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#BookedInTime Tudor England January 2025
@cuilin @dabbe

I have mixed feelings about this month's selection. It's an extremely well researched novel, with some interesting details of Queen Elizabeth's rein. However, I felt it was too long and repetitive. They talked about how Elizabeth did not want to get married, and how she held off all her suitors, over and over again.

dabbe Your score is on the spreadsheet! 🤩 2w
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LitsyEvents
The Tournament | Matthew Reilly
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Repost for @BarbaraBB

Hi all, the brackets for the #ToB25 are now live: https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-2025-shortlist

I‘ve been wondering if you‘d like to play along again in March and come to our own winner of the shortlist?
Please let me know if you‘d be interested, then I‘ll organize it again.

I am tagging some ToB regulars but everyone is welcome to join of course. If you‘d like to be (un)tagged, please let me know as well!

BarbaraBB You reposted already but once more certainly can‘t harm! Much appreciated 🤍🤍 4w
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Cuilin
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#BookedInTime #BookedInTimeJanuary25 #BookedInTimeTudors

In the wake of the War of the Roses, the House of Tudor succeeded the Plantagenets. They ruled 118 years from Henry VII to Elizabeth I, succeeded by the Stuarts. The most well known Tudor being Henry VIII, with his six wives, and his daughter Elizabeth I, who reigned for 45 years. I‘m reading book 1 of Shardlake series. You? Comment, post or review at the end of the month!

ChaoticMissAdventures An incredible time. I am going to finally read 1mo
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Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures I can‘t tell you how much I loved that whole trilogy. I‘m looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it. Enjoy. 1mo
Daisey This is a great series! 1mo
Bookwormjillk I have a hard time getting through books set in this period but I‘m going to try 1mo
Amiable I think I might give this one a go, too—thanks to @dabbe ! 1mo
Itchyfeetreader I am going with this one. I have read widely from this period and wanted a new vs re read🤞🤞 1mo
Jess861 I've decided on reading a Philippa Gregory book set in this time period. Really not sure if I'll like this author but going to give it a go. 1mo
Cuilin @Amiable yes!!! 1mo
Cuilin @Bookwormjillk good luck, just remember we‘re fans of #hailthebail if it isn‘t for you. 🤞you‘ll enjoy it. 1mo
Cuilin @Itchyfeetreader sounds fabulous!! 1mo
Cuilin @Jess861 I‘ve never read Gregory. She is popular. Good luck. 1mo
dabbe @Amiable #woohoo! I think you're going to love it! ❣️🥂❣️ 1mo
dabbe I'm in the middle of REVELATION, book 4 in the Shardlake series. Reading it with the #ShardlakeSeriesBR and for #BookedInTime. All are welcome to join us! ❣️🥂❣️ 1mo
dabbe DISSOLUTION is also on the spreadsheet! 🤩 1mo
dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures On the spreadsheet! 🤩 1mo
dabbe @Bookwormjillk On the spreadsheet! 🤩 1mo
dabbe @Itchyfeetreader On the spreadsheet! 🤩 1mo
dabbe @Jess861 On the spreadsheet! 🤩 1mo
dabbe @Cuilin YES!!! 🤩🙌🏻🤩 1mo
julieclair @Jess861 I‘m giving Philippa Gregory a try, too. 1mo
Cuilin @julieclair i‘d love to know what you think of her writing I have never read her so I‘m really interested. 1mo
julieclair @Cuilin Will do! 1mo
Cuilin @AllDebooks oh very intriguing 🤔 1mo
rwmg My most likely contender is the next in a series I'm reading intermittently: 1mo
Cuilin @rubyslippersreads I don‘t think any wife of Henry VIII had a good time, but I particularly felt bad for the teenage Catherine Howard. Enjoy. 1mo
Cuilin @rwmg Fabulous, looking forward to your thoughts. 1mo
Mollyanna I‘m in the middle of Revelation with @dabbe and also in the middle of Wolf Hall. Hopefully I can finish Wolf Hall in January. I‘ve read several of Gregory‘s books. They‘re pretty good. 1mo
Cuilin @Mollyanna Love Wolf Hall. 1mo
dabbe @julieclair On the spreadsheet! 🤩 1mo
dabbe @rubyslippersreads On the spreadsheet! 🤩 1mo
dabbe @AllDebooks On the spreadsheet! 🤩 1mo
dabbe @AllDebooks On the spreadsheet! 🤩 1mo
dabbe @rwmg On the spreadsheet! 🤩 1mo
dabbe @Mollyanna 🤩 1mo
julieclair @Mollyanna Glad to hear you enjoyed reading Gregory! 1mo
sblbooks 1. I'm planning on reading this one 1mo
Cuilin @sblbooks that one really looks good!! 1mo
Bluebird I love Shardlake! I hope you enjoy the first one! This month I‘m reading 1mo
Amiable I just started “Dissolution” today! Is there a Storygraph challenge set up for this already? I can usually be more organized when I can follow along on there. 😄 Shall I set one up? 1mo
Cuilin @Amiable there‘s a StoryGraph challenge for #bookedInTime organized by @julieclair I started today too. (edited) 1mo
Cuilin @Bluebird I started dissolution today. So far so good. 😊 1mo
Amiable @Cuilin Excellent! 👍🏼 1mo
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Cuilin
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#BookedInTime

