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The Christmas Bookshop: A Novel | Jenny Colgan

#BookReport

I read The Ministry of Time

I finished The Winter Cottage on audio and started The Christmas Bookshop

I continued my reading of Revelation #ShardlakeBR and A Sunny Place for Shady People

I‘ve started The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

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AnneCecilie

The Winter Cottage | Rachael Lucas

#WeeklyForecast

Continue Revelation #ShardlakeBR and A Sunny Place for Shady People

I might finish The Winter Cottage on audio

I‘m about to start The Ministry of Time and hope to get to The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches as well

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AnneCecilie

The Winter Cottage | Rachael Lucas

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I finished both Missing Persons. Or: My grandmother‘s secrets and Xiania 2: Ada

I read Night Before Christmas

I kept listening to The Winter Cottage

I continued Barkskins, and started both A Sunny Place for Shady People and Revelation #ShardlakeBR

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Revelation. C.J. Sansom | C J Sansom

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The Shardlake Series buddy read is moving on to REVELATION. Any reading for this book in December counts toward #wintergames2024 readathon points if you're participating!

#ShardlakeSeriesBR #Shardlake #ShardlakeBR

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dabbe Thanks for posting! 💙❄️💙 3w

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dabbe

Revelation. C.J. Sansom | C J Sansom

Fabulous discussion this past Saturday, Shardlakians! Onward to REVELATION; see the schedule in the pic above. Any reading for this book in December counts toward #wintergames2024 readathon points if you're participating!
@StayCurious @Liseworks

#ShardlakeSeriesBR #Shardlake #ShardlakeBR
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Librarybelle Yay!! 3w

Mollyanna Looking forward to it! I still have a couple chapters left in Sovereign. Hoping to finish today or tomorrow. 3w

dabbe @Librarybelle 🤩🤗🤩 3w

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dabbe @Mollyanna 🤩🤗🤩 3w

lil1inblue Another book, another wife. 😅 Here we go! 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue Enter Catherine Parr! 🤩🤗🤩 2w

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AnneCecilie

Sovereign | C. J. Sansom

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The 3rd in the Shardlake series.

In this, Shardlake is summoned to Cranmer who wants Shardlake to follow along the King‘s travel to York in his capacity as a barrister. And by the way can he make sure that a rebel is kept alive until they reach London and The Tower?

And before Shardlake knows, he‘s entangled in so much more.

#ShardlakeBR

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AnneCecilie I have read the entire series before, and there‘s two scenes that have stuck with me. The first is when Shardlake meets the King. I actually thought it happened much later on in this book. The second scene is the torture scene in The Tower. The thing is that I thought they happened in different books and was a little shocked to find out they happened in the same book. 3w

dabbe @AnneCecilie Lots of brutality in this one. What a horrific period in which to live--yet I'm fascinated with it! 🤩 3w

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AnneCecilie

The Winter Cottage | Rachael Lucas

#WeeklyForecast

Finish Missing Persons. Or: My grandmother‘s secrets
Throughout the year I‘ve always had a nonfiction book on the go, but during advent I thought I should try something new. So after the Willis book, I‘ll start A Sunny Place for Shady People

I‘ll continue The Winter Cottage on audio

I‘ll read Revelation with #ShardlakeBR

I‘ll continue Barkskins, but also have some books due back at the library soon that I want to get to. 🔽

AnneCecilie I loved the first book in the Xiania series and have been looking forward to the second ever since and now it‘s out, focusing on Ada. So I‘ll slow down a little on my reading of Barkskins to be able to read about Ada (edited) 3w

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dabbe

Sovereign. C.J. Sansom (Revised) | C J Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR #ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

LiseWorks I have the next book ready to start for Dec. Wonder what adventures and deceptions for Shardlake. Who is he going to work for this time around 3w

dabbe Rich has now been at the center of Shardlake's woes in two books; I see him more in the future, unfortunately. I was surprise to have felt sympathy for Radwinter at the end of it all. Tamasin is an interesting addition, too. She'll give Barak and Shardlake a run for their money and keep things interesting. 🤩 3w

kwmg40 I'm looking forward to seeing how the addition of Tamasin to the cast will play out. 3w

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dabbe @kwmg40 She's going to add some spark, I think! 🤩 3w

AnneCecilie I think that apart for some characters that didn‘t make it and some that was very of this book, I think we will meet the others again, Richard Rich, Cranmer and Tamasin 3w

dabbe @AnneCecilie 🎯!!! 3w

Deblovestoread We haven‘t seen the last of Rich I don‘t think although I HATE that guy. Think Tamasin will definitely make things lively. 3w

dabbe @Deblovestoread As Barak would say, he's an a-one “arse“! 😂 3w

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Sovereign. C.J. Sansom (Revised) | C J Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR #ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

