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So excited to be reading Follett‘s newest. He is one of my top favorites. Alternating my physical copy with the audiobook, narrated by the fantastic Richard Armitage. I‘m about 1/4 thru and I expected it to take a few weeks to read because of the size and my experience with other lengthy books of his, but this reads surprisingly fast and I anticipate only taking a few days. I just started it yesterday. #bookmap

Don‘t mess this up for me, Follett. I know how you treat your characters.

I have read a fair number of Follett‘s books and this one was good but not great for me. For a book about Stonehenge, it wasn‘t Stonehenge-y enough for me. Absolutely loved the audiobook narration by Richard Armitage though. A high so-so, soft pick

It‘s almost time!!!!! Been waiting for this one 🥰 Not sure my dog is as excited 🤣🤣

I‘ve never read a Ken Follett book. I preordered this audiobook from Barnes & Noble during the preorder sale. I didn‘t know Richard Armitage would be narrating the audiobook. I wanted to write a haiku about him.

Richard Armitage
I‘ve heard him narrate a lot of the Agatha Christie books I‘ve read
I like his voice

Wow. I didn‘t know he looked like this
🥰What a handsome man 😍
I‘ll listen to him read anything

#haiku #haikuhive

Anyone else looking forward to this book about Stonehenge? Me me me!!

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This was my first of Bernard Cornwell. It wasn't the greatest book, so I'm told, so I'll look for some others of his to enjoy. I was expecting more historical fiction rather than fantasy, and it took a while to really get into it because of all the dealings in war & with the gods. It, overall, was good but kind of so-so. I'll donate this to my little free library.

#5joysFriday Thanks @DebinHawaii for the tag!

1) visiting my father-in-law in Reading, England
2) seeing Stonehenge!
3) visiting the Roman Baths
4) visiting FANTASTIC bookstores and literary sites in Bath, England
5) touring Arsenal‘s football stadium in London

So many more things that brought me joy this week! Tonight we arrived in Dublin, so I‘ll have to add our time in Ireland to next week‘s joys!

I can‘t believe I got to see it in real life!!

And I loved the tagged book. Read it years ago. Prompting a huge desire to see it in real life.

While the 7th book in the series has just as much to love as previous installments, there are some consistent problems that are starting to get to me. First, too much is crammed into one book. I‘d prefer something shorter with less going on (maybe Wayward Children-style). Secondly, & most frustratingly, Taylor seems to struggle to embrace body positivity. Bigger bodies are beautiful, too. The repeated fat-shaming is becoming hard to overlook.👇🏻