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The Eight
The Eight: A Novel | Katherine Neville
New York City, 1972A dabbler in mathematics and chess, Catherine Velis is also a computer expert for a Big Eight accounting firm. Before heading off to a new assignment in Algeria, Cat has her palm read by a fortune-teller. The woman warns Cat of danger. Then an antiques dealer approaches Cat with a mysterious offer: He has an anonymous client who is trying to collect the pieces of an ancient chess service, purported to be in Algeria. If Cat can bring the pieces back, there will be a generous reward. The South of France, 1790Mireille de Remy and her cousin Valentine are young novices at the fortresslike Montglane Abbey. With France aflame in revolution, the two girls burn to rebel against constricted convent lifeand their means of escape is at hand. Buried deep within the abbey are pieces of the Montglane Chess Service, once owned by Charlemagne. Whoever reassembles the pieces can play a game of unlimited power. But to keep the Game a secret from those who would abuse it, the two young women must scatter the pieces throughout the world. . . . From the Trade Paperback edition.
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dabbe
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#WondrousWednesday @Eggs (thanks for the tag; you, too @The_Penniless_Author 🤩🤗😀)

1. Movies: too many! WORKING GIRL, PRETTY IN PINK, NOTTING HILL, APOLLO 13, RUDY ...
2. Sorry, Life, and Monopoly.
3. THE EIGHT: a riveting mystery chase involving ♟️.

Play? @jdiehr @CBee @sace

Eggs Thanks for playing and sharing 🥳❤️ 5mo
dabbe @Eggs 🩵😘🩵 5mo
MaleficentBookDragon ❤️❤️❤️Working Girl and 5mo
dabbe @MaleficentBookDragon 🤩😀🤗 5mo
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Lizpixie
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#AutumnPlease #Day14 #NatChessDay I read this one years ago, in the 90s I think. It‘s about a legendary chess set presented to Emperor Charlemagne by eight Moors, made of of silver & gold & studded with rubies, emeralds, diamonds & sapphires. #Scarathlon #SpookyGhostClub 6pts

Eggs Well played!! 🖤♟️❤️ 14mo
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dabbe
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Pickpick

Incredibly fun read. I happily had to do lots of research on the French Revolution, Algiers, and chess! You do have to tremendously suspend your disbelief--but the fun read is worth it. Could definitely read again--just for the history alone.

Favorite Quote: “Music has power to create a universe or to destroy a civilization.“

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TheAromaofBooks
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Pickpick

Woohoo!! I finished this one!! I think the “official“ #chunksterchallenge is anything over 800 pages, but for my personal 2022 challenge, I'm counting anything over 500 pages - these are books I've been putting off the last couple of years because of trying to hit my GR goal. This year, I've set my goal to 50 and even though I spent an entire week reading this one, I'm still 7 books ahead of schedule 😂 Anyway, this book! I loved it! Although it ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) was one of those books that did sometimes make me feel a little dumb. There is a lot going on here, and a lot of math, music, history, and chess - and I'm not particularly an expert on any of those! But the dual storylines really worked here, and I found myself very invested in both timelines. The ending felt almost too tidy, as a lot of complications got tied up quickly, but I'm a big fan of HEA, so I'm always willing to give a little ⬇ 3y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) leeway there!! All in all a really enjoyable read and one I can see myself picking up again. I'm planning to read the sequel this week!!

#JumpStart2022 @Clwojick @Lizpixie
#Pantone2022 - Harbour Blue - it actually matched in real life 😂@Clwojick
#RoadTripUSA2022 - New York @megnews
#19822022 - 1988 (I actually hadn't realized this book was so old!) @Librarybelle
#AestheticallyMatched @Clwojick
#RoaringWolf - Hello @Roary47 @Littlewolf1
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TheAromaofBooks #WickedWords - @AsYouWish - I can't remember, does the word need to actually be in the title, or does the book just need to “match“ in some way? I.e., this cover is blue, so does it count for blue? 3y
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Lizpixie Nice work!🙌 3y
AsYouWish @TheAromaofBooks It just needs to relate in some way, blue color on cover counts!!!!💙💙💙💙 3y
TheAromaofBooks @AsYouWish - Sweet!! I couldn't remember what the exact rules were! 😂 3y
AsYouWish @TheAromaofBooks The rules are flexible - it is just a fun way to get those books off our TBRs or a way to help pick books to read when we are stuck. 😁 3y
Librarybelle Oh! A 1980s one! Excellent! 3y
Roary47 Yay! 3y
Clwojick Woohooooo! 💙💙💙💙 3y
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TheAromaofBooks
The Eight: A Novel | Katherine Neville
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#BookReport - Still working my way through the tagged... the orchard is winding down fast, so there has been a lot of end-of-season stuff going on, plus I'm way into my current rendition of Stardew Valley 😂 I am staying on top of my chapter-a-day reads (not pictured) - David Copperfield, Wuthering Heights, The Story Girl, Pinocchio (more like 3-5 chapters a day on that one, so short), and my current nonfiction read, The Year-Round Vegetable ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Gardener, which is all about extending your growing seasons via cold frames, row covers, etc. The garden is due for a big renovation this spring, so I'm researching ways to improve the layout and overall usefulness of the space. I've decided not to return to my greenhouse job, so I'm hoping to have more time to devote to my home gardens this spring.