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LiseWorks I would have done the same thing. This protects himself and everyone around him. This tudor world is crazy enough without him rocking the boat. 3w

OutsmartYourShelf I think it's easy for us to say it wasn't ethical, but in those times men & women paid with their lives (after facing torture) for their decisions, sometimes at the mere whim of a monarch. Shardlake has seen a conspiracy bring down Anne Boleyn because Henry was tired of her, & then his benefactor Cromwell when he fell out of favour. Can we blame him for protecting himself? 3w

dabbe @Liseworks @OutsmartYourShelf Agree 💯. I'm concurrently reading the canon of Sherlock Holmes, and there are many times where Holmes either A. lets the bad guy go free for ethical reasons or B. does not for the same reasons. Shardlake's situation is even more dire than late 1800s England, so he destroys the papers, allowing Henry to remain king. Even though Henry's a tyrant, better the one you know than the one you don't I guess. 3w

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lil1inblue Given all Shardlake went through up to that point, his choices make so much sense. I think facing torture really impacted him. He was done with the intrigue of the court. Releasing those papers would only have created chaos, and there was no guarantee how things would unfold, or how it would put him in danger. 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue I agree. Re: King Henry, better the devil you know than the devil you don't. England was in such a precarious position in Europe at that time, too. Shardlake impresses me more and more with his willingness to do the right thing for the good of all--even if it's a personal sacrifice. 3w

kwmg40 Shardlake does seem to be able to look at the bigger picture. At the end, he just seemed to want peace in his life. 3w

AnneCecilie I guess I can understand the wish to protect yourself. 3w

Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes Nothing good can come of those papers going public. The only sure thing is a blood bath, which really won‘t be over legitimate blood lines, but of Catholic vs Protestants. Shardlake knows what he‘s done will haunt him. He had to choose between two evils, so he chose the one that kept the (precarious) peace. He has no guarantee what he‘s done won‘t be discovered in the future, so that threat will always haunt him. 3w

dabbe @Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes Excellent observations. 3w

Deblovestoread His self preservation is strong! And releasing those papers would have created chaos and likely ended in his death….Henry wouldn‘t have allowed him to live. 3w

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dabbe

Sovereign. C.J. Sansom (Revised) | C J Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR #ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

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OutsmartYourShelf Being an outsider in Tudor society, due to his physical disability, has probably made him susceptible to those who seem to show him genuine friendship. Shardlake also worries about losing Barak's friendship even though he is supposed to be an employee. 3w

LiseWorks I think he has such a soft heart that he believes the good in everyone. That probably makes him a good lawyer for the little guy. And yes, he seems hungry for friendship 3w

Karisimo And recently losing his father and the regrets he had in that relationship made him vulnerable 3w

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dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf @LiseWorks @Karisimo 🎯!!! As the books continue, my heart goes out more and more to him. He wants to much to love and be loved, and I think he feels left out now that Barak has Tamasin. I want him to find someone, dammit! 🤩 3w

lil1inblue I think the timing of his father's death deeply impacted his judgment of Wrenne. It seems he hadn't yet finished grieving, and then finds a father figure who is understanding of the choices that he feels guilt over. And one who seemingly made similar choices.
As the books progress, it does seem that Shardlake has a hard time understanding women. I think it is because of his history, and his self-consciousness over his disability. 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue Agree 💯! 3w

kwmg40 It does seem like a vulnerable time in Shardlake's life, with the loneliness making him more eager to trust. 3w

AnneCecilie I completely agree with you @lil1inblue when it comes to Wrenne. When it comes to Jennet Marlin, didn‘t she remind him of a childhood friend and had him think about what could have been? (edited) 3w

Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes I think Shardlake finds in Wynne the father he wished he‘d had because they have more in common than Shardlake ever had with his own father. Also, his own father was embarrassed by Shardlake‘s hunchback and disappointed he wanted nothing to do with the family farm. Wynne is everything Shardlake‘s own father was not. (edited) 3w

Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes As to females-they are a mystery he can‘t crack. Probably because he grew up without any female influence. If I remember right, his mother died when he was young? He didn‘t have any sisters, so there‘s no experience in dealing with women. I also think societal expectations came into play. Women were deceitful, but not murderers. 3w

dabbe @Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes Plus he's extremely conscious of his back, so that makes him even more vulnerable. 3w

lil1inblue @AnneCecilie Yes, she did! I hadn't even thought about that part. 3w

Deblovestoread I agree with all. He is someone who wants to love, wants connection beyond the superficial. I want it for him,too. 3w

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