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Cheryl_Russell

Eyre Affair | Jasper Fforde

1. Yes!
2. Love the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde.

#Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 👍📖📚 1d

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Suelizbeth

A Dead Djinn in Cairo: A Tor.Com Original | P. Djeli Clark

so-so

This story reminds me a lot of the movie Hellboy. Magic, djinn, angels(?), otherworldly beings, the threat of total destruction of our world, doom, despair. It was interesting but just OK. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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JenniferEgnor

Queen of the Sea | Dylan Meconis

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The medievalish art on the cover of this giant graphic novel made me want to read it. I agree with other readers that it felt a bit long, though I still liked it. It was very educational on what life was like living as a nun and a scorned and punished woman on a desolate island. *Loosely inspired by the exile of Queen Elizabeth 1 by her sister Queen Mary in the 16th century.

JenniferEgnor (My dogs too, clean the kitchen floors🤣) 3d

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Ruthiella

Master of Djinn | P Djeli Clark

#WhereAreYouMonday

This Monday I find myself in an alternative historical, steampunk version of early 20th century Cairo, where magic and djinns are commonplace. A murder mystery with supernatural elements, this fantasy world that Clark has created is fantastic.

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ChaoticMissAdventures This is on my shortlist TBR for April! 1w

Ruthiella @ChaoticMissAdventures I hope you like it! I read the two stories/novellas set in this series a couple of years ago now and was intrigued. 1w

CaramelLunacy This sounds so cool 4d

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Centique I love this series (or is it a collection?) Whatever it is, I loved being in such an exciting and different fantasy world. I need more of these! 2d

Ruthiella @CaramelLunacy It‘s a fantastic alternate and fantastical world the author has conjured up! 2d

Ruthiella @Centique Right? Maybe less of a series and more a shared fictional world? I also love it because it‘s different from so many other fantasy imaginings. 2d

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mcctrish

The Plot Against America: A Novel | Philip Roth

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Written 20 years ago, PR creates an alternative past for the US that hits way different in 2025 than it must have in 2005. As powerful as The Handmaids Tale and just as freaking scary

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kwmg40

The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim | E. K. Johnston

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I really enjoyed this fantasy novel about a dragon slayer and his bard. It's different in that it is set in modern-day Southwestern Ontario and is an alternate history novel with political and historical events explained in the context of fossil-fuel consuming dragons.

#52bookclub25 (Character‘s name in the title)
#gottacatchemall (Drampa: dragons) @PuddleJumper

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lumbricuslibri

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell | Susanna Clarke

My “because-I-was-stressed-from-work-today” book haul.

I went into the bookstore thinking I‘d buy one book to relieve stress.

Ended up with five. 😅

julesG Understandable! 😊 2w

Deblovestoread 5 seems just right! 😍 2w

TheBookHippie ♥️ 2w

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Aims42 That‘s the perfect amount! Also, I LOVED “Jonathan Strange”, that‘s a book I wish I could re-read for the first time ☺️ And there‘s a series on Netflix (I think?) that‘s really well done 👍 2w

Meshell1313 Ooh I love Mary Pearson! Such good choices! 2w

dabbe You take care of you! I'm currently reading JONATHAN STRANGE and loving it, just like @Aims42 said! 🤩 2w

Aims42 @dabbe 😍💛🧡🩷 2w

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AroundTheBookWorld

American Royals II: Majesty | Katharine McGee

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This was such a great book. I love the characters so much. The ending completely took me by surprise. I can‘t wait to see what happens with the rest of the series. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#Majesty #KatharineMcGee #AmericanRoyals #book #books #bookyourself #bookunion #bookutopia #bookunicorn #bookunicorns #bookunhaul #bookish #bookishfeature #bookishfeatures #bookishlife #Romance #YoungAdult #Fiction #Contemporary #Audiobook #ChickLit #Fantasy #AlternateHistory

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majkia

Lost in a Good Book: A Thursday Next Novel | Jasper Fforde

Good mix for April. Happy spring everyone

#Roll100 @PuddleJumper

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Oo I love Jasper Fforde 📚 2w

majkia @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Hoping for more dodos. 2w

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 2w

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mcctrish

The Plot Against America: A Novel | Philip Roth

Starting a new Lego set

AmyG Oh…you got this one. I just saw it on IG. Have fun! 2w

mcctrish @AmyG I was supposed to build it in February, better late than never 🤣 2w

ImperfectCJ I read this novel a million years ago (okay, more like 20), and I remember liking it (or at least I remember it having an impact on me). I wonder how it would feel to read it in 2025. 2w

mcctrish @ImperfectCJ my husband met up with a friend from out of town and they were talking about books they‘d each read recently, this was one of the friend‘s. I got it on audio and my hubby got it in print. I was surprised how old it was ? and truthfully it‘s feeling a little Handmaids Tale to me in that 20 yrs ago I‘d have been wow and now I‘m like “f¥€£” 2w

Leftcoastzen I need to revisit this one . Roth was a difficult person , amazing writer. I bet it feels too close to reality now. 2w

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