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pickI am loving this series! It‘s so fun. Already put a hold on Libby for the next book!
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So many what ifs when it comes to the Roman conquering of Greece… If it wasn‘t for Rome, who knows what Greece or Europe could have looked like today… #history #europeanhistory #ancientgreece #ancientrome #romanempire #europe #normandavies #greece #syracuse #alternatehistory #moeriscus #Carthage #hannibal
HAPPY #BOOKSPIN DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE!
I‘m excited by the draw but also my worst fear came true as both picks this month are the chonkiest on the list! It was the number one downside to organizing my list in order of page count lol. This month my bookspin is the tagged and my double is The Dragonbone Chair.
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And of course, I perused the book nook and came away with a good haul from there as well. 🤓📚
so-soI am a bit disappointed. This is pitched as a reverse colonization novel. The Incas take Columbus' shops and sail across the ocean to take over Europe. It is painfully (for me) slow, with pages and pages of religious edicts. I had a really hard time concentrating, unfortunately the prologue was my favorite part. I had such a high hopes but this wasn't for me.
bailedEvery fantasy fan has their own pet peeves and dealbreakers regarding the suspension of disbelief required for this genre. One of my dealbreakers is prophecy. I think that trope is just lazy writing, and I always wind up wishing I had bailed when I persevere after some opaque prophetic verse is introduced. So exiting this novel at 15%.
“The first time Caesar approached Cora about running north, she said no.”
This book is a horror story! Well, not literally...but as a Native American reader, this is a horror story... especially with the current political climate.
The prejudice that Anequs faces is INFURIATING. This is a reimagined world, yet the prejudice echoes from my ancestral history...and now the reality we are all facing today.
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