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Pedrocamacho
Pawn of Prophecy | David Eddings
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Fun read, but it doesn‘t stand on its own. You really must read the series. Onward to the “Queen of Sorcery”!

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DieAReader
Polgara the Sorceress | David Eddings, Leigh Eddings
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#WondrousWednesday

1. 🏷️book

2. I read a lot of Christopher Pike, Stephen King & anything else fiction that caught my attention tbh🤣

3. Not really sure tbh🤷🏻‍♀️

😏Thanks for the tag @Eggs ❤️‍🔥

Eggs 💙🥳💛 6mo
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humouress
Polgara the Sorceress | David Eddings, Leigh Eddings
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I'm enjoying Polgara's story. Somehow, though they're (the Eddings) rehashing the events for the third time, they've managed to keep a fresh perspective. I did, in the early chapters, get a bit fed-up with the 'twin-speak' between Beldaran and her though, conversely, Beltira and Belkira are now quite loquacious. I still find the Poledra angle a bit puzzling; I think they sort of resurrected her in hindsight at the end of the Mallorean.

humouress I don‘t see much progress in development in this world over the centuries, apart from minor details like moving to stone from logs as building materials. And I‘m not a fan of the excessive formality of Arendish speech nor the Eddings‘ version of brogue that we have to endure - though those are incidental quibbles. 11mo
humouress I think the tone of this book is subtly different from the others in the series; Polgara is a touch more ruthless than we've seen her (or any of the other characters) before. And there's a bit more emphasis on girl-power (not that that was missing before). There are a few instances that have me trying to remember if we knew something at the time of the Belgariad or only discovered it when we started the Malloreon. (edited) 11mo
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humouress
Belgarath the Sorcerer | David Eddings, Leigh Eddings
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I found the epilogue touching, the way Garion‘s family history comes into focus for him, hearing it from someone who lived through it. I‘ve had similar experiences recently listening to stories from an aunt who got married just as civil war was breaking out and from another aunt who, aged 11, had to look after her 5 younger siblings on the last boat to leave before WWII because my gran was expecting and my grandad had to stay behind.

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humouress
Belgarath the Sorcerer | David Eddings, Leigh Eddings
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The Eddings poking fun at their writing style

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humouress
Belgarath the Sorcerer | David Eddings, Leigh Eddings
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Enjoying this. It‘s more for people who have read the Belgariad and the Malloreon than a stand-alone. I like the way Eddings pokes fun at himself (themselves) along the way for some of the quirks in his narrative. He also tries to change things up by giving a different view of events that we were told about as legends by saying that priests and so on embellished the stories as time went on. Maybe not as good as the original but still fun

humouress Bookmark: St Michael‘s Mount 1y
humouress Noting minor discrepancies, especially from the Belgariad 1y
humouress Easy reading, especially if you‘ve read the Belgariad and the Malloreon; easy to dip in and out of though some details (the ‘real story‘ vs ‘the myths‘) are different. But there are some things where I think ‘Wait, we didn‘t know that until later‘ and minor possible discrepancies but I can ignore those. Still fun 1y
humouress I do feel the Thulls unfairly get the worst of it on all sides 1y
humouress And, even though Torak is the villain, he didn‘t have much of a choice since he was created as a mistake. 1y
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Bookfan1414
Polgara the Sorceress | David Eddings, Leigh Eddings
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I don‘t know if you can tell.. but this is my comfort book. I am drowning in my reading slump and needed this. However, the use of defenestrated in a sentence always has me running for google definitions. (It means to throw someone out of a window)

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mrsmarch
Pawn of Prophecy | David Eddings
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1. If I‘m just taking a brain break, cozy mysteries are life.
2. I reread Little Women annually, but when I was hospitalized last year I had my husband bring me the first 3 books of The Belgariad (first one is tagged).
3. Pawn of Prophecy, Little Women/Little Men. Otherwise I‘m not much of a rereader, because there‘s so much on my TBR! The “Bibliophile Murders” by Kate Carlisle is a comfort series.

Thank you @MoonWitch94 for the tag!

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Chrissyreadit
Pawn of Prophecy | David Eddings
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Thanks for the tag @Laughterhp
I‘ve reread The Belgariad many times- and Little Women, Pride and Prejudice, Into The Wilderness - I think those are my top rereads.
I‘d love to know what books other people reread- so feel free to join or respond!

i.besteph Pride and prejudice is my all time favorite too! Anything by Jane Austen really. 😉🥰 (edited) 2y
Bradenthebooklover 1. Httyd 18 times 2.Harry Potter 11 3. Hunger games 3 2y
Maria514626 The Elegance of the Hedgehog. ❤️ 2y
jitteryjane724 HP series (1-7) countless times over the last 20 years...never fails to transport me to a happy place 2y
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wanderinglynn
The Belgariad | David Eddings
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Thanks for the tag @inthegreensandblues

Yes, I have quite a few books I read and reread including the tagged series. I originally read it at age 12, so over the past 30+ years, I‘ve read it innumerable times.

My other fave rereads include HHGTTG, Pride & Prejudice, books by Neil Gaiman, Patricia Briggs, Lisa Kleypas, Mary Oliver . . .

#littenswanttoknow

BarkingMadRead I‘ve read the Stand by Stephen King at least 20 times, and I‘ve read Little Women and also Pride and Prejudice at least 5 times each 2y
wanderinglynn @BarkingMadRun 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing!! ❤️ 2y
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