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Miss_Kim
The Scribe of Siena | Melodie Winawer

Memory is like a cat. It comes and wraps itself around you when you least desire it, and the moment you seek it out, it disappears. (Pg 194)

DogMomIrene 😂😂😂I‘m feeling this more and more each year! 1w
Miss_Kim Haha! It‘s true isn‘t it?! I think it gets worse the more your hair turns grey! 1w
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Soscha
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The year is 1665, in the Plague year, modeled on the events in Eyam. Do look it up, history fascinates. The leaders in Eyam had the good sense to fully isolate the city to prevent the spread of disease.

Lots of death, lots of cruelty, lots of bravery too.

Image has symbolic meaning to the events of the novel. IYKYK. 👊🏼🤜🏼🕊️🤛🏼

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rubyslippersreads
Children of Winter | Berlie Doherty
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What a lovely Christmas surprise from @LeahBergen !

You found me a book I‘ve never heard of, which I can‘t wait to read! And how did you know I‘ve been wanting to read The Armourer‘s House, and have been drooling over that Manderley Press edition? 😊 A bookmark, bookish card, and chocolate make for a perfect reading experience. Thank you so much!

P.S. I‘ll be saving that adorable kitty washi tape in my planner. 😸

Tamra Fabulous bookmark! 12mo
LeahBergen You‘re so welcome! I knew that you would like The Armourer‘s House when I recently read it. And when I bought Children in Winter (children‘s time slip! Plague!) well, it was calling your name, too. 😆 Merry Christmas! 😘 12mo
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readingjedi
Turn of Midnight (Original) | Minette Walters
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Mehso-so

This narrowly avoids an outright Pan. First part was disappointing, but I ploughed on, hopeless optimist that I am, thinking the excitement might just ramp up in the next chapter ... it didn't. Infuriatingly, it had the same tedious middle section as the last one! The characters got increasingly one dimensional & nowt much happens. The ending has a few moments of satisfying resolution, but overall, I wish I'd not bothered! Disappointing ☹️

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averil
Company of Liars | Karen Maitland
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Mehso-so

Company of Liars is a cozy, entertaining, and immersive novel set during the English run of the Black Death. It has a great many twists that keep you hungering for more—

Unfortunately, I thought it was a straight historical fiction novel. It instead gets pretty fantastical and borderline paranormal towards the end in a way that totally took me out of the world I was coming to inhabit.

#historicalfiction #medieval #historicalfantasy #blackdeath

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Chelsea.Poole
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Historical fiction at its very best! Lyrical writing, vivid imagery, and realistic characters helped place me right in the action of this village quarantined by the Plague in 1666 England. From the point of view of Anna, readers experience the sights, sounds, terrors, and small moments of joy while watching family and neighbors struggle, succumb to illness, hunt witches, and lose faith in God and fellow man. A contender for top of the year for me!

Q84 I really enjoyed this book as well. 13mo
Texreader Such a good book!! 13mo
AmyG Yes, this was an excellent book. 13mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 😍 13mo
TheBookgeekFrau Such a good book! I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. 13mo
Bluebird Love this book! 13mo
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Chelsea.Poole
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Resting this morning after a trip to see family yesterday and prepping to host the other side tomorrow for another Thanksgiving dinner. 📖 ☕️

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm I love your mug!! 🤣😂🤣 13mo
Danay That mug tho! 😂 13mo
JenniferEgnor I loved this book. 13mo
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Chelsea.Poole
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Currently reading for book club on Monday. I‘m seriously loving it! Though the subject matter is tough to read, the writing is gorgeous.

TheKidUpstairs I keep meaning to read more of Brooks' work. I loved 13mo
Chelsea.Poole @TheKidUpstairs I have been thinking of you while reading this one. I was going to wait until I finished to recommend it to you, if you haven‘t already. This is the first I‘ve read of hers. 13mo
Megabooks I need to read her. I sat three seats down from her when I saw David Sedaris at Parnassus. (She was speaking about Horse the next night.) 😎 13mo
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TheKidUpstairs If you're recommending it, I'm totally stacking it! 13mo
Chelsea.Poole @Megabooks nice! I‘d love to visit Parnassus sometime. I‘m impressed by her style in this one, and I don‘t always love historical fiction. 13mo
Chelsea.Poole @TheKidUpstairs hope it works for you! It‘s not a light read…I‘ve cried multiple times already. And it‘s based on an actual town during The 1666 Plague. 13mo
LeeRHarry This is one of my all time faves - glad you‘re enjoying it. 😊 Eyam isn‘t far from where I grew up. (edited) 13mo
BarbaraBB Gorgeous photo! 13mo
jlhammar Great book! Love Geraldine Brooks. 13mo
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