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First Law Along #10: The Wisdom of Crowds
With this tenth post, the #FirstLawAlong is over! The live show for this book already took place at the beginning of September and I miraculously managed to finish the book before the start of the show. I didn’t manage to write and post my review before then, however, which is why I have now procrastinated on it, since the events…
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Read in July 2024
In July, my reading started to improve. Not quite back to normal yet, but there is definitely improvement! In July, I read a total of 11 books, good for 3571 pages. The average July book comes to 325 pages/book. The stars fluctuated between 2 and 4, with mainly 3-star books. This brings the average July book to 3.2 stars. In…
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First Law Along #9: The Trouble with Peace
I missed the live show for the ninth and penultimate (!) act in this First Law Along readathon due to other obligations. That’s why I kept putting off writing my review for this book. The live show for the 10th and final book is on September 1st, and although I still have to start reading and therefore have no idea…
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The Fitzalong #3: Assassin’s Quest
Robin Hobb is a much-loved fantasy author and one I have long wanted to read, but also one I find extremely intimidating. A readathon is something that often activates me, so I was happy to find out about The Fitzalong by Lianne from Literary Diversions. The plan is to read the entire Realm of the Elderlings series, comprised of 16…
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Read in June 2024
The reading slump that managed to sink its claws into me in May stubbornly clung to me for much of June. At the beginning of the month I kept trying audiobooks, but eventually decided to leave it be and not force it, resulting in 20 days of not reading. Thanks to a fortunate rediscovery on my e-reader, my reading mojo…
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Read in May 2024
The first half of May was a boom for my reading pleasure, but then in the second week I delved into a highly rated book for a book club that I just couldn’t find my way into. I felt how the book sucked all the pleasure and enthusiasm out of me, but I still didn’t want to give in. I…
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The Fitzalong #2: Royal Assassin
Robin Hobb is a much-loved fantasy author and one I have long wanted to read, but also one I find extremely intimidating. A readathon is something that often activates me, so I was happy to find out about The Fitzalong by Lianne from Literary Diversions. The plan is to read the entire Realm of the Elderlings series, comprised of 16…
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Read in April 2024
I’m currently battling a fairly persistent reading slump, which is partly to blame for me not updating on my reviews here. Fortunately, in April I was still diligent enough to systematically write my reviews, which sadly cannot be said for May or June, but at the moment the number of books read from those two months combined is almost half…
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First Law Along #8: A Little Hatred
Although at the moment I have no idea when the live show for the discussion of this book in the First Law Along will take place, the schedule originally scheduled this book for February-March 2024. With that the previous book was postponed by a month, I thought it likely that this book would also be moved forward. So April became…
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Read in March 2024
March was a month of serious ups and downs as far as reading goes. It started well, but as the month progressed my choice of books became increasingly unsuccessful, even for a few for which I had high hopes. In total I read 9 books, good for 3174 pages. The average March book comes to 353 pages/book. As mentioned, a…
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