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#HauntedShelf @PuddleJumper @LitsyEvents
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Hi, Shardlakians!
If any of you are participating in #HauntedShelf, remember that our reading of SOVEREIGN counts as a readathon during 10/1-10/31! See info in the above pic.

Daisey, PurpleyPumpkin, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

kwmg40 This is on my #HauntedShelf TBR! 1h

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Centique

Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

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Sometimes you need a side trip to the sixteenth century to solve a few murders. Loved being back in this world with Matthew Shardlake. Just realised there is a buddy read of this happening right now so i wont breathe a word more about it! 😂 Enjoy guys

Photo: WW2 tunnels at Fort Stony Batter. NZ never got invaded but it was a possibility so we built some defences like this one.

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dabbe Feel free to join us if you like! Let me know if you'd like to be added to our list. #ShardlakeSeriesBR 😊 6d

Centique @dabbe sounds like a good idea! Ive just been reading the posts 👍 6d

dabbe @Centique You're on it! Welcome! 🤗 6d

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#ShardlakeSeriesBR

Hey, Shardlakians~
A fun October fest awaits with the #HauntedShelf, hosted by @PuddleJumper! The link below will take you to her original post where you can sign up! This is right up our Tudor dark alley, so to speak--since what we're reading fits and counts as a readathon for all of October! 🧡🎃🧡
Link to sign up: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2771648

Daisey, PurpleyPumpkin, AnneCecilie, Gissy, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

Gissy I‘m in🙋🏽‍♀️ 6d

dabbe @Gissy Yay! 🤩😊🤗 6d

kwmg40 I“ve signed up! 6d

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dabbe @kwmg40 Yahoo! 🤩🤗😊 6d

kelli7990 I signed up 6d

PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ 6d

Cuilin ✅👻 6d

dabbe @kelli7990 Wahoo! 🤩🤗😊 5d

dabbe @PuddleJumper 🩶🧡🩶 5d

dabbe @Cuilin 🩶🧡🩶 5d

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#hauntedshelf @PuddleJumper @Jadams89 #frightclub

Quick question: Do buddy reads count as readathons? Ex.: #NoPlaceLikeHolmes is reading Halloweeny SH stuff the entire month of October. #NancyDrewBR is reading a mystery in October. #ShardlakeSeriesBR is reading a dark Tudor-mystery read in October. The #hashtagbrigade is reading DRACULA for the entire month of October.

Jadams89 I‘ll find out! 1w

PuddleJumper Yes, it does. 'Readathon' is being very loosely used. It means any reading challenge, bingo board, buddy read etc 7d

dabbe @PuddleJumper Can they be placed on the “October Readathons“ spreadsheet, or should we just get the word out to the people who belong in the buddy reads? 🩶🧡🩶 6d

PuddleJumper @dabbe I'll add them to the spreadsheet 6d

dabbe @PuddleJumper Thank you! 🤗🥰🤩 5d

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#SaturdayChaturday
Thanks for the tags, @TheSpineView and @Cuilin! 🩶🧡🩶

1. Spending the morning on the new couch drinking coffee, doing my puzzles, updating Litsy stuff.
2. Loving the Q&A on DARK FIRE for the #ShardlakeSeriesBR
3. Looking forward to the Q&A over QUEEN HEREAFTER with @Librarybelle and the #LiteraryCrew!
4. Getting caught up on some #LitsyLove correspondence.
5. Watching college football!
6. Laundry and picking up.
7. READING! 😂

TheSpineView I watched part of the Clemson game. It was depressing so turned it off. 3w

dabbe @TheSpineView 1st quarter was good. Then ... kaput! 😂 3w

Librarybelle It sounds fun, except laundry! 3w

dabbe @Librarybelle 😂🤩🤗 3w

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dabbe

Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR

Any thoughts on these quotes, Shardlakians?
Link to slides: https://shorturl.at/lHSWQ

Daisey, PurpleyPumpkin, AnneCecilie, Gissy, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

AnneCecilie I have no idea who‘s the guilty one in either of the cases. 3w

dabbe @AnneCecilie I've read it, and I can't remember, so it's like reading it for the first time! 😂 3w

