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Dissolution: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

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Completed this book for #BookedinTime (Tudor England). I enjoyed the writing style and the story. Although I‘m not sure if I‘m invested enough in the character of Shardlake to continue on with the series. Maybe I‘m a bit curious to see how he fares now that his rose-colored glasses about Cromwell and the Reformation have been removed.

@Cuilin @dabbe

TiredLibrarian I'd try the next one, but I'm biased because I loved this series! 2d

Andrew65 I feel this series only gets better after the first one. Like you I wasn‘t sure about continuing, in fact was a few years before I did. It became a favourite series. 2d

Cuilin I‘ll try the next one if you do. 😆 2d

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Butterfinger I really enjoyed the adaptation. 2d

Ruthiella I am with @TiredLibrarian and @Andrew65 . The series is well worth continuing. 2d

dabbe Like everyone said the books only get better. Shardlake's character grows in such complexity, and Henry VIII actually comes into the books as well as other royals. 🩶🖤🩶 2d

Amiable @TiredLibrarian @andrew65 @ruthiella @dabbe If you say the series gets better, then I‘ll give the next one a go! I thought Louise Penny‘s 1st book was an okay read, and I‘m very glad I continued on with that series. 2d

Amiable @Butterfinger What was that on? I‘m not aware of the adaptation. 2d

Amiable @Cuilin I think they all convinced me to proceed! The peer pressure of fellow Litsy readers is too much to resist. 😀 #blameitonLitsy 2d

Daisey I‘ll add to the list of people saying the series gets better! I think the second book is actually my favorite. 1d

dabbe @Amiable There's also a tv series!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shardlake_(TV_series) 1d

dabbe @Amiable @Cuilin #woohoo! 🙌🏻 1d

Cuilin @Amiable Let‘s go. (I blame most of my reading habits on Litsy, Lol). 1d

Cuilin @dabbe 💜 1d

Andrew65 @dabbe Not seen that but no doubt good if Sean Bean is in it. 1d

Andrew65 @Amiable Sometimes it takes series 2 or 3 books to really get going then you are totally hooked. 1d

Amiable @Cuilin I need to get through “Anna Karenina” before I embark on a series. I just reached Part 6. I‘m getting there! Slowly. 1d

Amiable @dabbe Interesting! I will put it on my list of shows-to-watch. My husband and I are making our way through “The Sopranos” —we never watched it when it originally aired. Now we‘re halfway through season 5. 1d

dabbe @Amiable 🤩🤩🤩 1d

Cuilin @Amiable oh no worries. I know you‘ve been busy lately. Just let me know when you‘re good to start and we can do it together. 1d

Amiable @Cuilin ❤️ 1d

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Eggs

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1. Take the survey: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-
bbcs-100-greatest-childrens-books
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list, 3 you think should have been on the list, 3 you'd like to read ...
4. Tag a few!

#threelistthursday @dabbe @lil1inblue @Vansa

dabbe #woohoo! You kicked my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🖤🩶 2w

Eggs @dabbe I adore JF and MG with great reverence! 🩵💚🩵 1w

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tpixie

When Crickets Cry | Charles Martin

#ReadYourKindle
I‘m going to try a new challenge this year thanks to @dabbe and @CBee
Thanks for letting me join @CBee
I‘ll start with When Crickets Cry

CBee Welcome! Glad to have you. The Scarpetta books are what got me hooked on the mystery/thriller genre - I started reading them in high school. There‘s a Scarpetta series coming with Nicole Kidman playing her 👏🏻 2w

tpixie @CBee I‘ve enjoyed the Scarpetta series. There were a few in the middle where everyone was a little too dysfunctional, but I do enjoy the mysteries. I‘m so excited to hear about the series! 2w

CBee @tpixie see, I like dysfunctional sometimes 😂😂 But I know what you mean. I‘m excited about the series too! 2w

