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'"After a hunt," she told me, amusement glimmering in eyes the color of cornflowers, "I am accustomed to swim." She paused and looked me up and down. "You could do with a bath as well...." [sic] In truth, the prospect of bathing with this beautiful young woman sent a ripple of pleasure through my loins.' I love high fantasy but nerds writing romance is the most awkward shit ever.

"Perhaps the prerogatives of this new age had rendered the vows of the old irrelevant... A first lesson in the fragility of love and the preternatural cowardice of men. And out of this disillusionment and turmoil sprang Beli's first adult oath, one that would follow her into adulthood, to the States and beyond. I will not serve."

This is my a-couple-pages-before-bed comfort re-read so it's going to take me forever to finish but this book was one of my favorites in high school and I'm looking forward to reading it again. RIP Rob Grant.

I came here to see C-3PO kick ass. And you gave me nothing. NOTHING.

I have literally tried to finish this book fifteen times. I started putting marks on the cover like a prisoner does on the wall of their cell recording how many days they've been in jail. Admittedly, the fact that I can't just give it up probably says more about my mental health than the quality of this writing.

How come nobody talks about the bromance between the Sheriff of Nottingham and Little John??

Every time a democracy is toppled by its own electorate - you take a shot! Spoiler alert: Invest in a large bottle.

Moral: Fucked up people will exploit you. Find your friends and run away.

Get ye down to Ladbrokes this instant and place a bet that I will always love the villain. You will be rich.

This book was 100% fresh up til when Dizzy actually became successful - now it's all dinner parties and who made this witty comment and which Duchess wore what and I am absolutely coding. So grateful I pissed my life up a wall so I don't have to put with any of that nonsense...

Was this a real person..?

Re-read

What I'm getting here is: Portuguese were terrible. Mamluks were worse. Just stay home and drink coffee.

Something about reading some pseudo-Tory author slag off social historians really puts me in the mood for social history...

Aw, I'm going to have to give this book 3 stars instead of 4 because the romantic lead is a bore. Bring back Marco, at least he was a laugh!

A wonderful gift from my best mate, Pete

Well butter my biscuits and kiss my grits! I reckon I'm in for gen-u-wine, bless-your-heart, deep fried corn bread southern read............

Iiiii'm thinking this is the end of the line for me and "narrative style" histories. I'm glad it's connecting with some people who don't normally go in for non-fiction but I'm not comfortable with it.

"Turgon opened the leaguer of Gondolin, and was come with an army ten thousand strong, with bright mail and long swords and spears like a forest... Fingon put on his white helm and sounded his trumpets, and the all the host of Hithlum leapt forth from the hills in sudden onslaught. The light of the drawing of the swords of the Noldor was like a fire in a field of reeds." 🤘

"Turgon opened the leaguer of Gondolin, and was come with an army ten thousand strong, with bright mail and long swords and spears like a forest... Fingon put on his white helm and sounded his trumpets, and the all the host of Hithlum leapt forth from the hills in sudden onslaught. The light of the drawing of the swords of the Noldor was like a fire in a field of reeds." 🤘 This book is a Prog album.

"Turgon opened the leaguer of Gondolin, and was come with an army ten thousand strong, with bright mail and long swords and spears like a forest... Fingon put on his white helm and sounded his trumpets, and the all the host of Hithlum leapt forth from the hills in sudden onslaught. The light of the drawing of the swords of the Noldor was like a fire in a field of reeds." 🤘

Something about this book really upsets me and I'm loving it. In my mind it is directed by David Lynch with a soundtrack by Elliot Smith.

Something about this book really upsets me and I'm loving it...

I need some Scarpetta / Marino escapism in a serious way.

This is incredibly good and I can't wait to pick it up again but I have to read something else right now.

You heard it here first, kids.

Author dude straight up hates Ottilie Assing. Starting to become a bit suspicious.

Ottilie Assing seems like a bit of a psychopath.