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TheSpineView
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This is a low pick for me. While I liked the characters, the plot didn't work for me. I get that it is fiction; however, as I have often stated, I want it to be at least a little bit believable. This story started out on a limb then just went on to be ridiculous. 3⭐️
Lots of triggers in this book. You've been warned. #Serieslove2025 #ShelfSweeper @Tove_Reads @Andrew65 #Read2025 @DieAReader #ChunksterChallenge2025 @Amiable

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Ruthiella
The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot
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Pickpick

#Hashtagbrigade
#ChunksterChallenge2025 Bitsy chunkster 544 pages
#AllergictoChunksters

I‘m not sure if I love or hate the ending? Set in the mid 19th cent., this is the story of Maggie Tulliver who, were she a man, would have had the education and success she deserved. She‘s smarter than her father, who favors her, and her brother, who loves her but holds her back. Phillip is her intellectual equal. Stephan I think she‘d eventually tire of…

Amiable Excellent work! 🥳 1w
Ruthiella @Amiable Thank you! 😊 1w
mcctrish It should have been a story about a girl‘s triumph 1w
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Ruthiella @mcctrish It so easily could have been that. There was space for it. 1w
eeclayton I also think Stephen would tire of her eventually, too. Once he got over the honeymoon phase, he'd may even start to blame her for lost opportunities and their situation in life. 1w
Ruthiella @eeclayton I wonder if that‘s the reason the ending is what it is…because none of the other options were good. 1w
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TheSpineView
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Book 4 in the series and definitely better than book three. The characters were much better in this one and I felt the plot and development improved over the previous book. Not my favorite of the series but close. 3.5ish ⭐️
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65
#Read2025 @DieAReader
#ChunksterChallenge2025 @Amiable
#AllergicToChunksters @julieclair
#BookSpin selection for May @TheAromaofBooks

DieAReader 🎉🥳Excellent! 3w
Andrew65 Brilliant 🎉🎉🎉 3w
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CoverToCoverGirl I have a love/hate relationship with this series. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
julieclair Hooray for finishing a chunkster! 🎉 3w
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AnnCrystal
Murtagh: The World of Eragon | Christopher Paolini
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Pickpick

This was an amazing read.

I had always enjoyed, during my Dragon obsession years, watching dragons. This is my first book with a deeply dragon infused storyline and I absolutely loved it.

Thorn had me smitten🐉💖, and this world is incredible!

This is a quest story. Murtagh, half-brother of Eragon, follows a path of clues that lead him to a witch who he must outwit.

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AnnCrystal Yet it is also a journey of healing. Murtagh's and Thorn's connection is beautiful. The traumas they experienced in their past is tragic, and their individual healing journeys are sweet.

I've never read the the Eragon books, and I was worried about being able to understand the characters and overall story. This was wonderful because it gave the info needed to be able to read as a standalone. It does hint at more books.

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AnnCrystal I will certainly never imagine a mushroom forest quite the same way again 😂🍄💝.

#murtaghreviewedbyanncrystal

The image is a positively sweet message from the author.

#binspired

#ThinkPositiveBePositive

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AnnCrystal #SeriesLove2025
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@Andrew65

@Amiable
This was not 705 pages (I read about 601 pages). There's some back content before the bonus content of this deluxe edition. About 14 pages plus 90 pages I skipped (after Murtagh gets Thorn and himself captured by the witch). This is, therefore, more of a Bitsy Chunster than a Chuckster Patite for #ChunksterChallenge2025

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AnnCrystal Book Warnings ⚠️📚👇.

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AnnCrystal Murtagh and Thorn have healing to do and we are shown, in small flashbacks, why. They both suffer from PTSD.

Childhood abuse and trauma.

Animal abuse.

Magically forced to serve a tyrant king. Slavery.

Imprisonment. Torture. Mental torture.
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TheSpineView Fantastic!🤩📖📚 1mo
Amiable @AnnCrystal You get bonus points for being so precise! 1mo
Andrew65 That‘s excellent. Well done 👏👏👏 1mo
AnnCrystal Thanks @TheSpineView ☺️👍🏼🐉📚💝. (edited) 1mo
AnnCrystal Thanks @Amiable Yea! Epic 🥳👌🏼🐉📚💝. (edited) 1mo
AnnCrystal Thanks @Andrew65 😉🖖🐉📚💫. 1mo
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AnnCrystal
Murtagh: The World of Eragon | Christopher Paolini
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My current reads...

