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#OffMyShelf for published in the last 2 years prompt

I struggle to understand the hype. Maybe it‘s that I can't relate to Margo since she is 19yo single mom, college dropout. But the main issues are:
(1) I was bored. I skimmed a good portion & never lost the story because it never went anywhere. The synopsis is the *entire* story.
(2) with the title, I expected a more realistic book. But here, all the plot lines wrapped up too neatly positive.

Repost for @wanderinglynn

I'm still trying to reduce my TBR bookcase. My previous attempts were too grand, so I scaled back. My 2025 Off My Shelf Reading Challenge (complete with bingo board) has 24 prompts. Everyone is welcome to join!

More about the prompts:
https://wanderinglynn.com/2025/01/04/2025-off-my-shelf-reading-challenge/

Or join the challenge on StoryGraph

#OffMyShelf

#OffMyShelf (Published over 10 years ago)
#Roll100

I didn‘t realize this was the start of a 16 book series! 😬 First published in 2006.

This is the story of Uhtred, the Saxon son of a Northumbrian Eorlemann who is taken at the age of 10 and raised by the invading Danes. The Last Kingdom refers to Wessex, which is the last Anglo-Saxon holdout against the Danes. This is excellent historical fiction. Violent but likely historically accurate.

For the 2nd chance prompt on the #OffMyShelf challenge.

I first started the tagged in Oct. The premise was intriguing & the beginning showed promise. However, as the story progressed, I lost interest & found that I was forcing myself to read, so I put it aside.

I came back to this book today & only got 2 chapters further than last time. I simply am not enjoying this. Too many things I disliked.

Now it‘s off my shelf & on my Pango shelf!

1st book off my #OffMyShelf reading challenge. 🎉

This super short story—not quite 69 pgs double spaced with some illustrations—is barely a story. There's an interesting plot, there are interesting characters. But it needs to be fleshed out. No world building, no character development. The reader is just dropped into the middle of a tavern & given a few crumbs. A bare bones story, which feels more like an outline of a story. I‘m skipping book 2.

I'm still trying to reduce my TBR bookcase. My previous attempts were too grand, so I scaled back. My 2025 Off My Shelf Reading Challenge (complete with bingo board) has 24 prompts. Everyone is welcome to join!

More about the prompts:
https://wanderinglynn.com/2025/01/04/2025-off-my-shelf-reading-challenge/

Or join the challenge on StoryGraph:
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/417717e0-08c2-4af5-b693-bdbdb41...

#OffMyShelf

#two4tuesday on Thursday because I‘m already behind in the New Year 🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

1. I set my yearly reading goal at 156 (3 books per week) & 50,000 pages. I intend to read #offmyshelf. I‘ve got to get a handle on the chaos that is my bookshelves.

2. I‘ll probably pop in & out of some challenges, like #naturalitsy but I‘m taking it easy on reading challenges this year.