The Sunne In Splendour: A Novel of Richard III | 
📚 Tagged, Soul of an Octopus, The Snow Child
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🎞 Stripes, Sleepless in Seattle
📺 Schitt‘s Creek
🎤 Santana, Snow Patrol
🎶 Sign of the Times (Harry Styles) Steady as She Goes (The Raconteurs) The Story (Brandi Carlile) Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel) Smooth (Santana with Rob Thomas) Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (Billy Joel) Say Something (A Great Big World with Christina Aguilera)
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Persistence gets you to the last page every time! Great job, Caroline! This chunkster looks really good.
#ChunksterChallenge2022
@caroline2
janeycanuck, thatbookchannel, MaureenMc, Megabooks, rockpools, Riveted_Reader_Melissa, Lindy, erzascarletbookgasm, Lcsmcat, AmyG, CarolynM, Smarkies, Lizpixie, Texreader, BookNAround, catiewithac, Andrea313, CoverToCoverGirl, slategreyskies, JenReadsAlot, Bookwormjillk, zezeki, squirrelbrain, Mollyanna, Nessavamusic, GinaKButler, BookNerd9906, mandarchy, Butterfinger, Patchshank, Kelly326, Tineke, ChaoticMissAdventures, Blackink_WhitePaper, Dostoyes, ncsufoxes, JuniperWilde, tokorowilliamwallacepickIgnore the cheesy cover, this is an epic adventure of a book! Like LOTR and GoT, this is full of tragedy, battles, betrayal and characters that you absolutely love! This best medieval book I have ever read. #chunksterchallenge
pickIgnore the cheesy cover, this is an epic adventure of a book! Like LOTR and GoT, this is full of tragedy, battles, betrayal and characters that you absolutely love! The best medieval book I have ever read. #chunksterchallenge
As well as sending me some signed book plates- Sharon sent me a little note ❤️
And she persisted! Rachel patiently chipped away at this book for 6 months and just completed #ChunksterChallenge2021! DON'T BE AFRAID of those big books -- it just takes a little more time, but you can get there. :)
Way to go, Rachel!
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pick1240 pages later… I actually finished my #ChunksterChallenge2021 during last week‘s #20in4 readathon. And was far too shocked by this turn of events to actually review it, so here we are!
It was epic. Obviously. And I really enjoyed it! I‘ve never read much kings‘n‘queens history, so to keep me on board was quite a feat- and my immediate reaction on finishing was to download a podcast about Richard III -so we may have started something here!
Start of day 2 of the #20in4 readathon, and I‘m 14 chapters through my 24 chapter goal for this weekend. On track to actually finish a chunkster within 6 months (shock!)
In the last 24 hours, I‘ve learnt who the princes in the tower were and what consumption is (TB probably). We‘ve had tragedy after tragedy, but I think it might get proper sad from here on in. Also, very grateful for central heating and hot running water.
#ChunksterChallenge2021 update! @Amiable
The bookmarks are edging their way further back in the book - I‘m on p788/1240. Still hopeful of finishing before the end of the year. Apparently it‘s only been 6 months (I‘m counting that as a win)!
And yes, I am still enjoying it - just slowly.
And what ARE they going to do about George?!
(Edited because it‘d help if I had the right hashtag!!)
Morning! It‘s a 2-bookmarks kind of book here today!
It‘s official. You‘re all bad and/or strange influences. I appear to have been bookshopping at 3am this morning, and bought myself a behemoth to read for my first #chunksterchallenge.
Nothing about that paragraph looks like it was written by me.
Fairly sure @Caroline2 and @TrishB had a hand in this, somewhere.
RIP to Sharon Kay Penman! One of my all-time favorite authors and this book is one of my favorite books ever. A sad loss!
Merry Christmas wonderful fellow readers🎄❤️ It was my turn to work this Christmas but l realised years ago it‘s a privilege to work with my beautiful colleagues and help make Christmas a bit more bearable for the ICU patients.
My secret Santa gift was a book, bookmark and 2 book vouchers.. they know me so well!!
My family also bought me some new reading material for 2021.
Happy reading friends.. I say good riddance to 2020.. bring on 2021 ❤️📚
This is what cat camping looks like. 😂
On pool duty. I hope this chunkster has more than just political intrigue and war. Kay‘s writing is quite engaging otherwise.
The next few posts will fall under a category I‘m calling #RealLifeLitfluence.
Points for this beauty of a chunkster go to the flippin‘ coolest Litten with the best hair, insane reading speed, and downright exemplary mum skills, @TrishB !