I've been surprised at how much I have been enjoying both David Copperfield & Wuthering⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Heights, although for completely different reasons. David Copperfield is surprisingly warm and humorous, despite all of David's many trials. Wuthering Heights is just honestly so ridiculous. I remember reading this in high school and wishing everyone would die of the plague - I still feel that way, but it's also like watching a slow-motion train wreck, if the train was full of terrible people 😂

@Cinfhen
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IndoorDame I love The Eight! 3y
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Daisey Yes, I feel much the same about Wuthering Heights. I did not enjoy it the first time just because there was absolutely no one to like. This time I‘m reading with a different view, appreciating the writing, and accepting that all the characters are awful! 3y
vlwelser The Eight ❤ I still need to read The Fire. Which I have on my shelf but haven't been motivated to read. 3y
Cinfhen Windowsill looking nice and full 😁😉😘 3y
rabbitprincess I love that cow mug on the right! Also I binged my main Stardew save yesterday (where I married Harvey) and caught one of the legendary fish!! 3y
TheAromaofBooks @IndoorDame @vlwelser - I'm really enjoying The Eight when I can sit down and focus on it for big chunks. Since a lot of my reading is in bits and pieces through the day, it's taking me a while to get through it, but I do like it!! And I'm looking forward to reading the sequel, although I might fit a few lighter books in first!! 3y
TheAromaofBooks @Cinfhen - I gotta get that windowsill winnowed down a little before I add my February books to it! 😂 3y
TheAromaofBooks @rabbitprincess - lately my husband has been playing through Farcry 6 so I started a new SV farm (the one with the islands) and almost through Fall of the first year. I might marry Sebastian this time - Shane was my first love 😂 3y
rabbitprincess @TheAromaofBooks Haha I almost married Shane because his sprite is the cutest, but Harvey likes planes 🥰🥰🥰 I played my Beach farm today and will be marrying Maru in that one (but I‘m dating both her and Harvey because I can 🤣) 3y
TheAromaofBooks @rabbitprincess - I love getting all of them to 8 hearts and then deciding what to do haha I guess I will just have to keep starting new farms so I can marry everyone at different times... I know you can divorce and remarry but that just doesn't fit with my happy SV vibe! Also I still haven't caught any of the legendary fish, so that's pretty fantastic for you!! 3y
rabbitprincess @TheAromaofBooks Same, I could never divorce any of them! I have to come up with different protagonists for each one, like Elliott gives me Beauty and the Beast vibes so he should marry Belle 🤣 3y
TheAromaofBooks @rabbitprincess - LOL same!!! 😂 My newest character is totally different from the one who married Shane! 3y
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TheAromaofBooks
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#JoyousJanuary starts tomorrow!! I've been slowing working my way through the tagged book this week - too many other books going on at the same time has made this one a bit of a struggle. I'm enjoying it, but there are a lot of threads going on, and I just haven't been able to devote big chunks of time like it deserves!! So my goal is to finish this one - I'm about halfway now, so that feels doable - and to read one of the shorter books from my ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) January TBR!!

@Andrew65
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Andrew65 Good luck 😊👍 3y
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vlwelser
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#BookSpinBingo update. I'm off to a slow start. But I finished my #DoubleSpin.

🌟=really good
❤=excellent

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
Megabooks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4y
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vlwelser
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Pickpick

To be fair, I also really liked the first time that I read it. This is historical fiction with chess, adventure, intrigue, romance, and alchemy. Among other things. I highly recommend it. I'm going to finally read the sequel also, but not right this second.

#BookSpinBingo square 7
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Oooo sounds fun!! Stacked!! 4y
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vlwelser
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"It is always better to sacrifice your opponent's men."

Rereading this book about chess. I found this quote particularly amusing.

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Kboltz
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Pickpick

2 timelines looking for a chess set that holds the mystery of life. I liked the past timeline the best and could have done without the other. As you move through time you recognize people from history and everyone is looking for this chess set. Does come together at the end but I just thought it was a bit too long for me. Frodo took too long finding the ring, Cat in the Eight took too long in this to find the ♟

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the-woman-who-read-everything
The Eight: A Novel | Katherine Neville

“Words have the power to create and kill.”

