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Edelruth In The Wrong Timeline

#currentlyreading #FinishedReading !

I started this book the day before yesterday, and my husband and I decided when we realised it was 3am (!), that we should both finish our volumes 'tomorrow '.
Since Anne was already in the tower, I was back up at 8 am to finish.
I have Gene Wolfe's, "The Book of the New Sun" on my shelves. I think I'll revisit it soon.
No, no particular reason, cough, executioner-protagonist, cough.

Book cover of "Bring Up the Bodies", by Hilary Mantel, showing Holbein's portrait of Anne Boleyn.
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Kevin LaRose, AOC2028

#CurrentlyReading #books I recently started The Last American Road Trip by Sarah Kendzior. The book is a huge departure for her. I’ve known of her for many years as a progressive firebrand who hosts the podcast #GaslitNation and in the past few years got too over the top even for me. I now know that she was absolutely and completely right. Anyway, The Great American Road Trip is a travelogue of sorts where she discusses car trips she has taken with her husband and two kids over the past few years. I’m only two chapters in and I’m totally captivated. No doubt this is in part due to the fact that I’ve yearned to go on a cross-country road trip all my adult life, and now I’m becoming sadly resigned to the notion that I’ll almost certainly never get to do it. I’d highly recommend.

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Alyssa

Currently reading: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling. Every year since I was in elementary school with only the first three books released, I have reread the series at least once (although in elementary school, it was basically a constant reread.) I decided it’s that time in the year to begin my annual reread now, along with the other books I’ll read in the coming months. #nowreading #bookstodon #storygraph #HarryPotter #JKRowling #currentlyreading

Book cover: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling
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draNgNon

I'm #CurrentlyReading _To End in Fire_ by David Weber and the late Eric Flint.

I've been intending to for ages, afaik it's the only Honor Harrington book I have not read.

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Google BooksTo End in FireTHE CROWN OF SLAVES SAGA CONTINUES. ADVENTURE AND INTRIGUE IN HONOR HARRINGTON’S STAR KINGDOM FROM NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHORS DAVID WEBER AND ERIC FLINT.The Solarian League lies in defeat, crushed by the Grand Alliance of Manticore, Haven, and Grayson.Obedient to the Alliance's surrender demands, the League is writing a new Constitution, to prevent the reemergence of out-of-control bureaucrats, like the "Mandarins" who led it to disaster. Frontier Security has been disbanded, the outer worlds have regained control of their own economic destinies, and multiple star systems will soon secede from the League entirely.Yet the League is—and will remain—the largest, most economically powerful human star nation in existence, and despite the overwhelming evidence that their unelected political leaders were the driving force behind the war, many League citizens deeply resent the fashion in which their star nation—the Solarian League—has been humbled. And those who most resent the Grand Alliance continue to blame Manticore for the nuclear bombardment of the planet Mesa after its surrender. They refuse to accept that the League—and the members of the Grand Alliance—could have been manipulated by a deeply hidden interstellar conspiracy called the Mesan Alignment. The Alignment is only an invention of the Grand Alliance, no more than a mask, a cover, for its own horrific Eridani Violations.Those Solarians will never accept the war guilt of the League, because they know the Grand Alliance was just as bad. Because they deeply resent the way in which the Grand Alliance pretends to be the innocent "good guys." And in the fullness of time, those Solarians will seek vengeance upon their enemies.Not all Solarians feel that way, but even some of those who accept that there was an interstellar conspiracy cherish doubts about its origins. But it is still out there, and now defeated Solarians and agents of the victorious Alliance must join forces to find it. Even if they don't believe in it, it believes in them.They must find it and identify it, to prove to revanchist Solarians that there was a conspiracy.And they must find it and destroy it to end its evil once and for all.The Crown of Slaves Honorverse Series:Crown of SlavesTorch of FreedomCauldron of GhostsAt the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).About the Crown of Slaves Saga:“Fans of Weber's Honor Harrington series . . . will be delighted with this offshoot in which he and coauthor Flint develop several situations and characters from other stories. . . . This outstanding effort transcends the label ‘space opera’ and truly is a novel of ideas.”—Publishers WeeklyAbout David Weber:“[A] balanced mix of interstellar intrigue, counterespionage, and epic fleet action . . . with all the hard- and software details and tactical proficiency that Weber delivers like no one else; along with a large cast of well-developed, believable characters, giving each clash of fleets emotional weight.”—Booklist“[M]oves . . . as inexorably as the Star Kingdom’s Grand Fleet, commanded by series protagonist Honor Harrington. . . . Weber is the Tom Clancy of science fiction. . . . His fans will relish this latest installment.”—Publishers Weekly“This entry is just as exciting as Weber’s initial offering. . . . The result is a fast-paced and action-packed story that follows [our characters] as they move from reaction to command of the situation. Weber builds Shadow of Freedom to an exciting and unexpected climax.”—The Galveston County Daily News“Weber combines realistic, engaging characters with intelligent technological projection and a deep understanding of military bureaucracy in this long-awaited Honor Harrington novel. . . . Fans of this venerable space opera will rejoice to see Honor back in action.”—Publishers Weekly“This latest Honor Harrington novel brings the saga to another crucial turning point. . . . Readers may feel confident that they will be Honored many more times and enjoy it every time.”—BooklistAbout Eric Flint:“This alternate history series is . . . a landmark . . . ”—Booklist“[Eric] Flint's 1632 universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop of gifted alternate historians.”—Booklist“[R]eads like a technothriller set in the age of the Medicis . . . ”—Publishers Weekly
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