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rwmg
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Mehso-so

Bjarni is sent into exile for 5 years and spends the time working as a mercenary in the Irish Sea and Scotland.

This was the author's last book, left unfinished at the time of her death, but unfinished in the sense of unpolished rather than incomplete. It does show in that I found it didn't hold my interest as much as her Roman novels. The world building and insight into Viking life and customs was good, but the story itself was rather meh.

Cuilin Sounds like an interesting read if a little meh. Vikings ✅ another prompt completed 🎉 4d
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rwmg
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HALFWAY UP THE Hearth Hall the man and the boy faced each other.

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@Cuilin @Dabbe

dabbe 👍🏻😍 1w
Cuilin Great opening line!!! I think I‘m DNF Ing the book I‘m reading. It‘s all too gory!! Hope you enjoy this one. 7d
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bibliothecarivs
D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths | Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
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Recent acquisition for our personal library.

#mythology

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LitsyEvents
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repost for @Cuilin

#BookedInTime

We are going a-Viking, to travel, explore and possibly raid!! I‘ve Blood Eye lined up as I enjoyed other books by Giles Kristian. What are you reading?

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Cuilin
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rwmg Starting “The Sword Song of Bjarni Sigurdson“ (aka “Sword Song“) about a 16-year old Viking who is sent into exile and travels in the Irish Sea and the Western Isles of Scotland. 1w
Cuilin @rwmg I‘ll have to check that one out. I thought I‘d like the book I‘m reading. There were some beautiful descriptions and then it just got way too bloody. 7d
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rwmg @Cuilin Our hero is with one group of Vikings waiting to ambush another group but so far there hasn't been anything to put off anyone who is gore adverse 6d
Cuilin @rwmg Thanks, I may try that one, with the state of the world right now I‘m having a hard time reading anything too dark and destructive. 6d
rwmg @Cuilin I'm about 2/3 of the way through. I don't know what your limits are but while obviously there is a certain level of violence with killings and maiming in battle (these ARE Vikings after all), the author doesn't revel in gore. 5d
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shanaqui
The Sea Road | Margaret Elphinstone
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I really liked this attempt to tell the story of Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir in her own words, for the most part. There were a few stylistic bits I disliked (the bits in italics), and some of the (one-sided) conversations between her and Agnar were a bit too long, but I loved the affection that grew up between them that was very obvious despite the way the story is told.

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xicanti
The Last Light of the Sun | Guy Gavriel Kay
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I only remembered three things about THE LAST LIGHT OF THE SUN:

1. There were vikings.
2. They blood eagled people.
3. I didn‘t enjoy it as much as Kay‘s other books.

Now I‘m rereading it for the first time, eighteen years on, and I‘m loving it. Kay hits me hardest when he‘s PERSONAL, above mythic or political, and this book is very much that. I can‘t wait to plunge onwards.

Also of note: it‘s Allie‘s 8th birthday! She loves it under her tree.

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Fortifiedbybooks
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Attending my first #SilentBookClub meeting. Very thrilled to be spending an hour in silence with other readers.

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Helenubed
A Fate Inked in Blood | Danielle L. Jensen
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Let‘s see if this book can get me out of my reading slump

#afateinkedinblood

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behudd
A Fate Inked in Blood | Danielle L. Jensen
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Mehso-so

⭐️⭐️⭐️ In a weird-for-me twist, the romance was actually my least favorite part of this. I thought Jensen did a great job creating the setting, bringing in & fleshing out the Norse gods & culture, and giving readers an easy way to understand all the people & connections.
The romance felt very fast, which doesn‘t usually bother me, and forced, so I didn‘t connect with it as much.
I‘m glad I finally read this & I‘ll definitely read book two!