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dabbe @CBee @tpixie Kidman as Scarpetta? Count me in!!! 🤩🤗🤩 2w

dabbe 🩶🖤🩶 2w

tpixie @dabbe @CBee 🥳🥳🥳 (edited) 2w

DogMomIrene @CBee You are freaking me out! I loved the early Scarpetta, but stopped reading when she changed PoV in her writing. Have they gotten better again? Because I may need to pick this series up again with NK playing KS! 2w

CBee @DogMomIrene honestly I haven‘t continued the series, I read all of the earlier ones but none of the new-ish ones. BUT I will happily watch Nicole Kidman play, I don‘t know, a crazed blowfish or something - as I love her that much 😂😂😂 She could play anything or do anything and I‘d watch it ♥️ (edited) 2w

CBee @dabbe RIGHT?!? I‘m so stoked. 2w

CBee @tpixie also, Jamie Lee Curtis is in it. And I adore her. @dabbe @DogMomIrene 2w

dabbe @CBee @tpixie @DogMomIrene #woohoo! 🤩🤩🤩 2w

tpixie @DogMomIrene I think they‘ve gotten better since the ones in the middle. I can‘t remember which one I read that I started enjoying again more. 2w

tpixie @CBee Jamie Lee Curtis is amazing 🤩 2w

DogMomIrene @CBee Have you seen her in The Sticky on Prime I think? It‘s about the great maple syrup heist and she‘s freaking hilarious in it! As Americans living in 🇨🇦 we appreciated her character‘s perspective. 2w

tpixie @DogMomIrene No! Sounds great! My daughter and I are looking for something else to watch. We‘ll have to look into this. 2w

DogMomIrene @tpixie Im going to do some internet sleuthing on this one then. Because I‘d love to love her books again! Thanks! 2w

tpixie @DogMomIrene I love Margo Martindale also- from The Americans 2w

CBee @DogMomIrene let me know what you find! 2w

CBee @tpixie I LOVED The Americans!! 2w

CBee @tpixie check out Black Doves on Netflix. It‘s great and Sarah Lancashire is sort of a “Margo-esque” character in it. Plus Keira Knightley! 2w

DogMomIrene @tpixie Yes! The Americans was so good. And she‘s sooooo great in The Sticky. The whole thing is just wacky fun. 2w

DogMomIrene @CBee Will do! I‘m expecting someone has a fan wiki about this series where plenty of people will weigh in with their opinion of which book revived the series. 2w

CBee @DogMomIrene oh, there has to be something like that 👏🏻👏🏻 2w

tpixie @CBee @DogMomIrene The Americans was great!! Oh a wiki page- smart idea! I also like Kathy Reichs Temperance Brennon series. Forensic Anthropology

Deja Dead, Volume 1

(edited) 2w

tpixie @CBee ok! I‘ll check out Black Doves! 🕊️ 2w

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Cuilin

The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty | G.J. Meyer

#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!

Cuilin @dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @spellboundReader @deblovestoread @jenniferw88 3w

Cuilin @mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie @amiable @Desha @Sapphire @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @Mitch @SamAnne @alldebooks @lil1inblue 3w

ChaoticMissAdventures An incredible time. I am going to finally read

Wolf Hall

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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. 3w

Daisey This is a great series! 3w

Bookwormjillk I have a hard time getting through books set in this period but I‘m going to try

Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World

Amiable I think I might give this one a go, too—thanks to @dabbe ! 3w

Itchyfeetreader I am going with this one. I have read widely from this period and wanted a new vs re read🤞🤞

Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown: Tudor Rose Novel 2

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.

The Wise Woman: A Novel

Cuilin @Amiable yes!!! 3w

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk good luck, just remember we‘re fans of #hailthebail if it isn‘t for you. 🤞you‘ll enjoy it. 3w

Cuilin @Itchyfeetreader sounds fabulous!! 3w

Cuilin @Jess861 I‘ve never read Gregory. She is popular. Good luck. 3w

dabbe @Amiable #woohoo! I think you're going to love it! ❣️🥂❣️ 3w

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! ❣️🥂❣️ 3w

dabbe DISSOLUTION is also on the spreadsheet! 🤩 3w

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures On the spreadsheet! 🤩 3w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk On the spreadsheet! 🤩 3w

dabbe @Itchyfeetreader On the spreadsheet! 🤩 3w

dabbe @Jess861 On the spreadsheet! 🤩 3w

dabbe @Cuilin YES!!! 🤩🙌🏻🤩 3w

julieclair @Jess861 I‘m giving Philippa Gregory a try, too.

