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bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · 3d

Whoo hoo!

Congratulations! You should buy a book to celebrate....

Or several... five is good.

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bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · 3d

Hey! Ontario!

I was very much liking the warmer weather.

Please come back. I don't want to turn on the heat.

bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · 3d

My spouse and I drove our daughter back home yesterday night...

It's an 8 hour trip, halfway into that trip, we stopped at a gas station where I proceeded to flip out because they had ROLO for sale.

I had just talked about eating a bit healthier and then bought two packs of Rolo.

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bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · 3d

It's two a.m. and I finished Priest of Bones by Peter McLean.

It's really good but definitely has some triggers.

Returning from war, to nothing, Tomas Piety rebuilds what he lost, often with brutal justice.

There were parts that made me sad, I laughed as well.

Next up the Blacktongue Thief.

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bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · 7d

You know when you can't sleep so you start doing weird things?

Wednesday night, by 3 am, I kept wondering what would happen if a Cyclops was gifted an eye that could see the future.

bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · 10d

Well I gave up on Navola.

It just wasn't working for me.

I got to page 123 and I said out loud, oh, only page 123...

It was too much of this.."we saw flowers and dogs and pigs and chickens and horses and dogs"

Less of that and more story may have held my attention.

Trying Priest of Bones.

bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · 11d

Finding Navola a little slow.

It's not that I am not enjoying it but there's definitely some repetition of description in a few places.

I am only on page 89 so perhaps I am not giving it a fair break.

bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · 16d

So...

I ended up putting down The Song of the First Blade.

But it's weird because I was enjoying it.

The multiple character pov lost me a few times but left me interested in at least one character arc.

The interest in what was happening kept me going and likely will bring me back.

Navola next

bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · 21d

Sitting outside with the doggo, a book and the smell of someone burning leaves is probably peak September in Ontario.

But, I really wish that this 20 degree temperature would hang around until Christmas, snow on Christmas Day and then go away again.

Because I hate winter.

bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · 24d

Finished Rise of the Ranger.

I really enjoyed it.

The relationship between Asher and the people hired to capture him was pretty heartwarming especially as they started helping each other.

Knowing that he fought a lot of battles blindfolded was pretty cool too.

Up next Song of the First Blade !

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bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · 26d

Finishing up Rise of the Ranger and then moving on to The Song of the First Blade or Navola.

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bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · 26d

Why does he look like a potato wearing glasses?

bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · 27d

Rise of the Ranger is quite good.

I am really enjoying the premise, and the action scenes are pretty good too.

Plus, how do you go wrong with dragons, elves, mages, and a dude who chooses to live a solitary life wanting to spare the people who were originally sent to abduct him.

bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · 28d

Listening to Medieval Tavern music while reading Rise of the Ranger after a really garbage week is happiness.

Ranger is proving to stand up to the excellent reviews I have read.

bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · Sep 6

a man in a suit is sitting next to a kermit the frog puppet on a book .

ALT: a man in a suit is sitting next to a kermit the frog puppet on a book .

media.tenor.com

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bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · Sep 6

Will do!!

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bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · Sep 6

I stayed up until 3am to finish it, page 444 did indeed bake my noodle.

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Big Bearded Spookteller @bigbeardybooks.bsky.social · Sep 6

If you see this, repost with a vampire that's not Dracula.

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bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · Sep 5

2 am..

Trying to sob quietly because husband is asleep.

Reading the Bone Raiders by Jackson Ford.

Pick it up folks, it's amazing.

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bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · Sep 5

@realjacksonford.bsky.social

It's 2a.m, my husband is sound asleep and I am trying to sob quietly.

Because of page 364 of the Bone Raiders.

This is a fantastic book.

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bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · Sep 1

My spouse has a Hybrid, we pay forty bucks for gas once sometimes twice a week.

It gets us to visit our daughter who lives 8 hours away on one tank of gas.

I have had more people tell me that the car won't drive in the winter. (Spoiler alert...it does just fine)

bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · Aug 30

Okay I don't know if eleventy billion stars is allowed in a book review but I don't care.

Eleventy billion stars for the Empire of The Vampire by Jay Kristoff.

I was hooked from the first page.

Crying when your nose holes are clogged is not fun but it was worth it.

Up next The Bone Raiders

bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · Aug 23

Sooo good

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bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · Aug 21

I just had four mini chocolate croissants.

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bookdragonaries.bsky.social @bookdragonaries.bsky.social · Aug 18

The Empire of The Vampire is turning out to be a "suck you in and don't let go" book.

I have laughed out loud a couple of times, especially because of the things one character says.

It's quite the ride so far.