, all the details makes the story and the time period come alive. Generally, we only learn how the life of the royals and the court is, but most people don‘t live like that. I love how we get to know the life of the commoner.l without it feeling like a history lesson (edited) 1w

LiseWorks I actually didn't think it was that long. I, too, read long fantasy books. I am a fan of this eranand am fascinated by the fact there was so much suffering. How in the world did these people survive? 1w

dabbe @AnneCecilie Well said. I think that is one of Sansom's greatest strengths; he gives us meticulous details about the everyday life of all sorts of different people. Fascinating! 1w

dabbe @LiseWorks IKR? I am more than grateful we live in an improved society--for the most part. 1w

Bookish_Thoughts I don‘t think it was too long, but then I like chunksters. 🙂 Sometimes, though, all the detail immerses me a bit too much and I get overwhelmed. Burnings, for example. 1w

dabbe @Bookish_Thoughts Way too much detail there! And the poor dog, too. I'm still not over that one. 🤬 1w

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Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

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Karisimo Isabel getting so far with her accusations seemed like a bit of a stretch but it did serve to illustrate the fear of the times. 1w

lil1inblue I think it shows how the confusion and intrigue at court permeated all of society. Similar to how so many people in the US are just tense and edgy right now. 1w

dabbe @Karisimo Her kicking the poor dog and killing it ENRAGED me. 🤬 1w

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dabbe @lil1inblue 🎯🩵🎯 1w

dabbe @Karisimo @lil1inblue The inheritance dispute mirrors the era‘s greed and familial betrayal, echoing the political backstabbing at court. It also underscores Shardlake‘s role as a resolver of conflicts in a morally ambiguous world. We need a Shardlake in our world right now. 1w

AnneCecilie I think they showed a lot of the themes in the book, and are probably some of the fictional figures I‘ll remember the most. Disagreements between siblings, especially when it comes to inheritance, as all to familiar. I can‘t believe she kicked that dog to death 1w

LiseWorks Their story was entertaining. Why they hated each other was something I wanted to know. And the real reason shocked me. 1w

Deblovestoread The sibling story was an interesting side story with a shocking ending. Isabel was horrible and I wanted to see her hang because of the dog. 1w

dabbe @AnneCecilie IKR? I'm still not over it! 🤬 1w

dabbe @LiseWorks I did, too! It was a major reason I kept turning those pages! 1w

dabbe @Deblovestoread Amen! 🎯🩵🎯 1w

Bookish_Thoughts I like their story. Their secret destroyed both of them. 1w

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