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bookandbedandtea
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Pickpick

I finished this a day or two ago & have been trying to decide what to say. Likes: strong female characters, a juicy conspiracy, lots of history, fabulous locations. Dislikes: no one would give Cat any info, a lot of the math & chess discussions went over my head, the sheer number of famous historical figures involved in The Game began to feel improbable, it was too loong! Mostly a pick but I'm not su0re I'd search out her other books.

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bookandbedandtea
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#CurrentRead

This is off to a good start but I've had so many distractions this weekend that I haven't gotten far. Hoping to make some progress now that I'm in bed with my tea and some quiet.

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bookandbedandtea
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📚 The Eight
👩‍💻 Kelli Estes
🎬 Ever After
🌯 Enchiladas
#manicmonday @JoScho

JoScho Thanks for playing ❤️ 6y
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Sharpeipup
The Eight: A Novel | Katherine Neville
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Book - The Eight
Author - Ernest Cline
Movie - Easy A
Food - Enchiladas
#manicmonday @JoScho

Lreads My Grandma used to make the best enchiladas. 6y
JoScho Thanks for playing ❤️ 6y
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BookMaven9
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Bailedbailed

Im baffled by how many love this book. After reading about half of it, I just couldn‘t pick it up anymore. I feel bad cause I wanted to love it.

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dragonfire1977
The Eight: A Novel | Katherine Neville
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Found these at a bookstore that is closing on Friday..all for 3 dollars

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MaleficentBookDragon
The Eight: A Novel | Katherine Neville
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This #kindle daily deal is actually a pretty interesting story.

rubyslippersreads I really enjoyed this one. 7y
hissingpotatoes I enjoyed this quite a bit. The sequel not so much. 7y
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Bourriquet76
The Eight: A Novel | Katherine Neville
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1. Ramen bowl from a place I like downtown
2. Most favoritest book ever
3. I don‘t have any. I told my daughter I‘m higher on the evolutionary scale than she is (she has to have hers out in the summer).
4. Perry the Platypus on Phineas and Ferb
5. Libra
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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Perry! My daughter was Perry one year for Halloween: turquoise shirt/pants, duck bill, fedora, felt tail. She won a contest. Ha!!! 7y
night_shift 😍😍 that looks so good! 7y
Suetara The Eight! I love that book, too! 7y
TricksyTails Yum! 7y
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Bourriquet76
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It‘s a #coffeecoffeecoffee giveaway! My favorite book (can you tell?) and one of my favorite mugs. We have a bunch of the SBux You Are Here mugs, but the Disneyland one is a special favorite.

JoScho I love those mugs 💕 7y
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Bourriquet76
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I feel like I need to drop everything today and reread this—my favorite book of all time.

RadicalReader @Bourriquet76 I hope you enjoy Litsy. I adore your posts!! Seriously the TBR is definitely one I want to conquer as a bookworm, more than those who want to conquer climbing Mount Everest. 7y
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Bourriquet76
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My copy of my favorite book ever. I bought it brand new in 1996 at Media Play. It‘s been well read and well loved.

Melissa_J I enjoyed this one too 😊 7y
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Bourriquet76
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My favorite book since undergrad (and I‘m in my early 40s), I reread it at least every year. My pick for the #gimmegimme #giveaway from @Liberty !

AmyG I read this years ago...and loved it. 7y
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susanw
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I loved this one when I read it years ago. Never read the sequel, I‘m afraid it will tarnish my feelings. #novemberbythenumbers @Tiffy_Reads @JoeStalksBeck

LeahBergen 👏🏻👏🏻 I loved it, too! 7y
annalibris I‘ve read it many times, and love it, but I also did like the sequel. It‘s not as good as the first one, of course, but it does continue the story and finding out what happens to all those wonderful characters is really nice. 7y
ApoptyGina69 I don‘t know this book, but looks up my alley! #stacked! 7y
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Reita325
The Eight: A Novel | Katherine Neville
Mehso-so

Enjoyable but anticlimactic. Enjoy the journey; but not so great destination.

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Bookish2
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Library book sale find!!
Fantastic condition and one of my favorites!
📚🐉😍😍😍

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Dragon
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A couple of recommends that fill two prompts today ( sort of ) assuming the figure eight is #ashapeinthetitle and a castle owned by a human dragon is #brokedownpalace . I love these long June evenings 😀#junebookbugs #brokedownpalace

Dragon Oh this is also #numbertitles #riotgrams 7y
Cinfhen Nicely done 👍🏻#multiplayer 😜😂 7y
MommyOfTwo I read Uprooted it was pretty good 7y
Dragon Thanks @MommyOfTwo 😀👍🐉 7y
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BeckaroniAndCheese
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Pickpick

For those following, this was great! A little DaVinci Code-ish but fun to follow and guess my way through it.