I can‘t wait to dive into this glorious epic of historical fiction.
I love SKP. She cracks me up...from her Facebook page. I am dying for her new book.
IT IS FINALLY HERE! My “new” copy got lost in the mail and the 3rd party bookseller didn‘t have another. Instead, they sent a “very good” used copy. Well, let‘s just say that I disagree with their version of “very good” and they‘d better be processing a partial refund, but OMG! It is beautiful and my February TBR may have just gotten thrown out the window. #PenmanPosse #RichardIII #LongLiveTheKing
Lucky enough to visit two wonderful second hand/collectible book shops in York today thanks to Helen‘s list!
Spotted this on one of the first edition shelves, never seen this cover before. Got my son to pass me it off the shelf and it‘s lovely! He then told me the cost and I put it back. As soon as we left the shop hubby went back and brought it for me! He‘s a good guy ❤️
Not nearly as impressive as the copies owned by @LeahBergen and @TrishB but I think it‘s interesting that the cover art on Falls the Shadow and The Reckoning matches Leah‘s hardcovers. And dang it ladies! I have new books to read but now all I want to do is reread these!
@TrishB posted her pretty copies of this wonderful historical novel today.
May I present my copy? It‘s the 1982 first US edition and I seriously think it is one of the ugliest covers I own. Oddly enough, I can‘t part with it.
😆😆😆 I warned you, Trish.
#ICanSeeTheSunInLateDecember
#WinterWonderland
#icanseethesuninlatedecember #winterwonderland
One of my all time favourite books.
Finally reading it!
#favouritebook #favoritebook #ReadingWomenMonth
My head has just about exploded trying to choose just one book, so many great books to choose from. Ended up going with one from one of my favourite authors but again could have still chosen from a number of her books! What‘s not to love about Richard III‘s story.
1. Historical Fiction
2. Not much
3. Don‘t have one
4. Elizabeth I
Tagged author is a favorite.
@Captivatedbybooks #kingsandqueensthisorthat
I received The Sunne In Splendour for Christmas, and I was super excited to start it - it was going to be my first post-Christmas read. But sadly my mum was also excited about all things Richard III and begged me to let her keep it and read it first. I‘m home for the weekend, and the first thing I did was check her progress. Not long to wait now!!! 😆
Thanks everyone for your help with my requests! I now have oh-so-many chunksters on the way; Seton, Penman, Howatch, Rutherford, Uris, Dunnett, Eco, Falcones, McCullough... I spent 37,40 incl. postage. Who let the 🤓 out? #yearofthechunkster
pickThis is my favorite book by Sharon Kay Penman. I have read it at least four times over the years. It is my go to book when I am ready to settle in for a long read on a cold night. I highly recommend this author.
#SetInFaveEra
Hmm... the UK and Europe, between 900 and 1600 AD. Too broad? 😉 (and I can't even decide if this IS my favourite era).
#FallIntoBooks
This is me being Star-struck. I love SKP she is my absolute favorite author. She has responded to a few of my comments and posts that I've tagged her in and it left me giddy like a teenager. The Sunne in Splendour is my all time favorite book ( if I had to pick) I also love Elizabeth Chadwick whose books I found out about through SKP's blog.
#norain #90sinJuly
@Cinfhen @Robothugs
Just some Sun 😀👍
#aintnobody that writes historical fiction like Sharon Kay Penman. The Sunne in Splendour is one of the best historical fiction books out there, but also have to recommend The Welsh Princes Trilogy that I ❤️ and When Christ and His Saints Slept. Big tomes but well worth the effort!
My very battered copy of The Sunne in Splendour. One of my top ten all time favorites. I can't even tell you how many times I've read this.
#maybookflowers @RealLifeReading
It doesn't have a lot to do with #sunshine, but it was the first one that came to mind.
#bookphotochallenge
#royals
I'm totally obsessed with the English monarchy 1066-1485, but especially Henry II/Eleanor and their offspring and the Wars of the Roses, especially Richard III.
The Sharon Penman book is the ' bees knees' of historical fiction!
I might have gone a teeny, tiny bit overboard during Book Outlet's Boxing Day Sale. I took my TBR list on GR and ranked it by average rating, then looked for deals. Plus two translated poetry books that I'm hoping will work for #readharder2017. 14 books for under 60 bucks! Yowza. Now patience until they arrive ...
pickOne of my all time favorites. Highly recommended
While it is the fourth of Penman's novels that I read, her novel about Richard III is actually her first. Richly detailed and well researched, it's a fantastic novel about a fascinating (and much maligned) monarch. #debutnovel #booktober
