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Tombland | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thanks to all of you who gave me your thoughts. Here are the results! I can't believe we're on the last book! Its is a humdinger!!!

And TGIF!!! 😍

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

Mollyanna TGIF Denise! Thank you for organizing this buddy read. I am going to miss spending time with Matthew and his gang when we finish. 😂 2w

Daisey Sounds good, especially since I‘ve yet to start. If I get caught up on my current audiobooks, I may give in and find this one on audio. 2w

dabbe @Mollyanna Me, too! 💙🩵💙 2w

dabbe @Daisey Boy, do I hear ya! I'm behind on all of my group reads, so I'm glad to have more time to read when I can with this one. 💙🩵💙 2w

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dabbe

Tombland | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR
Hey, Shardlakians~
Maybe I'm in lazy mode because it's the summer, but I have a proposed idea for reading this last book. Please read the two choices above and let me know below which one you would like to do: choice 1 or choice 2. Whoever has the most votes by Sunday, 7/21, wins! I'll then let everyone know. 🤩

LiseWorks I like the discussions it keeps me fresh. But periodically, check-ins will do until the last part. Do I win? Lol 3w

Mollyanna Similar to @LiseWorks I like the idea of check-ins until a final discussion at the end. 3w

Karisimo Check-ins, then a final discussion sounds fine to me 3w

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lil1inblue I agree with @liseworks @mollyanna and @karisimo - check-ins and final discussion work for me! 3w

PurpleyPumpkin I‘m am nowhere near caught in my reading of this series!😅 But if you need votes, I‘m happy to add to the tally. And I agree with my fellow Shardlakians, check-ins along the way with a final in-depth discussion at the end sound good. 3w

OutsmartYourShelf I‘m not fussed either way. I tend to read it only a few days before the discussion date anyway. 3w

Deblovestoread I haven't even started so I'm good with a final discussion at the end. 3w

kwmg40 I too am good with check-ins and a final discussion at the end. 3w

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dabbe

Tombland | C. J. Sansom

It just turn 8 PM in Phoenix, AZ Temps are still above 100º, but the sun is down. Sitting on the couch, ready to catch up with the #ShardlakeBR. Kate almost made it to the couch. She's already hygge-in'.

Have a lovely Sunday, everybody, and kick butt this week! 🩵💙🩵

#hyggehourreadathon
@Alldebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit ( 😍 you ladies!)

TheBookHippie 66F and sprinkling rain… which isn‘t stopping fireworks in the neighborhood 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 at 11PM 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1mo

AllDebooks Cute 😍 🐾 1mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie What frickin' calendar are they following? 😂 1mo

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dabbe @AllDebooks 🖤🐾🖤 1mo

Leftcoastzen 👍🐶I‘m melting! 1mo

AnnCrystal 💕🐕‍🦺💝. 1mo

Chrissyreadit 😘💛💛💛 1mo

dabbe @Leftcoastzen I hear ya! 🖤🐾🖤 1mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🖤🐾🖤 1mo

dabbe @Chrissyreadit 😘🖤🐾🖤 1mo

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dabbe

Tombland | C. J. Sansom

#fictionaltraveler
@julieclair 😘

The #ShardlakeBR is beginning our LAST book in the series. I can't believe it! We'll be on the merry ol' island of England surrounded by water on all sides! It looks like a lot of time will be spent in the Northfolk area, bordering the North Sea on the east. The North Sea reminds me of Wart (King Arthur) learning to fly as a goose (thanks to Merlyn's magic) over the North Sea with Lyo-Lyok. Love that book! 🌊

julieclair Enjoy! 1mo

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dabbe

Tombland | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR @dabbe

Excellent discussion yesterday, Shardlakians! We now approach the last book in the series: TOMBLAND. And it is a major chunkster: 86 chapters and close to 900 pages! That's why we'll read it in three parts; then, the length will be pretty close to what we've been doing all along. Happy reading!

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

Susanita Is this the right tag list? ;) 1mo

CBee @Susanita I was wondering 😂 1mo

Librarybelle OMG! I‘m still on book two. I really fell behind! 😂🤦🏻‍♀️ 1mo

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dabbe @Susanita @CBee Oops! Sorry about that! #toomanylists 😂 1mo

dabbe @Librarybelle You're running too many book clubs, m'dear! 😂 Seriously, no worries! 💙🩵💙 1mo

AnnCrystal Thank you for the tag, but I don't have this book. My apologies. 📚💝. 1mo

