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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. 😸

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 ☹️

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

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!

Resting this morning after a trip to see family yesterday and prepping to host the other side tomorrow for another Thanksgiving dinner. 📖 ☕️

Currently reading for book club on Monday. I‘m seriously loving it! Though the subject matter is tough to read, the writing is gorgeous.

What a lovely surprise on a Friday! Thanks from the bottom of my heart, @CBee. You didn't have to do this, but I'm glad you did! This book has been on my TBR since last month when we read our #BookedinTime books from the Restoration Period in England. I'll have to hide the Dr. Seuss bookmark because my husband adores Cat in the Hat! I promise to put the stickers to good use, and where oh where did you get the Pantone postcard? I love it! 💚🤗🩷🤗

I enjoyed the book but didn't love it. A plague that basically takes out an entire small village in the England countryside. I enjoyed the story although I found it got a bit wordy at times. It was interesting to see how people dealt with so much death and being quarantined within their village with no outside sources. The ending seemed kind of random to me.

@Cuilin #BookedInTime

I did end up listening to this one on audio but I‘ve also had a copy sitting on my shelf for a while. I ended up reading this one for #BookedInTime. It was an interesting story based on a true account of the plague hitting a small village in England. The book discussed a lot of what was happening & changing at the time with religion, fear of witches, understanding of disease. #bookspin book