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I don‘t know who is invading or why (for this to be the invader series) and I don‘t rightly care. The Prologue showed promise, but the first chapter fell so flat I didn‘t even make it halfway though it‘s 52 pages. I just couldn‘t do it anymore, especially knowing I had so many better books to read instead. I‘m sorry I spent money on this drivel.
#ruadhbutler #edwardruadhbutler #theearlofstrongbow #invaderseries #pleasegoddontmakeme

GingerAntics I really didn‘t want these two bails to be part of my final numbers for this year, but in the 100+ books I‘ve read this year, I feel like only having about 4 books come out as bails probably isn‘t so bad. There is plenty of other stuff I read this year, that don‘t count as books, that make up for these two epic fail bails. @julesG 5y

julesG It is freeing to bail on a bad book. Especially given that there are do many more out there. It frees up your mind and reading time. I haven't regretted a single bail, but I've regretted lost reading time that I spent reading a bad book I didn't dare to bail. Enjoy the better books! 5y

GingerAntics @julesG yeah, I used to see bailing as quitting. I spent so much time in high school trying to power through books and it would either throw me into a reading slump or I would watch a lot of tv to avoid reading the bad book. I think it‘s been this year that I bailed on a book for the first time. It felt very empowering. I feel like there is something to powering through a book sometimes, but not when school is not involved. lol 5y

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The Earl Strongbow | Ruadh Butler

All of his homework has been in the wrong stuff. First, the French form of squire (wouldn‘t have been likely in Ireland and Wales but hey why not?) now we‘re going for Latin instead of English for the title of Knight?! WHY?! What purpose does this have to the story? This is rubbish. Pick a system and stick to it man!!! I beg of you!!!
#ruadhbutler #edwardruadhbutler #theearlofstrongbow

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The Earl Strongbow | Ruadh Butler

The use of the word esquire is annoying. It just makes him sound pretentious. It‘s got an air of “I‘ve done my homework and I want you to know about it” as opposed to letting the work speak for himself...but apparently he hasn‘t done ALL of his homework as he‘s got a KING in a chemise. 🙄 I‘m just not sure what to do with this author. I‘m really sorry I spent money on this drivel. #ruadhbutler #edwardruadhbutler #theearlofstrongbow

julesG Just picturing Richard Griffiths, who played Uncle Vernon on Harry Potter and King George in Pirates of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides, in a chemise. 😂😂😂😂😂 5y

GingerAntics @julesG oh there is a mental image I can‘t remove from my brain!!! 🤣😂🤣 5y

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The Earl Strongbow | Ruadh Butler

Other than a man in a chemise, the Prologue is better than the first chapter of the last book...but the first chapter is 52 bloody pages long, so I may have spoken too soon.
#edwardruadhbutler #theearlofstrongbow #theinvaderseries

julesG 😂😂😂😂 5y

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Swordland | Ruadh Butler

Still getting a feel for this book, but I have never heard of a MAN wearing a shift before. I‘ve spent the last fifteen minutes looking it up, and no mention of men wearing a shift in this period or any other. I want to like this book, I really do, but so far the main character is dreadful (not likeable in the least) and I‘m not getting into it. Chapters a mile long aren‘t helping, either.
#swordland #edwardruadhbutler

GingerAntics A bit about “the Wales” is bugging me, too. It‘s definitely supposed to be Wales and not the Welsh, but where was the editor on this? Who was cool with these chapters being 40+ pages long and having so many changes of venue and even time gaps they should logically be multiple chapters? This is NOT what I want to be dealing with when I‘m trying to relax and get ready to sleep. (edited) 5y

GingerAntics @julesG I‘m starting to get a phobia of biologists that write historical fiction. This is not going well. 5y

julesG I feel you. I just laughed at the shift. They did not call it shift, even if it was similar to the female garment. 😂😂 Sounds like cross-dressing. 😜 5y