I personally love this time period. So much drama and so much to choose from. Thanks to @rubyslippersreads for suggesting this prompt.

Bookwormjillk This time period has always been a challenge for me but I did find this chunkster unread on my phone the other day 2mo
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dabbe I'll be finishing the #ShardlakeSeriesBR with the tagged in January. I'm thoroughly enjoying rereading these historical mystery reads! 🤩 2mo
dabbe Reminder to everyone: we have a spreadsheet with all of the books we've read! Here's the link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sLpOtIgy6SwJkyU0wwno2MN4YUbe0ldjPwSusW3g...
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Cuilin @dabbe Thank you, for reminder about the spreadsheet. I thought Shardlake would work for this prompt. 😉 2mo
rwmg How would you feel about a separate tag for announcements of upcoming periods to be discussed, such as BookedInTimePeriods? I plan each month's reading at the end of the previous month and I can't always find what the period is easily. 2mo
Karisimo @dabbe @cuilin I‘m definitely using shardlake for this one! (edited) 2mo
Cuilin @rwmg yes I can create a separate hashtag like #BookedinTimeJanTudors Would that work? 2mo
Cuilin @Karisimo I‘m looking forward to it but worried about adding another series to my TBR lol 😆 2mo
ChaoticMissAdventures This is perfect I had this one on my TBR all this year and kept putting it off. This gives me more incentive to pick it up in January 2mo
Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures loved that trilogy, perfect choice 2mo
dabbe @Karisimo 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures On the spreadsheet! 🤩 2mo
dabbe @Bookwormjillk On the spreadsheet! 🤩 2mo
rwmg I was thinking of something more general. If I've forgotten the prompt, which I usually have by the beginning of the month, I can't look up eg Tudors. so I need something like BookedInTimeJan2024 2mo
Cuilin @rwmg Got it!! I can absolutely do that. I‘m not adverse to posting a few hashtags. 2mo
rwmg Thank you 😘 2mo
julieclair Love this time period! 2mo
julieclair @rwmg (and everyone) I have set up a challenge on StoryGraph that lists all the prompts, if that would be helpful to you: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/2cdac7b0-0085-4e6b-b601-f63cbd6... 2mo
kspenmoll I have Hamnet in my TBR so that will be my choice! 1mo
Cuilin @kspenmoll I loved it. Enjoy. 1mo
Jess861 I'm planning to read either The Wise Woman or The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory.