I've finished Murtagh, which I will review this weekend.

Just realized the book, To Shape A Dragon's Breath is 511 pages...a BitsyChunkster! It's the first book in its series.

The long awaited (for me to purchase) Bless Me, Ultima. A standalone novel.

The Third Book in the Riley Thorn mysteries.

The Sixth Book in the Old Kingdom series.

TheSpineView Lookin' good!📚📚📚 1mo
Amiable 🎉👍🏼 1mo
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Andrew65 Best of luck with these, I hope you have many hours of happy reading. 1mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @TheSpineView 😉📚💝💝💝. 1mo
AnnCrystal @Amiable 🥳👌🏼📚❤️❣️❤️. 1mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @Andrew65 many happy readings to you too ☺️💫📚💫📚💫 . 1mo
Andrew65 @AnnCrystal Thanks 😍 1mo
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Amiable
King: A Life | Jonathan Eig
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Pickpick

Excellent biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. that examines his full life: his beliefs, his actions, his insecurities and his failures. In other words —a portrait of a man who had his flaws like any other human, but who rose to greatness and met the moment when it mattered.
Chunkster Petite category of #ChunksterChallenge2025 ✔️

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CSeydel
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TheSpineView
Corrupt | Penelope Douglas
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Pickpick

I normally zip through Douglas's books. In this one, I reached a point where I guessed what was going to happen and I couldn't finish. Therefore, I put the book down and picked it up again a couple of days ago. No surprises. Just as expected. The plot was good just predictable. 3.5🌟 #Read2025 @DieAReader At just over 500 pages this is one for #ChunksterChallenge2025 @Amiable #AllergicToChunksters @julieclair

DieAReader #Next 👋🏻 1mo
Amiable 🎉👍🏼 1mo
julieclair The cover certainly is intriguing… 1mo
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Ruthiella
Das achte Leben (Fr Brilka) | Nino Haratischwili
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Mehso-so

#OffMyShelf “Award Winning”
#ChunksterChallenge2025
#AllergictoChunksters

Longlisted for the 2020 International Booker, it also won two German awards per the back flap.

It took me two months to read this 1275 page monster. It‘s a multigenerational saga about a Georgian family from 1900 to 2007. Very melodramatic - I didn‘t particularly like it but appreciated the mental workout of reading in German. I read it w/ a friend & complained to her. 😂

Graywacke I read it in English and i can relate. She depends on well known historical happenings for shock value. But they don‘t have a lock of shock if we all already know about it. That weakens it a bit. 1mo
Ruthiella @Graywacke It would have been a stronger book for my taste if it had been edited down. That said, it sold well and many readers loved its emotion and expansiveness. (edited) 1mo
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BarbaraBB I had a hard fine finishing it in English so kudos for you to read it in German! I didn‘t knew you speak/read German! 1mo
Ruthiella @BarbaraBB Yes, I don‘t think it was the translation that made it a chore at times to read. 1mo
sarahbarnes Congrats! 🎉 1mo
Ruthiella @sarahbarnes Thanks. 😊 1mo
Amiable But you get the Colossal Chunkster credit! That makes it all worth it ! Right? 😳😀 1mo
Ruthiella @Amiable Absolutely! 😂 1mo
wanderinglynn Who-hoo! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎉 1mo
julieclair I‘m impressed you finished it in only two months! 👏 1mo
Ruthiella @julieclair It felt like longer! 😂 1mo
Reggie Wow, congrats on this! And shoutouts to all those friends who listen to us complain! lol 1mo
Ruthiella @Reggie Absolutely! 👏👏👏 I‘m so grateful to have friends like that! 1mo
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lil1inblue
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Pickpick

I cannot wait for this discussion. I have so many feelings, and I'm dying to hear what others thought. I was utterly baffled by both of the main mysteries. There was so much going on in this one!

#almostachunkster #chunksterchallenge2025 @amiable
#shardlakeseriesbr @dabbe

dabbe I'm almost done, and my mind is whirling! And I've read it before! 😱 It's amazing what my brain didn't remember! 🤣 Nine days until d-day! 1mo
lil1inblue @dabbe I startled my husband a few times while reading this, because I audibly reacted. 😂 1mo
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