Litsy

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!

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

Susanita Is this the right tag list? ;) 3d

CBee @Susanita I was wondering 😂 3d

Librarybelle OMG! I‘m still on book two. I really fell behind! 😂🤦🏻‍♀️ 3d

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dabbe @Susanita @CBee Oops! Sorry about that! #toomanylists 😂 3d

dabbe @Librarybelle You're running too many book clubs, m'dear! 😂 Seriously, no worries! 💙🩵💙 3d

AnnCrystal Thank you for the tag, but I don't have this book. My apologies. 📚💝. 2d

CBee @dabbe I‘m really surprised I haven‘t done this yet 😂 2d

LiseWorks Fantastic about breaking it up because I can take time reading it. 2d

Cuilin @Librarybelle You‘re not alone, I‘m on book two also 🤦‍♀️ 2d

Librarybelle That makes me feel better, @Cuilin ! 2d

lil1inblue I can't believe we're on the last book! No more H VIII - this promises to be interesting! 2d

dabbe @LiseWorks IKR? Thank goodness! 😍 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue I think we're going to see more of Mary, Elizabeth, and Edward in this one! 🤩 2d

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. 😍 2d

lil1inblue @dabbe It's gonna be interesting! 🤩🤩🤩 2d

Librarybelle Oh I completely know! I won‘t be blocking you anytime soon! 😂 2d

dabbe @Librarybelle Now THAT made my day. 😍😂😘 2d

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Karisimo

BookSpinBingo | Untitled

June was great for my #bookspinbingo reading goals!!! 📚 @TheAromaofBooks

Summary:
23 books
8 Bingos
11 audiobooks
2 nonfiction
12 middle grade
1 YA
3 graphic novels/memoir
#shardlakeBR
#AuthorAMonth
#bookspin
#doublespin

Texreader Impressive!!! 3d

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!! 3d

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dabbe

Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

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. 4d

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. 4d

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 4d

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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. 4d

dabbe @AnneCecilie So true! 4d

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 4d

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, 4d

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! 4d

dabbe @Deblovestoread So disgustingly true! #majorickfactor 4d

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. 4d

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf #stacked! And thanks for the rec! 😍 4d

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. 😨 4d

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! 😳 3d

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dabbe

Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

Karisimo It didn‘t feel too slow or bogged down to me! 4d

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! 4d

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! 4d

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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) 4d

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? 4d

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! 4d

dabbe @LiseWorks IKR? I am more than grateful we live in an improved society--for the most part. 4d

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. 4d

dabbe @Bookish_Thoughts Way too much detail there! And the poor dog, too. I'm still not over that one. 🤬 3d

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dabbe

Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

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. 4d

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. 4d

dabbe @Karisimo Her kicking the poor dog and killing it ENRAGED me. 🤬 4d

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dabbe @lil1inblue 🎯🩵🎯 4d

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. 4d

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 4d

LiseWorks Their story was entertaining. Why they hated each other was something I wanted to know. And the real reason shocked me. 4d

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. 4d

dabbe @AnneCecilie IKR? I'm still not over it! 🤬 4d

dabbe @LiseWorks I did, too! It was a major reason I kept turning those pages! 4d

dabbe @Deblovestoread Amen! 🎯🩵🎯 4d

Bookish_Thoughts I like their story. Their secret destroyed both of them. 4d

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dabbe

Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

Karisimo I enjoyed Elizabeth‘s introduction into the story! 4d

lil1inblue I thought it was so interesting that Lamentation of a Sinner was real, even if the theft was fictional. I also thought it was interesting that there really was a “plot“ to turn the king against her. And Anne Askew - a whole other rabbit hole! There was a lot in this one! 4d

dabbe @Karisimo @lil1inblue At over 600 pages, there was a TON to keep track of! I loved getting to have the inside view into Whitehall as well as knowing Catherine Parr a little better. I mean, she's fictional in that the story didn't happen, but Sansom showed quite a bit of who she was. She's my favorite of the six. 4d

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AnneCecilie I think the siblings. Showing how different views and remembrances can split a family. Still happening today. And the all to human feeling of revenge 4d

