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E-trilogy on sale today only.

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LiseWorks
Physician | Noah Gordon
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March 18 #ItTakesAllKinds With Physician You cannot beat a song with "Weird Al" Yankovic I had to do it lol @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

lil1inblue 😂 😂 😂 Yes! 1mo
Eggs Awesome 😎 1mo
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Two young English women embark on an adventure to #NewZealand in the late 19th century to marry unknown men. Both surprised by their partners, who turn out to be bitter enemies. Yet the women find a way to stay in touch and we follow their lives, that of their children, as well as orphan girls sent on the same boat to work in this strange place on the edge of the world, with the ever mysterious Māori playing an important part of the plot. ⬇️

Texreader Excellent first book in a trilogy. #foodandlit #readingOceania 2mo
Librarybelle Sounds really interesting! 2mo
KristiAhlers I read this one a few years ago and really enjoyed it 2mo
Catsandbooks Wonderful! 🇳🇿 2mo
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I‘m not fond of the narrator so I‘m not sure whether I‘ll make it through the book. But I‘ve started this audiobook for #NewZealand for #foodandlit and #readingoceania

Catsandbooks ❤️🇳🇿 2mo
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LiseWorks
The Winemaker | Noah Gordon
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Eggs Excellent ❤️🍷❤️ 3mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yes!! 🙌🏻 3mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I had to share this with my work bestie! She went to our favorite winery and got us some of our favorite watermelon and watermelon pear wine Saturday! 🍷❤️ (edited) 3mo
LiseWorks @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Never had Watermelon wine, lol but the best wine I ever had was from Nova Scotia, Blueberry Wine. 3mo
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lauramisiara
El Italiano / The Italian | Arturo Perez-Reverte
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Como tal es una buena historia basada en hechos reales. Pero el libro es mayormente aburrido y pienso que necesitaba ser mucho más editado antes de publicarlo. No se niega que aprendí muchas cosas de WW2 que no conocía y en sí, la historia fue interesante. Un libro ideal para alguien interesado en historia y hechos reales. No es buena opción para un lector que prefiere romance.

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rabbitprincess
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Maurice Druon‘s novels have proven quite zippy for me, relatively speaking. Although I‘m reading them in my second language, they are quite short (250ish pages including historical notes) and the story moves quickly. I don‘t know much French history so I‘m learning a lot.

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Volume 2 from the Little Free Library today and volume 3 from HPB. Ah gee, now I have to find matching volume 1

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Andrew65
The Armour of Light | Ken Follett
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Ken Follett does it again with this book! It‘s great to return to Kingsbridge in this book set in the late 18th and early 19th Century. As always with Ken Follett he creates great characters, both good and bad, and he does an excellent job of making you have to read on to find out what is going to happen next.

#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses
#JumpStart2024 @LizPixie
#SeriesLove2024 @TheSpneView Series up to date.

Andrew65 As you can imagine from the time this was set, amongst the Industrial Revolution and the Napoleonic wars, this isn‘t all hearts and roses. The authorities are clamping down on the ‘workers‘ as they are running scared following the French Revolution and fear the same will happen in England. There are some tragic stories and cases within this book which leave you crestfallen and both upset and angry. 4mo
Andrew65 Ken Follett really does an excellent job bringing this period to life, and showing the impact on everyday lives.

Towards the end of the book it also covers the Battle of Waterloo, and Napoleon‘s last stand. This is well-written, but feels a bit out of place compared to the rest of the book. It is however important for the book in what happens to our characters following the battle.
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Andrew65 I cannot recommend this book highly enough, and despite being over 1000 pages, it passes all too quickly. If anything it makes me want to go back and restart the whole of this series. I do hope he will continue this series.

Put quite simply, five stars and a favourite!
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Amiable Great job! And within the tight timeframe, too! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 4mo
RebelReader Kingsbridge is one of my all time favorite series. I‘m waiting for my sister to finish the last one so I can read it. 4mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳Fantastic! 4mo
Andrew65 @Amiable Thanks, a day to spare in the end! 🥵 4mo
Andrew65 @RebelReader Totally agree. 4mo
Andrew65 @DieAReader Thanks 🎊🎉🎊 4mo
TheSpineView Love Follett!📚📚📚 4mo
GinaKButler You finished in time! Impressive! Love this series! 4mo
AnnR Wow, that's great you were able to finish it before the due date. Plus, a 5* read! Another series I keep overlooking but mean to try sometime. 4mo
Andrew65 @AnnR That 5 star, made it easier to finish in the time I had. It is an excellent series. 4mo
Andrew65 @GinaKButler Was determined to do so as I knew others were waiting for the book and didn‘t want a gap in my reading. It‘s a wonderful series. 4mo
Andrew65 @TheSpineView Especially love all his historical fiction. 4mo
GinaKButler Are you following Ken Follett on IG? He posted some AI generated pictures of the characters of this book and Pillars. Hoping he also does the other books! 4mo
Andrew65 @GinaKButler No I‘m not on Instagram but may have to check it out. Thanks for the information. 😍 4mo
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