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#SplashIntoSummerRead
I love all of Tolkien's book, but - maybe a bit surprisingly - my #favourite is The Children of Hurin.
It's a dark story, full of despair, with no hope in sight... but there's something at its core that truly touched me.
And the strong sense of a Viking saga... just 😍

chapter_fifty2017 Heard so much about this book and picked it up in an op shop for not much am so excited to read it been on my tbr for tooooo long !! 7y

JazzFeathers @chapter_fifty2017 lt's a great, epic story. If you likeTolkien and especially the Silmarillion, l'm sure you'll love this ☺ 7y

chapter_fifty2017 Thanks jazzFeathers Do i need to read the Silmarillion first? Love L ord of the rings though !! ❤ 7y

JazzFeathers @chapter_fifty2017 No, the story stands perfectly on uts own... though knowing Middle Earth history obviously enhances the experience. But this goes for all of Tolkien's stories 😉 7y

chapter_fifty2017 😁xxx 7y

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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell | Susanna Clarke

#SplashIntoSummerRead #StartsWithJ

I really really need to read this book. And watch the series.
Or there is more than one series? Mhm... 🤔

Minervasbutler I loved it! 8y

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'46, Chicago: A Novel | Steve Monroe

#SplashIntoSummerRead #BeachRead

Not that l'm going anywhere near a bench this summer... but a good mystery is always a nice read in the summer time
I've read '46 Chicago years ago. Really liked the first chapters, then it went downhill. Such a shame.
Haven't tried any Leonard so far.

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Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files | Jim Butcher

#SplashIntoSummerRead #Shelfie

I know, l know. Compared to many of the ones l've seen, my shelves are tidy 😆

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The Wolf and the Raven | Diana L. Paxson

#SplashIntoSummerRead #UnderATree

Well, l'm going literal: there's a guy under a tree on this cover 😆

Years ago, l went through a period l loved fantasy inspired by the medioeval sagas. I had a special penchant for Arthurian stories (well, l still do 😆), but l couldn't resist this retelling of the Nibelungenlied.
Never gotten around reading it though... yet.

There's a particularity about this cover: The author‘s name is mispelled.

MayJasper I bet the author wasn't thrilled 8y

JazzFeathers I was shocked when l realised it. I mean, it's always embarassing... but on the cover... 😱 8y

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The Blue Hawk | Peter Dickinson

I bought this book so many years ago, while on a scgool trip in a different city, though l really don't remember the city.
There are so few stories set in prehistory times. It's fascinating 😊

#SplashIntoSummerRead #Clouds

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Reservation Blues (Warner Books) | Sherman Alexie

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#SplashIntoSummerRead #ColorInTheTitle

I really love this book. What can l say? It's quirky and funny and sad and profound. It's magical and so very realistic.
I love it.

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Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities | Bettany Hughes

#SplashIntoSummerRead

Today l was off from work early so l went wondering in a bookshop. Here's a #Chunkster l came across.

I haven't read many big books, l'm a bit intimidated by them. And l can't bring them around... l do most of my reading while communting.
How about you. How do you handle these doorstops?

batsy I've become a slower reader over the years so they have become a bit intimidating 😆 I take my books everywhere too so that's when I'm really grateful for ebooks! 8y

JazzFeathers @batsy True, uh? Though today, while browsing in the bookshop, l thought really nothing compares to real books. I do use ebooks a lot, but real books... l love them! 8y

batsy @JazzFeathers Me too, nothing compares really. But when the hands hurt... 😁 8y

JazzFeathers @batsy And bookshelf space 😆 8y

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#newlyobsessed
3 things I'm obsessed with.... flowers, Litsy and books!!!! ❤️📚🌸
#splashintosummerread

BibliophileMomma

BibliophileMomma Oh so pretty! I can't grow anything. (Well unless you call raising my kiddos.🤣🤣) Every one in my family can grow gardens and flowers but not me. 😩 8y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Tiffy_Reads thank you!!! I just started last summer and I've done pretty good so far!! 🌸🌹🌺 8y

WarpedSweetness Very pretty! My fiancee and I want to start a vegetable and herb garden next year. 8y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you!!! I should do that!!! 8y

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Autopilot: The Art and Science of Doing Nothing | Andrew Smart

#SplashIntoSummerRead #Autobuy
In the big picture, Sherman Alexie. In the small ones, Kerry Greenwood and David Gemmell. Though l have l only still have a book to by by David Gemmell, the very elusive (and veri expensive) White Knight Black Swan

rachellayown Sherman Alexie!!!! 8y

JazzFeathers @rachellayown l know, right 😆 8y

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