The Constant Princess

Cuilin @julieclair i‘d love to know what you think of her writing I have never read her so I‘m really interested. 3w

AllDebooks I'm going with

Dark Aemilia: A Novel of Shakespeare's Dark Lady

julieclair @Cuilin Will do! 3w

Cuilin @AllDebooks oh very intriguing 🤔 3w

rubyslippersreads I‘m going with

Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII

rwmg My most likely contender is the next in a series I'm reading intermittently:

Six Tudor Queens: Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen: Six Tudor Queens 3

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. 3w

Cuilin @rwmg Fabulous, looking forward to your thoughts. 3w

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. 3w

Cuilin @Mollyanna Love Wolf Hall. 3w

dabbe @julieclair On the spreadsheet! 🤩 3w

dabbe @rubyslippersreads On the spreadsheet! 🤩 3w

dabbe @AllDebooks On the spreadsheet! 🤩 3w

dabbe @rwmg On the spreadsheet! 🤩 3w

dabbe @Mollyanna 🤩 3w

julieclair @Mollyanna Glad to hear you enjoyed reading Gregory! 3w

sblbooks 1. I'm planning on reading this one

The Life of Elizabeth I

Cuilin @sblbooks that one really looks good!! 3w

Bluebird I love Shardlake! I hope you enjoy the first one! This month I‘m reading

Revelation. C.J. Sansom

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? 2w

Cuilin @Amiable there‘s a StoryGraph challenge for #bookedInTime organized by @julieclair I started today too. (edited) 2w

Cuilin @amiable https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenge_prompts/78a3fed8-6d9b-4f5f-8140-... 2w

Cuilin @Bluebird I started dissolution today. So far so good. 😊 2w

Amiable @Cuilin Excellent! 👍🏼 2w

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kspenmoll

Intermezzo | Sally Rooney

All our books, for Jolabokaflod & Christmas Day. Feel rich in books!

MaleficentBookDragon

Lesliereadsalot Intermezzo is so good! 4w

tpixie Merry Christmas 🎁📘🎄 4w

dabbe Is there any better gift? 🤩😂🤩 4w

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MittenGirlPeach What a haul! 4w

Ruthiella Awesome pile of possibilities! ❤️📚🎄 4w

kspenmoll @Lesliereadsalot My husband requested that as his Jolabokaflod from my brother. 4w

kspenmoll @dabbe The best! And we can share! 4w

kspenmoll @MittenGirlPeach @Ruthiella Just wonderful!!!! 4w

dabbe @kspenmoll #woohoo! 💙❄️💙 4w

julieclair How wonderful! It‘s just not Christmas without books under the tree. 🎄📚🎄 4w

AnnCrystal 🤩👍📚💝. 4w

Meshell1313 😍😍😍 great haul! 4w

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Deblovestoread

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The hubs played mail delivery man for me so these could start their journeys.

#LittleChristmasSwap to @Ddzmini Danielle, he says they expressed some concern about ability to deliver so I hope there is no issue. I am going to email you the tracking # so you can keep an eye on it if you like. Due to arrive 12/11. @bookish_wookish

#JolabokaflodSwap to @dabbe due to arrive 12/12 @MaleficentBookDragon

dabbe #woohoo and #thankyou! 💙❄️💙 1mo

bookish_wookish Yay! 🎄 1mo

Ddzmini No it‘s fine it‘s a Post Office we are in a really rural area so it goes to the post office no mail boxes here 😊👍🏼 1mo

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LiseWorks

Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

I finished the first half of Dark Fire #ShardlakeBR @dabbe A great start for the weekend #ForTheLoveOfBooks @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Very good start! Great job 5mo

dabbe #woohoo! 🤩😀🤗 5mo

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wanderinglynn

Halloweentown: Witch U. | Juliet Giglio, Keith Giglio, Max Enscoe, Annie Young

I decided not to wait until Sunday. 💀🎃 And so the sign-up form is open for the 5th annual Haunted Hollow Swap 🎉

https://forms.gle/dxpuETwshff7hhMH6

Sign-ups will close on September 13. So please share & spread the word!

