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charl08
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That serpent-tongued hunchback might be able to convince the King the ballad could be suppressed, but whatever orders governments and kings issued, they could not prevent a wind from blowing or a fart from stinking. Even if they rounded up every copy of the broadside in Spain, the ballad would still be sung wherever anyone had memorised the words. Banning it would only make it taste sweeter in the mouth, like smuggled wine.

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charl08
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Some fizz with my book.

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Amie
The Golden Gate | Amy Chua
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Pickpick

Some flaws, but overall good. The lengthy digressions into California's history take away from the narrative and the twists are a little messy but the characters and setting are good. I could see it becoming a series and I would continue reading if so.

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Bluebird
The Bishop's Pawn | Steve Berry
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#12booksof2023
@Andrew65

My favorite Cotton Malone book to date!

May was a good reading month for me.
Other high points for the month were:
The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
Notorious RBG : The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsberg

Andrew65 Snap! I also loved The Masterpiece. 10mo
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Andrew65
The Bishop's Pawn | Steve Berry
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My #May book for #12BooksFor2023 is The Bishop‘s Pawn. An excellent Cotton Malone thriller centred around what happened in Martin Luther King‘s final days. Always love Cotton Malone books but this is one of the very best and learned a lot about Martin Luther King in this book. This reads exceptionally well as a standalone even though it is a book in a series.

kspenmoll Stacked! Sounds great! 10mo
Andrew65 @kspenmoll Definitely a very enjoyable read. 10mo
Mollyanna Cotton is my book boyfriend. I love these books, can‘t wait to get to this one! 10mo
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Andrew65 @Mollyanna He is a wonderful character. If you‘ve not read them you might also be interested in the Ben Hope series by Scott Mariani. If I was in trouble I‘d want Cotton and Ben on my side. 10mo
Mollyanna @Andrew65 I‘ll have to check it out. Looks like Hoopla has the first one…. ‘Cuz I need another series, but if Ben is like Cotton I‘m in. 10mo
Andrew65 @Mollyanna 😂 One of my favourite series. Will be interested to hear what you think if you read it. 10mo
Bluebird This was my May pick too. It‘s also my favorite of the series! 10mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 10mo
Andrew65 @Bluebird It was excellent! 10mo
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Aims42
Button Man: A Novel | Andrew Gross
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Pickpick

Wow. Wow. Wow!! I saw this book at Goodwill and waivered over buying it (for a whopping $2.99 lol). It sounded interesting, but I have a pile of books on my TBR stack to get through. Well, my Aunt saw through that lame excuse and bought it for me, and I‘m so glad she did! I loved this story of the Rabishevsky brothers - this was a total page turner that I didn‘t want to put down. What other Andrew Gross books should I read? I‘m hooked now!

Aims42 Themes: 20th Century New York City (1905-1992), Mobsters, Coming of Age stories 11mo
JanuarieTimewalker13 Oooooh, stacking!!! 11mo
Aims42 @JanuarieTimewalker13 I hope you also enjoy it 😁 11mo
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JanuarieTimewalker13 I just searched my library for it. It‘s at my branch. I will let you know. I‘m currently reading a book, but I‘m craving a page turner (edited) 11mo
Aims42 @JanuarieTimewalker13 This should help with that craving, it was a page turner right from the beginning 🤩🙌 11mo
JanuarieTimewalker13 Excellent!! Thank you!! 11mo
Aims42 @JanuarieTimewalker13 you‘re welcome, happy reading! 🤗 11mo
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Tove_Reads
The Angel's Mark | S. W. Perry
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Bailedbailed

I rarely bail, but 24% in and I simply cannot continue. This book was not written for me. It has some great reviews, but 🤷🏼

EadieB @tove_reads Oh no another bad one! 11mo
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Tove_Reads
The Angel's Mark | S. W. Perry
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Yes, it‘s time to start yet another new series 😍 I really hope it‘s a good one!

robinb It was a 4⭐️ for me with a couple of caveats. But willing to try the second one. 👍😊 11mo
Andrew65 I can get the first 4 of these through my Prime membership, and also have a copy of the fifth. Unless something changes may need to get sixth and last one through Audible. (edited) 11mo
EadieB I‘ve had this book on my shelf for a while and just saw it the other day. 11mo
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LiseWorks
Thrillers: 100 Must-reads | David Morrell, Hank Wagner
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Hey #TeamCryptKeepers. I thought I would add a bingo for #Scarathlon since most of our team seems to like Thrillers, and i love bingo. Give yourself points for each line 20pts. The whole board 100pts. @StayCurious @Clwojick Please show your post with book read and bi go board with the spots for that book.
@TheBookHippie @JenReadsAlot @BarkingMadRead @kezzlou85 @Marmie7 @Rissa1 @aperfectmjk @Bookishgal71 @Nazgul93 @natsahara

BarkingMadRead Loooooove BINGO!! 14mo
aperfectmjk Sweet!!! 14mo
aperfectmjk Wait, I thought it was 20pts per bingo line? 14mo
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kezzlou85 Yay I love a bingo board 14mo
LiseWorks @aperfectmjk you are correct. I fixed it. See this is why I need my team members 😍 14mo
aperfectmjk @LiseWorks no worries! You're doing great! 😘 13mo
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RaeLovesToRead
The Golden Gate | Amy Chua
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I hauled a haul 🥰 A little birdy told me the Betrayals was dark academia, so had to feed my obsession.

(Waterstones website, it was Waterstones website that told me...)

Branwen What an excellent book haul! 💕📚 13mo
RaeLovesToRead @Branwen 💃💃💃💃 13mo
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