@julieclair - thank you for the storygraph add for bookedintime! I find it such a great tool to track prompts for challenges!
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Cuilin @Jess861 Enjoy!! 1mo
julieclair @Jess861 You‘re welcome! I like it for tracking, too. 1mo
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BkClubCare
Tournament | Matthew Reilly
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I have read 7; currently listening 🎧 to The Wedding People and eBooking Irena Rey. I have The Safekeep ready for next audiobook and am on hold SOON for eB Beautyland. Intermezzo is #55 🤣 , Orbital #3, Ministry of Time #32, Blue Sisters #13, Colored Television #9, Bury Your Gays #6

#ToBLongList #ToB2025_LongList

Yeehaw! 🤠 Here we go with the mad scramble!

Ruthiella Love it! 😁 2mo
squirrelbrain So exciting! (I think I‘m 27 now for Intermezzo but I‘ve been on the list for quite a few weeks already!) 2mo
BarbaraBB It‘s all so exciting that I have hardly been reading 🤣 2mo
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Hooked_on_books I just did my initial rapid scroll through the list and I love that there‘s always a number of things on there I‘ve never even heard of. I‘ve read 27 already but I‘ll be honest, there are books on there I do not want to read! 2mo
Readerann @Hooked_on_books 27!!! 👏👏👏 I‘m with @BarbaraBB. It‘s so much fun reading all the ToB “stuff”, I can‘t seem to get to the books. 😁 2mo
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BethM
The Virgin's Lover | Philippa Gregory
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1- No? My mom has intermittently claimed that my middle name- Marie was for her bff at the time 🤷‍♀️
2- I will straight binge any Elizabeth 1 historical fiction. I find her fascinating.
#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 11mo
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LibraryCin
The Last Tudor | Philippa Gregory
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Pickpick

I have read quite a bit about Jane, and only one or two other books about Katherine and Mary, so I was kept interested. With regards to Elizabeth I, this book sure looked at a different side to her, where she was so very worried about being outsted by others in her family to take over the throne. Katherine and Mary were next in line since Elizabeth had no children (alongside Mary of Scots). I listened to the audio and had no problem with it.

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KristiAhlers
Life of Elizabeth I | Alison Weir
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Pickpick

This #chunkster was a fantastic and in-depth read regarding Queen Elizabeth the First. If you're a fan of historic nonfiction reads I highly recommend this author. You will be given a lot of information but in a way thatbit almost reads as a work of fiction. In otherwords not like a textbook.

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Andrew65
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It‘s gone midnight so kicking off the #JoyousJanuary Readathon by getting stuck into this book. Book 28 in the excellent Ben Hope Series. This will get me back up to date I‘m the series. #SeriesLove2024 @TheSpineView

Recommend this series to anyone who enjoys this hero series such as Gabriel Allon, Jack Reacher, Mitch Rapp etc.

#JumpStart2024 @LizPixie
#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

DieAReader Awesome! Enjoy❤️‍🔥 13mo
Andrew65 Whoops tagged this with the wrong book, teach me to post at 1 am 🤦‍♂️

It should be The Tudor Deception by Scott Mariani!
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DieAReader @Andrew65 🤣It happens😉 13mo
TheSpineView You are on fire! Great job! 13mo
Andrew65 @TheSpineView A good start to the year, but slowed down over the past few days with other commitments. 13mo
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GinaKButler
A Column of Fire | Ken Follett
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First book of the year! I loved Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, but kept passing over this one because of its size. Hoping to finish the Kingsbridge series in 2024!

#bookspinbingo
#unreadbookshelf
#serieslove2024
@TheSpineView @Andrew65

Andrew65 I‘m hoping to finish this series as well in 2024, and will be reading book 4 in a couple of days - has to be back at the library by 7th 😳 13mo
GinaKButler @Andrew65 You‘d better get reading then! 😂 13mo
TheSpineView Love Follett but his books are chunkster. Good luck! 13mo
Andrew65 @GinaKButler It‘s only 1000+ pages 🫣 13mo
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