CBee @dabbe I‘m really surprised I haven‘t done this yet 😂 1mo

LiseWorks Fantastic about breaking it up because I can take time reading it. 1mo

Cuilin @Librarybelle You‘re not alone, I‘m on book two also 🤦‍♀️ 1mo

Librarybelle That makes me feel better, @Cuilin ! 1mo

lil1inblue I can't believe we're on the last book! No more H VIII - this promises to be interesting! 1mo

dabbe @LiseWorks IKR? Thank goodness! 😍 1mo

dabbe @lil1inblue I think we're going to see more of Mary, Elizabeth, and Edward in this one! 🤩 1mo

dabbe @Librarybelle I hope you know I was just kidding with you. You've got so much on your plate so absolutely no worries whatsoever. 😍 1mo

lil1inblue @dabbe It's gonna be interesting! 🤩🤩🤩 1mo

Librarybelle Oh I completely know! I won‘t be blocking you anytime soon! 😂 1mo

dabbe @Librarybelle Now THAT made my day. 😍😂😘 1mo

Daisey This is the only one of the series I've not read at all, and I just downloaded the ebook today. However, I still have some other reading to finish before I can start it. So, intrigued to see where this one goes. 1mo

dabbe @Daisey It's a doozy! Our only 3-monther! 🤩😍🤩 1mo

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dabbe

Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

#readingbracket2025 #readingbracket25 @Catsandbooks (thank you! 😍)

Catsandbooks Wonderful! 🎉 👏🏼 1mo

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dabbe

Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

#readingbracket2025 #readingbracket25 @CSeydel (thank you! 😍)

CSeydel Looking good! 1mo

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LiseWorks

Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

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This series keeps getting better and better. I love to read about this era. I don't think I would want to live in it, though. #SeriesLove25 #Read2025 #ISpyBingoJuly @Andrew65 @TheSpineView @DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo

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OutsmartYourShelf

Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

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1546 is the sunset year of King Henry VIII's reign but he is still alive for now & his councillors are locked in a power struggle between the Catholic faction & the Protestant Reformers. Radicals are being burned at the stake & Queen Catherine Parr is teetering on the edge of disaster.

Shardlake is summoned by Lord Parr, uncle to the Queen & asked to take on one more investigation. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf A dangerous manuscript written by the Queen called 'Lamentation of a Sinner' has been stolen from the palace & if brought to the King's attention it could seal her fate. Shardlake's investigation leads him to look into the death of a printer known for heretical leanings. Was he about to print the Queen's stolen book? If he was, where is it now? 1mo

OutsmartYourShelf The sixth & sadly penultimate book in this series sees Shardlake treading the very fine line between orthodoxy & heresy, the basis of which alters with the changing of King's mind. It must have been an extremely stressful time to live - not knowing if you will be arrested from one moment to the next for some perceived wrong. It's a long book (over 700 pages) but it didn't seem to drag at all & the interwoven plots were all very well done. 4🌟 1mo

OutsmartYourShelf Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5592776336
Read 29th May - 30th June 2025

#ReadAway2025 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
#SeriesLove2025 @thespineview 1mo

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DieAReader 🎉Fantastic!! 1mo

dabbe W🤩WZA! What a fabulous review! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1mo

OutsmartYourShelf @dabbe Thank you! 1mo

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dabbe

Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

lil1inblue Catherine Parr's story is truly fascinating. It is a bit tragic, because it seems like she was unable to say no to the king's proposal (and may have wanted to), and had to make the best of her plight. 1mo

AnneCecilie I felt truly sorry for her. She seemed like one of the good ones. It also shows how little power a woman had, even the widow after a king. 1mo

LiseWorks I was sad that she was betrayed by her last husband. It was probably vwey common for woman dying in child birth when being over 30 1mo

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dabbe @lil1inblue I always wondered how she must have felt, KNOWING he had two previous wives' heads cut off! And what if she had said no; he probably would have had her in the Tower for treason as well. 1mo

dabbe @AnneCecilie So true! 1mo

dabbe @LiseWorks He's the jerk that was in the books, too! Thomas Seymour: UGH! And he came on to Princess Elizabeth while married to Catherine while she was pregnant with his child! #douchebag 1mo

dabbe I found Barak's story arc to be heartbreaking. Once a vibrant, street-smart ally, now he is left physically diminished. I hated seeing him relegated to a more minor role--Guy, too. And poor Shardlake! He ends the novel more isolated than ever. His unrequited love for Catherine Parr remains unresolved, his friendship with Guy Malton is strained further by working for Parr, and Barak‘s accident leaves him without his closest confidant, 1mo

Deblovestoread I don‘t think she could‘ve have said no, nor did she probably sleep well at night wondering if she did anything wrong. And to have to be married to Henry at that time of his life…yuck! 1mo

dabbe @Deblovestoread So disgustingly true! #majorickfactor 1mo

OutsmartYourShelf Sorry if I‘ve mentioned it before, but there‘s a great nonfiction account of Catherine Parr‘s last marriage & subsequent death in ‘The Mysterious Death of Catherine Parr‘ by June Woolerton. 1mo

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf #stacked! And thanks for the rec! 😍 1mo

Bookish_Thoughts I couldn‘t believe Barak‘s story arc. 😢 And poor Catherine Parr. I think Henry VIII was her third husband? She was widowed twice before marrying him. If I remember right. I can‘t imagine living knowing your survival depended on political winds. 😨 1mo

dabbe @Bookish_Thoughts Yeah, we think we have it bad now with the state of affairs in this world, but man, not even being able to practice your own religion for fear of being hanged ... whoah! 😳 1mo

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