LiseWorks I thought I knew about Henry, but reading this book brought how much suffering that man endured in his life. Diet and a broken leg and doctors who knew nothing actually killed him. And the courage it took for Catherine Parr tonnage to spend her evenings with him. 4d

Deblovestoread I enjoyed having Catherine more fleshed out than what I knew before this book. Although disappointed in her next choice of husband. 4d

dabbe @AnneCecilie It was so difficult to see how vicious they were toward each other and basically to everyone they came in contact with. 4d

dabbe @LiseWorks To live with an abscess in your leg for YEARS! Wow! There are scholars who now believe that his immense pain and other sicknesses contributed to him being such a tyrant. That is one guy I would NEVER want to cross! 4d

dabbe @Deblovestoread OMG, Seymour was such an a-hole! Love truly must be blind sometimes. 4d

Bookish_Thoughts I‘ve looked up so much while reading these books, it‘s hard to pinpoint one thing. 🙂 I think Catherine Parr stands out. 4d

dabbe @Bookish_Thoughts 🎯🩵🎯 3d

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dabbe

Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

LiseWorks Oh my word. The King? I was shocked. I am so disappointed in Tamasin. It wasn't Shardlake fault. But losing a hand would be gard in this time. 4d

Karisimo I‘ve enjoyed every installment in this series- And I‘m not a big series reader, I prefer standalones!! I‘d be very hard-pressed to pick a favorite. 4d

lil1inblue Marking as a spoiler because I know not everyone will be caught up. OMG. The ending of this book! Poor Barak! I understand why Tamasin is so upset, but it's hard not to feel for Shardlake, too. AND THE KING?!?! So many games! My head was spinning after this one! 4d

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dabbe @LiseWorks @Karisimo @lil1inblue The first time I read this was 10 years ago, and I had completely forgotten the ending. Then, reading it this time, when I came to that pivotal Henry moment, I was like “How the hell could I not have remembered this!“ OMG! A ripping-through-pages turner at the end! (edited) 4d

AnneCecilie I love all the books and just like you @dabbe I couldn‘t believe I had forgotten the ending when I came to it. I probably read it 10 yrs ago as well, but still, an ending like that should have been remembered. And that talk, really made it clear that for people in power, everyone else is just pieces on a chess board that can be moved and killed as they chooses. The commoners don‘t hold any value (edited) 4d

Deblovestoread My heart hurt for Barak and Tamasin. 4d

Bookish_Thoughts I can‘t get over how Sanson just keeps tightening the screws on his characters. I‘m sure things couldn‘t be worse than the previous book, and then I‘m proven wrong. Waaaayyy wrong. Yikes! I‘m leery of picking up the next book! 🤣 4d

dabbe @Bookish_Thoughts Excellent description! “Tightening the screws“; love that! And so true! 🤩 3d

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LitsyEvents

Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

Repost for @dabbe

#ShardlakeBR

Just a friendly reminder Shardlakians! Whoah to the ending on this one! Can‘t wait to discuss!

dabbe TY! 😍 1w

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dabbe

Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR @dabbe @LitsyEvents

Just a friendly reminder, Shardlakians! Whoah to the ending on this one! Can't wait to discuss! 🤩

Mollyanna I am so far behind this month. I‘m still plugging away, but probably won‘t be finished by Monday. I am really enjoying it so far. 6d

dabbe @Mollyanna No worries! This one's quite long, but it's so good! 🤩 6d

kwmg40 I'm still working on this one but am past the halfway point. I will join the discussions eventually! 3d

dabbe @kwmg40 No worries! Just be sure to tag us when you do so that we can see what you think! 🤩😍🤩 3d

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AnneCecilie

The Flower Farm | Rachael Lucas

#BookReport

I finished both The Wreath #DoorstopKristin #KLBR and Lamentation #ShardlakeBR

I read Bloddråpetall (Blood Drops Numbers)

I continued my yearlong reads on the right

I continued The Flower Farm on audio

I‘ve started both Little Dorrit #WhatTheDickens, and Evenings and Weekends

Suet624 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2w

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