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Jess861
Corsair | Tim Severin
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This book is definitely a pick! A strong historical fiction book set in 1667 that follows a kidnapped Hector Lynch as he is sold into slavery. It is written well and about such an interesting time period. I learned a lot about this time from reading this book. Slaves seemed to be sold and captured everywhere and by everyone. Felt like Hector was a little too lucky at times but a great book. I'll definitely be continuing this series!

Jess861 @cuilin - Great historical fiction book to learn about Corsairs and Slavery during this time period! Thanks again for the #bookedintime prompt for this one! 2d
Cuilin ✔️ 🏴‍☠️ 🎉 1d
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Jess861
Corsair | Tim Severin
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I am really enjoying this book. I wasn't sure I would as I had it in my brain that it would be filled with too much gore (no reason why I had this in my head). But this book is just like many other historical fictions books I read with many accurate description and scenes of the time. 1600s are such an interesting part of history! It is well written and makes you want to keep reading. I'm hope to finish this weekend and really enjoying the author.

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Jess861
Corsair | Tim Severin
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A book, a blanket and a grilled cheese is how I'm going to spend a #hyggehour tonight. Need to escape to another time before the chaos of the week takes over. Not sure how many pages I'll read because I could fall asleep at any minute but I'm going to try amd get through the entire hour.

#HyggeHourReadathon @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @AllDebooks

Aims42 Grilled cheeses and PB&J‘s are still my dinner go-tos 😋 7d
Chrissyreadit ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 6d
AllDebooks ❤️ 6d
Jess861 @Aims42 So good - I could eat grilled cheese for every meal and be perfectly fine with it! 6d
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Jess861
Corsair | Tim Severin
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Continuing this read while the car is in for an oil change. Nice little morning break from work! I'm enjoying it so far but I'm not that far in yet. Won't get it finished today for #bookedintime but I'm glad I was led to this book by the prompt!

@Cuilin

Cuilin How amazing, I read The Brendan Voyage by Severin years ago. This also seems a good choice for September‘s prompt 1w
LeeRHarry @Cuilin I read this this month, definitely enjoyed it and will be continuing the series. 1w
Jess861 @Cuilin Thank you for the suggestion - I just might have to pick that book up for September! 1w
Jess861 @LeeRHarry Good to know - I'm about 100 pages in and I like it so far. 1w
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Ruthiella
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#SeriesLove2025 #WhereareyouMonday

I‘m pleased to be back on board and in the early 19th century with Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin as they sail to what was then known as New Holland (Australia) and the Spice Islands (Indonesia). This is book five in the 20 book Aubrey-Maturin series.

LeahBergen I need to get back to this series! 1mo
Ruthiella I pretty much only manage one book from it a year. 😅 1mo
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CrowCAH
Moonstone Pirate | Meara Platt
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OutAndAbout
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Pickpick

A fun romp through a female pirate's life. I thoroughly enjoyed the setting and the struggles of the main characters. The fight scenes were gory and compelling. The first half of the book felt realistic, but the second half leaned heavily on the "fiction" part of historical fiction. It's an interesting idea of what life could have been like though, and well worth the read. As all good readers do, suspend disbelief!

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rabbitprincess
The Inshore Squadron | Alexander Kent
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Overall, I'd say this was a Pick. The pace was good for a historical novel, and I enjoyed reading about the Battle of Copenhagen given that I visited the city this past summer. The only downside to this book: few female characters, and what ones exist are not well rounded. (I don't expect many given the setting, but it would be nice for the ones there ARE to be interesting.)

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CrowCAH
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