Heartstone: A Shardlake Novel 5 | 
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#HeartsonCover (how about 1 heart with just the word? 🤣) This is a snapshot from my Kindle.
One of my favorite detective series of all time. If you like Tudor history and detective stories, then this is the series for you.❣️
so-soI loved the four books preceding this one but I found this one hard to rate. Either Sansom was doing something very clever and making the reader as frustrated with Matthew as Jack is, or he pitched this was slightly wrong. I still don't know because even if it's the former, I don't really want this level of frustration when reading. It was less suspenseful and more maddening.
pickBeing fifth in the Shardlake series by C.J. Sansom, this was a wonderful work on Tudor history and culture.
Ah! A thriller after a long time was refreshing.
I always find King Henry VIII an amusing figure. Exploring the then England in the book was photographic. One could find themselves being annoyed in the way the characters operate, but it is just how 16th century England was.
I had one trouble though. The bulky book always shut itself 😂
One of the best books by one of my favorite authors (in top five at least) is on sale! Highly recommended!!
Reminiscing my first post on Litsy in spring 2016. This was my first post on Litsy and I had three likes. It took a few months before I finally broke 20 likes per post. Here‘s a shoutout to the three people who liked my first post. @FaisalJ @Grrlbrarian @jpmcwisemorgan Thank you!!
Who liked your first Litsy post? #firstlike tag me @Texreader
pickThis is one of my favorite historical mystery series. I love the setting of Tudor England and the character of Matthew Shardlake. I loved the first and last parts of this book the best but he middle felt a little flat to me. I loved Ellen's story but the rest I was not that interested in. I will, however, continue the series because I have really enjoyed the rest of the books and totally look forward to the next one.
#heartstone #cjsansom
pickI felt slightly disappointed with this book. It had a good beginning (Part 1) & a good ending (Part 6), but a lot of the material in between felt too long winded and not on point enough. Like the others, one cannot argue that they are well written, but think overall this would be my least favourite in the series so far. It rather felt a bit too contrived to bring in the Mary Rose and threatened invasion from the French. Hope the next one improves.
Finished my first book during the #25inFive Readathon with the tagged book. So far got to 10 hrs 28 mins, bizarrely read exactly 5 hrs 14 mins two days running. Couldn‘t have done that if I tried! Right on track for 25 hours which is great when both days so far ha e been work days.j
End of day one total in #25inFive Readathon.
Managed 5 hrs 14 minutes, so despite a busy day‘s work where we were doing interviews I have managed to get some good time in. Right on track for 25 hours. Unusually only read from one book today.
It‘s finally here! The buddy read starts on Monday @EadieB @Andrew65 The book is in six parts, so we‘ll be reading it over six days.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Half of my books have been dispatched! Can‘t wait! Add some beers, wine, and chocolate, and radio silence is a sure thing 😃 @EadieB Looks like the first proposed dates for Heartstone will come true! Usually comes within a week or so, but I‘ll let you know if it won‘t happen. @Andrew65
I‘m so excited a new book from CJ Sansom is coming out next April!!
pickWhat‘s seems like a mundane case involving inheritance, leads to a conspiracy and a ship battle. Solid read, loved revisiting familiar characters. It was a bit slow in the middle when they were traveling. But picked up towards the end. 7/10
Here‘s a Tudor rose for #bookandflowers #readingresolutions @Jess7
pickAfter a disappointing Book 4, Book 5 came back fighting! This one was excellent - a very long, slow burn that explodes when you least expect it.
I‘m ready for #boutofbooks tomorrow. I don‘t expect to get through all of these this week - my weekend is pretty full - but three or four would be nice!
A sick dog means all other plans are out the window and we snuggle instead while she sleeps it off and I read. I guess there are worse ways to spend the day.
#dogsoflitsy
pickI finished this last week and forgot to review it.
This is my favourite mystery series - ever.
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‘What‘s that?‘ I asked, pointing to the spoon.
‘Ear-wax scoop,‘ Carswell answered cheerfully. ‘Useful stuff for waxing your bows.‘
Blech.
That‘s gross enough, but the first time I read it I thought it said “waxing your brows”, as in eyebrows. 😬
This series just gets better and better.
All the books are chunksters. I‘ve read over 600 pages of this one and have more than 100 left, but am still enthralled. Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer with a physical disability, fights for justice and solves crimes in Tudor era England.
The Shardlake series is by far the best historical fiction I‘ve ever read.
pickFifth in the Shardlake series of detective stories. Shardlake is asked by the queen to finish a brief for the mother of lawyer who has committed suicide, a brief involving the strange happenings in family of rural gentry and their ward. Set against the prospective French invasion towards the end of Henry VIII's reign, I knew that the Mary Rose was going to make an appearance and I was not disappointed. Overall a worthy addition to the series.
'Barack thinks the rumours come from the Kings officials'
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'That does not mean they are untrue'
The adventures of Mathew Shardlake, a hunchback lawyer who seems to have a knack for finding himself wherever the 16th century is darkest, is a great fun read, and full of intrigue
I have neither the book called "Heart Shaped Box" nor a box shaped like a heart.. so here a small greenish tin with a vaguely heart shaped design and the only book I could find with the word heart in the title.. ?? #90sinjuly #heart #heartshapedbox #tbr and a #plant bc #iheartplants and a leaf for no real reason
I'm a civil litigator and I often have to do investigations and depositions much like one of my fave characters ever, Matthew Shardlake, the humpback lawyer in Tudor England in Sansom's wonderful books. #workplacesetting #feistyfeb
Here is my #firsteverlitsypost. I had all of 3 likes! Whew I was rockin' it from day one! I've read all the Sansom books now. Wish there were lots more. Why can't the author catch up with me? #booktober
pickI loved how the main character Shardlake has developed personally through the series as the events of his time affect his frame of reference. Impressive. This development gives the reader the sense that he is a real character and not a stagnant one dimensional detective/lawyer.
