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Purpleness
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My jet-lagged brain did a double-take, then took a second to go, “It wasn‘t a museum yet” 😂

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 3d
dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 3d
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bibliothecarivs
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Recent acquisition:

📖 Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a Battle by Michael Jones

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Hooked_on_books
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While listening to this one, I put together this kit and just had to show it to you all. I think it came out great!

PaperbackPirate So cool! 😍 6d
TheBookHippie Love!!!! 6d
Ruthiella Really neat! 🤩 6d
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squirrelbrain Lovely! ❤️ 6d
Soubhiville So cute 💚 6d
AmyG Love it! 6d
Deblovestoread ❤️❤️❤️ 6d
Bookzombie That‘s so cute!! 2d
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Hooked_on_books
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Mehso-so

I have mixed feelings about this one. I do think it‘s well written, but I also know I am not the audience for it. I knew nothing about these men and felt some sort of prior knowledge was imperative to fully enjoying this book. I never would have made it through the print; the audio was well done.

squirrelbrain I agree completely- it was rather slow and the actual ‘battle for the crown‘ was only a few pages. Not my favourite from the list. 1w
RamsFan1963 If you're interested in this era of English history, I'd recommend trying Henry V by Dan Jones. He starts the book with background of the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, before moving on to Henry V. 1w
Hooked_on_books @RamsFan1963 Thanks! I‘ll have to look for that. 7d
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Green Blades Rising | Kevin Crossley-Holland
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Random book from our home library:

📖 Green Blades Rising: The Anglo-Saxons by Kevin Crossley-Holland

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Graywacke
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My new audiobook - and my second from the 2025 Women‘s Prize for Nonfiction. Lots of Shakespeare in the introduction 🥰

merelybookish I just started this! 1w
Graywacke @merelybookish I‘m 2.5 hours in (12%), and fascinated (edited) 1w
merelybookish How's it going? I'm about halfway through. I am enjoying it and amazed I'm mostly keeping everyone straight. 2d
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Graywacke @merelybookish i‘m 6 hours in and constantly fascinated. The nature of power, the way everyone plays this game, it‘s crazy and so much looser than I realized. 2d
merelybookish @Graywacke Yeah, I was skeptical in her intro when she said there are parallels to today. But you can see how there can be very different visions of power and different avenues can be taken to secure it. I feel like that is playing out before our eyes. 2d
Graywacke @merelybookish I‘m still thinking about that. It‘s different. But the undermining of norms for power and with destructive intent are striking parallels. The indifference to human life is so strange. 2d
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bibliothecarivs
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Random book from our home library:

📖 Richard III: England's Black Legend by Desmond Seward

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bibliothecarivs
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Recent acquisition:

📖 The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones

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squirrelbrain
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Rather relevant, timely and apposite introduction to this book about Richard II and Henry IV (who were both born in 1367)!

ChaoticMissAdventures I am excited for this one, I don't know a ton about this time period. 1mo
Leftcoastzen Wow 1mo
Lcsmcat Wow indeed. 1mo
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LeahBergen Yikes! 1mo
Librarybelle Yup. Very, very relevant. 1mo
TrishB Power never changes. 1mo
bookandbedandtea How apropos 😫 1mo
CarolynM 😢 1mo
youneverarrived Wow. Very relevant 😩 1mo
sarahbarnes Oh wow. 1mo
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jenniferw88
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Panpan

#wpnf25

I should have waited for the shortlist and hibernated this book. I'd be very surprised if it makes it, as I really struggled with it and could have bailed on it if it hadn't made it.

#atozultimatechallenge #c #authorsurname #e #booktitle #f #birdonthecover #h #itemoncover (hart) @AudiobookingWithLeah

#aty25 #animalvegetableormineralinthetitle @BarbaraBB

Librarybelle Oh dear! I had recently splurged and picked up a copy on the strength of a virtual author talk I saw her do. 1mo
jenniferw88 @Librarybelle, you may like it! I just know very little about this period, and it was very heavy going. Shorter chapters may have helped. 1mo
RamsFan1963 I wanted to read this, but I've seen a lot of negative reviews. If you want to know more about Henry IV, I'd recommend reading Dan Jones's Henry V. It covers the end of Richard II reign, Henry IV seizing the throne, and leads on into Henry V reign as king. 1mo
youneverarrived Hmm, good to know. It does look heavy going and it‘s more of a chunkster than I realised. Think I‘ll concentrate on the others before this. 1mo
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