pickI had a good time with this one and of course the dragons stole the show. It was also fun watching stuffy Laurence loosen up a bit as his relationship with Temeraire grows.
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pickI had a good time with this one and of course the dragons stole the show. It was also fun watching stuffy Laurence loosen up a bit as his relationship with Temeraire grows.
pickThis book examines how Napoleon expanded his authority, through a combination of stretching the limits of the law and constitution, less than legal means, and a blend of intimidation and effective bribery. The book also examines various people who helped facilitate Napoleon's rise to power. Overall, definitely recommend.
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pickThis was a reread but I enjoyed it as much as I did previously.
I'm going to a book signing for this author in a couple of weeks so I started flipping through this book and got sucked right into the story again. Temeraire is one of my favorite characters! 🐲
bailedIt‘s been 3 years so my memory of book one is a bit fuzzy but I didn‘t feel like rereading to continue so I just jumped right into book 2.
At about 50 pages in I realized that I really don‘t care about the characters and couldn‘t care less about what happens to them.
So here‘s to another DNF and another series off the shelves.
bailedRead too much like a text book to keep my attention. My aging mind could not keep up with the rapid fire names and dates and I often found myself daydreaming of other things while my eyes passed over the pages and the words fell to the floor. I got tired of picking them up. Perhaps that is a result of age also.
I missed #BookSpin Day yesterday because of work and other things but I'm super excited about the draw this month. BookSpin is the tagged and the Double is Nightwatch. Thankfully the draw was on the upper range because all my chonky boi books are towards the low teens/twenty.
so-soI enjoyed being back in Kingsbridge. This wasn't the best book, but it wasn't bad. Kind of middle of the road.. still better than ACOF. Solid Follett with his usual tropes that I've become accustomed to over the years of reading him. The bit of Hornbeam at the end was a little surprising. Good, overall, but not great. Decent.
pickFinally finished my Q1 #chunksterchallenge2025 this morning. I admit that I didn‘t love this one as much as some other chunky biographies that I‘ve read. It‘s incredibly detailed, I only wish that the maps were just as detailed…it was difficult to imagine some of the battles. I‘m glad that I picked this one up…and the spine is beautiful on my shelves! Thanks for hosting, @Amiable #bookspinbingo