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BeckaroniAndCheese
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I met a milestone today! I love sharing my reading time with you all and I especially love learning what you all are enjoying! Here's to a million more books ... and MORE!!

JessClark78 Congrats!! 🎊🎉🎉📚 8y
DGRachel Yay! 🎉🎉🍾🎉🎉 8y
britt_brooke 🙌🏻🙌🏻 8y
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rubyslippersreads 🎉📚🎉📚🎉🎉🎉 8y
Jas16 Yay!!! 🎉📚👏 8y
LauraBeth 😀👏🎉📚 8y
BibliophileMomma Yay!! 🍾🎉📚👏🏻🎊🙌🏼 8y
CouronneDhiver Woohoo!! 8y
CherylDeFranceschi Congrats! 🎉📚🎉 8y
moranadatter Congrats!🎉🎂 8y
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BeckaroniAndCheese
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This is up next because Grandma thinks I'll like it. We'll see. Sometimes we LOVE the same books. Other times, it's like we're on different planets.

Mariposa_Bookworm I have two copies of this. My mom's book club read it eons ago. My aunt never reads the books so I always get her copy. Somehow I ended up with both. I always keep them because they came from my mommy. 8y
leslieisreading I loved this when I read it in college! I don't remember a thing about it except that it was DaVinci Code-esque. But I remember being totally absorbed by it. 8y
megt This was assigned as a summer reading book for one of my high school courses ages ago. I never did finish it (I hated being told what to read, even if they were books I ended up liking) but I remember being totally engrossed in it for awhile. Maybe it's time to revisit and actually finish it this time! 8y
BeckaroniAndCheese @megt It's definitely got me hooked and I'm less than 20 pages in. Pick it up again! 8y
megt Good to know! I think I still have a copy - adding it to my summer tbr list! 8y
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underthebelljar
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Eh, this one isn't keeping my interest. Thinking of bailing and coming back to it when I'm in the mood for it. I can't figure out what kind of book I'm in the mood for though...

AlaMich I hate that, when nothing seems very appealing. 8y
underthebelljar @AlaMich So do I 🙁 Maybe I'm in a reading slump. 8y
readinginthedark Maybe read a chapter each of some books in different genres and writing styles until something grabs you? 8y
underthebelljar @readinginthedark Good idea! I grabbed a cozy yesterday and it has seemed to do the trick. 😊 8y
readinginthedark @BookishJess Awesome! I hate reading slumps. 8y
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underthebelljar
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😂 What? How do you get that mixed up?

tpixie 😳😜 8y
MrBook Eh, they both bring pleasure to a person. 😆 8y
LauraJ Uh, Kimmy Schmidt??? 8y
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underthebelljar @MrBook 😂 In very different ways! 8y
underthebelljar @LauraJ 😂😂😂 That is totally a mistake Kimmy Schmidt would make! Love that show. 8y
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underthebelljar
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Happy Friday, Littens! I'm so ready for the weekend. Just started The Eight the other day. I'm only 8 pages in and it's already got me hooked! I hope this one will continue to keep my interest.

Debiw781 I loved this one when I read it. I keep saying I'm going to reread it 8y
LeahBergen It's a fun one! 8y
underthebelljar @Debiw781 @LeahBergen I'm really enjoying it so far. I like how it switches between the two time periods. 8y
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mimibascog
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Six years and one month ago, i bought my first ever "real" book with my very own money. It was an impulsive buy (much like what i do whenever i wander into a bookstore) but had left me fascinated with French Revolution, certain Russian Grand Master, and the hope that someday i will have my own library. I have learned so much from something so little. Here's to my future library. ??

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susanw
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I loved this one, it has everything, alternating timelines, mathematics, chess, mystical powers, French Revolution. The blurb on the back called it "A feminist answer to Raiders of the Lost Ark" 'nuff said. #funfridayphoto @Liberty

LeahBergen Such a fun read! 8y
[DELETED] 2232195534 I think I have a copy of this book somewhere. Need to look for it! 8y
Dragon Loved this book !, 8y
Bette Loved this one too! 💕👍😊 8y
Nebklvr Loved this one. Didn't like the sequel as much 8y
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Darci
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Pickpick

Interesting. Smart people would probably even enjoy it more than I did.

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Bookish2
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Pickpick

A story that switches between the French Revolution and the 1970's, centered around an extraordinary chess set and game with global consequences. I loved every minute of it.

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