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Scarlet | Stephen R Lawhead

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How was your #BookedInTime reads for early medieval times? Where was your book set? Did you learn anything new about the time period? I loved both Pope Joan, and Scarlet. Vastly different novels. Both get 5 ⭐️

Reminder for February: The Russian revolution! My daughter found “Moscow Mists” in some secondhand store. My cover is just as dramatic as this picture. Apparently Rasputin shows up in this one. 😳 What are you reading?

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Bookwormjillk I downloaded the audiobook for Pope Joan and hope to get to it soon. Not sure yet for February. Still thinking about A Gentleman In Moscow even though I know that's post revolution. We'll see. 3mo

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sblbooks I dnf'd The Road to Jerusalem. It had the longest chapters ever. I got through two chapters at approximately an hour and a half each. 3mo

TheBookgeekFrau I didn't get to read my medieval pick--The Rebel Nun. Due to budgetary constraints I'm keeping my purchases limited to used book stores since I have a ton around me 😁 3mo

Karisimo Some good Russian revolution options: The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander (just 200 pages), Romanov by Nadine Brandes (splashed with a bit of magical realism), Daughter of A Dead Empire by O‘Neil, and The Romanov Conspiracy by Glenn Meade. 3mo

AllDebooks I really enjoyed my pick, Amy Jeffs Wild. Great retelling of medieval folklore, followed by an essay on the original/history. I've started Orlando Figes

A people's tragedy: a history of the Russian Revolution

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Cuilin @Bookwormjillk I‘m sure it connects in somehow. Lol. I loved that book. 3mo

Cuilin @sblbooks hail the bail 🙌 hopefully next month‘s challenge will be a good one. 3mo

Cuilin @TheBookgeekFrau lucky you to have choices of used bookstores. This weekend I found a book sale and I got six books for $9 3mo

Cuilin @Karisimo all look good. 😊 3mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks A people‘s tragedy looks really interesting. 3mo

TheBookgeekFrau @Cuilin Nice!!! Yeah, it's like a book lovers paradise💞 And I'm so glad bc where I used live there was only Barnes and Noble (and Borders before they closed). 3mo

dabbe @AllDebooks On the spreadsheet! 🤩 3mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Both are on our spreadsheet! 🤩 3mo

dabbe @sblbooks I put it as “Bail“ on our spreadsheet. #hailthebail! 🩶🖤🩶 3mo

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau I have it on our spreadsheet in case someone wants to read it someday! 🩶🖤🩶 3mo

dabbe @Karisimo On our spreadsheet! 🩶🖤🩶 3mo

dabbe @AllDebooks Your “pick“ for WILD and your Russian book are on our spreadsheet! 🩶🖤🩶 3mo

dabbe This is probably horrible of me, but can I count THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV as my “Russian“ book? I just finished WAR AND PEACE after reading it ALL year last year, and now I'm reading this one with the #hashtagbrigade. TBH, I'm Russianed-out. 😂 3mo

Deblovestoread Both your books sound good! Mine doesn‘t give a location so I pictured Medieval England based on other reading. 3mo

TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe Cool! It's on my wish list which means, I'll get around it someday 😆 3mo

kspenmoll I am going to join n again in March- too much going on in February . 😊 3mo

Cuilin @dabbe totally understandable!!! It‘s certainly Russian. 👍 3mo

Cuilin @kspenmoll I‘ll post March and April‘s prompts soon. 👍 3mo

Cuilin @Deblovestoread yes I really enjoyed mine. Scarlet is book 2 in a Trilogy. 3mo

julieclair I‘m still debating about my February book. The Russian Revolution is something I know very little about, so every book I look at sounds good! I will finish my January book tonight or tomorrow. I am absolutely loving it, and would never have discovered it without this challenge.

Avelynn: A Novel

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dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau Amen! 🤩🤗😂 3mo

dabbe @Cuilin Thanks, my friend! 🩶🖤🩶 3mo

dabbe Is SCARLET by A.C. Gaughen? 3mo

dabbe @julieclair Got your “pick“ on the spreadsheet! 🤩 3mo

julieclair Thanks @dabbe ! That spreadsheet is so helpful. 👍 3mo

thegreensofa I read Medieval Woman by Ann Baer for January and it did my head in. Those poor people really had it so, so hard! For February I‘m going to read The True Memoirs Of Little K by Adrienne Sharp. This is by far my favourite reading challenge! 3mo

rwmg Whoops. I got myself into a muddle and thought January was the Russian Revolution and then never got round to the book I had planned:

The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

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Cuilin @julieclair Avelynn looks great!!! Glad you‘re enjoying it. 3mo

Cuilin @thegreensofa I‘m so happy to hear that!! 🫶 yeah I‘m glad I wasn‘t leaving in the dark ages whoa that was a tough time. 3mo

Cuilin @rwmg lol no worries, we‘re very chill here. On the plus side you‘re ready for February! 3mo

Cuilin @dabbe Scarlet by Stephen Lawhead 3mo

dabbe @Cuilin On the spreadsheet! 🤩 3mo

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The Hood | Lavie Tidhar

I just found out that Tidhar has a follow-up to “By Force Alone“ as part of a quartet of books taking on foundational British myths & retelling them. I loved By Force Alone, definitely will be seeking out this one.

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The Heirs of Locksley (The Robin Hood Stories, #2) | Carrie Vaughn

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An absolute delight. The author readily admits that she did not do much research. This book simply attempts to capture the spirit of Robin Hood stories, and it is a swashbuckling, cheeky, good time. Robin Hood's kids aren't looking for trouble, but they don't hide from it, either.

mabell Sounds fun! 3mo

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Nottingham | Nathan Makaryk

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this is a DNF for me. Too much like listening to current day politicians argue over each other, no one hearing the other.

PuddleJumper 💀💀 6mo

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Shadows of Sherwood | Kekla Magoon

“Sirens wailed through the streets of Sherwood, no doubt looking for them“

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Shadows of Sherwood | Kekla Magoon

This book is a good representation of a female main character. The book shares similarities to Robin Hood. Students could read this book and try to make connections between the Shadows of Sherwood and Robin Hood. This book would be good for grades 4-6.

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Shadows of Sherwood | Kekla Magoon

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Shadows of Sherwood follows a girl named Robyn. Robyn recently had to flee her home after her parents disappeared. She connected with a group of strangers who each had special skills for surviving city life. The group tries to find clues to solve the government's wrong-doings, while Robyn tries to figure out what happened to her parents. This is an adventure fiction book, with a dystopian setting for the series. It shares similarities to Robin.

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A Brief History of Robin Hood | Nigel Cawthorne

Recent acquisitions from England part 10:

📖 Robin Hood: The True History Behind the Legend by Nigel Cawthorn
📖 Robin Hood: Outlaw or Greenwood Myth by Fran & Geoff Doel
📖 Storyworlds of Robin Hood: The Origins of a Medieval Outlaw by Lesley Coote
📖 Robin Hood: Legend and Reality by David Crook
📖 Robin Hood: The English Outlaw Unmasked by David Baldwin

#fREADom #UniteAgainstBookBans

Ruthiella I‘m sensing a theme here… 😅 9mo

bibliothecarivs @Ruthiella yes, I'm a bit obsessed 🏹 I was very happy to add these non-fiction titles purchased in Oxford to my RH book case. If you're curious, you can see all of them in my LibraryThing catalogue here: https://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=bibliothecarivs&deepsearch=robin%2... 9mo

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