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GingerAntics @julesG it did sound like an eccentric old man lol Everything I could find called men‘s undergarments at that stage a long shirt. 🤷🏼‍♀️ How do I get myself into this madness? Maybe it‘s just that this was his first attempt? Maybe I should try the other book I have but this guy. Maybe it would be better. I can‘t imagine anymore about this FitzStephen guy. I want to punch him in the face or worse (I think the Welsh has the right idea). 5y

GingerAntics @julesG and by god are they the Welsh or the “Cymri” (especially considering it was actually spelled Cymry) because no one group of people would have used both. Thanks. Oh my god. How am I supposed to sleep under these conditions?! 5y

GingerAntics @julesG oh god help me the next book has a KING (read man...his name is Henry) in a “chemise.” I have no words. I have very scary mental images of Medieval men cross dressing. 🤣😂🤣 I may have nightmares now, of incredibly hairy, smelly men dressed as women (and not a Shakespearean context, either). 5y

julesG 😂😂😂😂😂 5y

julesG Nearly choked on my morning tea. 5y

julesG This sounds awful. Put it away at once. 5y

GingerAntics @julesG I kind of want to know what happens in the next one, but it‘s got the epic chapter lengths, so no so sure. I do have another book ready to go that does sound nice. 5y

TrishB I enjoyed these posts 😂😂 hate bad historical fiction!! 5y

GingerAntics @TrishB sadly there seems to be a great supply of it. I think that‘s a big part of what has kept me from actually attempting my own historical fiction. Cross dressing Medieval men is not something I would have considered myself. 🤣😂🤣 5y

TrishB There is definitely a lot. I read a medieval one where there were zips in the dresses. Had to stop. 5y

GingerAntics @TrishB absolutely NOT!!! I saw one on Apple Books that had high ratings, it was a free download so I got it, luckily before I read it I saw the review that talked about coffee and showers not being part of ancient Britain and walked away. At least I didn‘t pay anything for it. (edited) 5y

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Swordland | Ruadh Butler

Early Christianity was REALLY weird. Everything from substances that were supposedly the virgin mother‘s breast milk to little chunks of leather that were supposedly Jesus‘ foreskin, anything and everything was a bloody fecking relic. #creepy #swordland #edwardruadhbutler

Bklover Ewwwww 5y

GingerAntics @Bklover the Medieval period was very strange time...and supposedly these things made knights brave...? Or win...or something? 🤷🏼‍♀️ People do weird things for a boost. Just imagine, people still mutilate their children‘s genitals because they think it will make them blessed or more holy or less likely to sin. If it makes you feel any better, the breast milk was supposed to be powder by then. (edited) 5y

GingerAntics @Bklover there is actually some saint that was supposedly healed during the Medieval period when a statue of the virgin mother bared her breast and squirted her *holy breast milk* into his eye. There is even a statue that commemorates the *blessed* moment. That‘s when people started carrying around vials of the *holy milk.* (This is officially the weirdest thing I have ever posted on the internet.) 5y

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Bklover Wow! This is making me laugh, although I‘m not sure that‘s the point! I think they should make the statue into a fountain with water squirting out of both breasts! 5y

Bklover Thanks for the info though!. Everything I‘ve ever read about the medieval period makes me very glad I wasn‘t around then. 5y

GingerAntics @Bklover you and me both...especially since I‘m an opinionated, intelligent woman. I would have been murdered a LONG time ago. lol Actually, it‘s hard not to laugh to think people actually believed 1. it was possible to actually have this stuff and 2. that they revered such weird and seemingly random things. He fountain idea sounds legit to me. When I first saw a picture of the statue I thought it was a fountain. 🤣😂🤣 (edited) 5y

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Swordland | Ruadh Butler

I get that Wales is a small place, but apparently interesting things only happen in an even smaller area than the country itself. 🤷🏼‍♀️
#swordland #edwardruadhbutler #wales #gwynedd #deheubarth #ceredigion #welsh #history #war

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Swordland | Ruadh Butler

Medieval Ireland 🇮🇪 AND Medieval Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿!!!
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!
What is not to love here?
Can‘t wait to get started on this tonight before bed.
#ireland #wales #medieval #swordland #edwardruadhbutler

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