novelahistorica

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Wow mega Buch jedem zu empfehlen🙆🏼‍♀️, Damals das erste Buch in dem in meinem Kopf “eine Serie” abgespielt worden ist👍🏼 sehr interessant
Behandelt viele wichtige Thematiken auf eine spannende Art und Weise

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Bookworm54

Cathedral of the Sea: A Novel | Ildefonso Falcones

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This was my #FoodAndLit pick for #Spain and took me a little while as it was 750 pages 😱

I had a brief pause just before the 50% mark as I did get a bit annoyed with some of the choices the MC was making and couldn‘t be bothered watching it blow up! But I am glad I persevered as I did enjoy the story overall!

It follows Arnau from childhood through to adulthood in 14th century Barcelona, a period including the plague and the inquisition.

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Catsandbooks That's a chonky one! 🇪🇸 6mo

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Cuilin

Cathedral of the Sea: A Novel | Ildefonso Falcones

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Yes it was an epic masterpiece but it was also just a bit too much. There is only so much cruelty I can take with the racism, classism, feudal systems of oppression, religious oppression, treatment of women, and the brutality of the Inquisition. It‘s an amazing read but I was racing just to get it over with.
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dabbe I'm way behind and am still with the Celts in Ireland! 😜 8mo

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Cuilin @dabbe I‘d stick with the celts if I were you, Denise. I don‘t think I‘m likely to pick the Inquisition for #BookedInTime ever again Lol 8mo

julieclair I haven‘t started mine yet, but I was thinking I really wanted to read it. Now I‘m not so sure. Maybe I‘ll start, and if it‘s too violent & depressing, I‘ll give myself permission to DNF it. My book is

By Fire, By Water

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ChaoticMissAdventures Oh that is too bad. There really needs to be balance in these books to make them bearable. 8mo

Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures I just got a lupus diagnosis and I‘ve been pretty sick so I think this made me more sensitive to the darker aspects of the novel because there‘s no denying it is a good book. 8mo

Cuilin @julieclair what a dark time in history, whoa. No judgment if you DNF. 8mo

ChaoticMissAdventures @Cuilin so sorry to hear! Lupus is a beast, hoping you can get on a plan that helps you feel better soon, and that next month's book is happier! 8mo

Aimeesue Sorry to hear about the diagnosis. Autoimmune stuff is so hard. Hope you find a med that works well for you quickly! 8mo

Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures @Aimeesue thank you both. It‘s certainly a learning curve. 8mo

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Texreader

The Last Viking Trilogy: The Golden Horn, The Road of the Sea Horse, and The Sign of the Raven | Poul Anderson

E-trilogy on sale today only.

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LiseWorks

The Winemaker | Noah Gordon

February 5 #LuckyInLove Wine 🍷 @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Excellent ❤️🍷❤️ 11mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yes!! 🙌🏻 11mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I had to share this with my work bestie! She went to our favorite winery and got us some of our favorite watermelon and watermelon pear wine Saturday! 🍷❤️ (edited) 11mo

LiseWorks @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Never had Watermelon wine, lol but the best wine I ever had was from Nova Scotia, Blueberry Wine. 11mo

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lauramisiara

El Italiano / The Italian | Arturo Perez-Reverte

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Como tal es una buena historia basada en hechos reales. Pero el libro es mayormente aburrido y pienso que necesitaba ser mucho más editado antes de publicarlo. No se niega que aprendí muchas cosas de WW2 que no conocía y en sí, la historia fue interesante. Un libro ideal para alguien interesado en historia y hechos reales. No es buena opción para un lector que prefiere romance.

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rabbitprincess

Les Poisons de la Couronne (Les Rois Maudits, Tome 3) | Maurice Druon

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Maurice Druon‘s novels have proven quite zippy for me, relatively speaking. Although I‘m reading them in my second language, they are quite short (250ish pages including historical notes) and the story moves quickly. I don‘t know much French history so I‘m learning a lot.

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Texreader

Alexander: The sands of Ammon : [a novel] | Valerio Manfredi