AnneCecilie @dabbe I‘ve read it too, some 10 yrs ago and can‘t remember either. 3w

lil1inblue I have no hunches thus far. Right now, they all seem suspect. 3w

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dabbe

Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR

Any thoughts on this quote, Shardlakians?
Link to slides: https://shorturl.at/lHSWQ

Daisey, PurpleyPumpkin, AnneCecilie, Gissy, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

LiseWorks Definitely Catherine Howard 3w

AnneCecilie I also had a feeling hi was there with Catherine Howard 3w

dabbe @LiseWorks @AnneCecilie ... that was my vibe, too. Also, who would go on a so-called lovely river cruise with a wife you can't stand or the guy that set you up with her? 😂 3w

lil1inblue Apparently gossiping about royals has been a tradition for centuries! 😂 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue #truth! 3w

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dabbe

Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR

Any thoughts on this quote, Shardlakians?
Link to slides: https://shorturl.at/lHSWQ

Daisey, PurpleyPumpkin, AnneCecilie, Gissy, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

rwmg Greek Fire was real. Usually thought to be naphtha or petroleum. See

Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World

LiseWorks Although the recipe was never found. And it was lost. 3w

Karisimo I was wondering the whole time if it was something that we take for granted today, such as petroleum. 3w

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dabbe @rwmg @LiseWorks @Karisimo According to C.J. Sansom, the author: I had heard of the mysterious ancient weapon known as “Greek Fire“ used by the Byzantine armies against the Arabs in the seventh century, the formula for which had been lost but which modern scholars believe was based on petroleum and could even be something like napalm. I thought having the formula appear in one of the monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII would make a good story.“ 3w

lil1inblue Researching this almost sent me down a rabbit hole. How terrifying, especially in that time period! 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue No wonder Henry VIII wants it to fight the French. 3w

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dabbe

Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR

Any additional thoughts, Shardlakians?
Link to slides: https://shorturl.at/lHSWQ

Daisey, PurpleyPumpkin, AnneCecilie, Gissy, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

LiseWorks Too bad Shardlake needs to work for Cromwell. 3w

AnneCecilie I‘m wondering what Dark Fire actually is. And was it real? 3w

Karisimo The tension between these competing demands on his time/energy really drive the narrative! 3w

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dabbe @AnneCecilie Some good thoughts are posted on Slide 12. 🤩 3w

dabbe @LiseWorks Agree 💯, especially when we know what's going to happen to him. 😱 3w

dabbe @Karisimo 🎯! 🤩 3w

AnneCecilie @dabbe I saw some of them after my post here 3w

lil1inblue @Karisimo Indeed they do. So much tension! 3w

lil1inblue I'm wondering if there's going to be a moral conundrum arising. Should he find it, how will Shardlake feel about putting such a lethal and terrifying weapon in Cromwell's hands? Especially in light of his new views of Reform? 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue Good point. Sharklake hasn't even addressed that fact ... yet. 3w

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dabbe

Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR

Any thoughts on this quote, Shardlakians?
Link to slides: https://shorturl.at/lHSWQ

Daisey, PurpleyPumpkin, AnneCecilie, Gissy, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

OutsmartYourShelf I have a feeling Ralph was a complete & utter psychopath. 3w

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf Driving your mom to an early grave can't be good. And Joseph and the sisters explaining how violent Elizabeth would get every time Ralph was around definitely has one wondering, doesn't it? 3w

OutsmartYourShelf @dabbe The missing pets & the goading things he said raised immediate red flags for me. I guess their remains are in the well. 3w

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dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf Excellent deduction, Sherlock! 🤩 3w

LiseWorks I think the family killed pets, and Elizabeth knows. Didn't someone disappear from that household? She is terrified, and something happened to her for her behavior to be like that 3w

AnneCecilie Something is not right in that household, and all the family members have decided to blame the girl that is standing alone. Ralph was definitely not the perfect child they made him out to be, and I have a feeling the girls isn‘t either. Didn‘t it say somewhere that the well smelled? 3w

dabbe @LiseWorks I also think something had to have happened to her personally for her to be so violent. 3w

dabbe @AnneCecilie Oh, yeah. That's what Barack and Shardlake are going to check out. We stopped at an extremely pivotal moment! 😀 3w

AnneCecilie @dabbe I know. It was very hard to stop on the right chapter, but it would have been very easy to spoil something otherwise. 3w

lil1inblue @OutsmartYourShelf Ditto. 3w

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