#HauntedHollowSwap #HHS #HHS24

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wanderinglynn Tagging those who expressed interest & who participated last year: @BethM @Avanders @CaroPi @WildAlaskaBibliophile @Pigpen_reads @quietjenn @Readergrrl @RosePressedPages @tdrosebud @thebookhippie @The.Great.Catsby @THill @wen4blu
@LibrarianRyan @Littlewolf1 @LocalTXLibrarian @Maggie4483 @Magpiegem @Marmie7 @matchlessmarie @MittenGirlPeach @OndinetheSea 5mo

wanderinglynn @AmyG @AshRob22 @barkingmadread @BookishMadHatter @BookwormAHN @Captivatedbybooks @CloakNQuill @CSeydel @CuriousG @CymbaX13 @deblovestoread @Hannah-leeloo @JessieKB @julieclair @Kshakal @laughterhp @LeahBergen @MsRadioSilence @nessavamusic @PatriciaU @shelleybooksie @stilllookingforcarmensandiego @TheQuietQuill @Thewolfbehindtheeyes @vonnie862 5mo

AmyG Yay! Thank you so much Lynn! 5mo

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BarkingMadRead Sooooooo excited‘ 5mo

forestandcrow Cant wait! 5mo

OndinetheSea Yessss! So excited! 5mo

LeahBergen 👏👏 5mo

Deblovestoread Signed up! Thanks for the tag 🧡🖤🧡 5mo

dabbe #woohoo! Thanks for hosting again, Lynn! 🩶🧡🩶 5mo

wanderinglynn @Endowarrior21 @Gissy @graciouswarriorprincess @guinsgirlreads @jamiearc @jjaxn95 @kaykay521 @LadyCait84 @Larkken @lauranahe @LeslieO 5mo

wanderinglynn @AbigailJaneBlog @alizaapp @AmandaBlaze @BeeMagical @BookmarkTavern @BookNAround @Bookworm54 @chrissyreadit @DeeLew @DHill @DinoMom 5mo

Graciouswarriorprincess Thanks for hosting and tagging me! 5mo

CSeydel Thanks for the tag! I enjoyed this swap so much last year, but I‘m going to sit out this time. Have fun!! 👻🎃🪦 5mo

BookwormAHN Looking forward to it 👻 5mo

Chrissyreadit @LibrarianRyan 5mo

guinsgirlreads Thanks for the tag!! 5mo

DinoMom Yay!! 5mo

JessieKB YAY!!!! 🖤🧡 5mo

vonnie862 Yay!!!! 5mo

julieclair Yay! Just signed up. Thanks so much for hosting this again this year! 5mo

Graciouswarriorprincess Just signed up! Thanks!😊 5mo

Littlewolf1 All signed up… thanks for the tag 😊 5mo

ImperfectCJ I just signed up! I thought it was last year that I participated, but it was 2022...I somehow lost track of a whole year 😬 But glad to be participating this year anyway! 5mo

LibrarianRyan Thank you!! 5mo

BeeMagical All signed up!! 5mo

Avanders 👏🏽👏🏽🖤🎃🧡👻💜 5mo

thewallflower0707 Yeah, I‘m signed up, hoping it works out 🥰 5mo

LeslieO Signed up! 5mo

AbigailJaneBlog Thanks for the tag! I'll look at signing up :) 5mo

WildAlaskaBibliophile I'm in and signed up! 5mo

RosePressedPages Signed up and super pumped for spooky season! 👻🎃 5mo

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kelli7990

BookSpinBingo | Untitled

Yay! I finished my picks for #bookspinbingo. These were the short stories I read this month for the #noplacelikeholmes readalong.

TheAromaofBooks

dabbe #woohoo! 🩶🧡🩶 5mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 5mo

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