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Here's one for the historical fiction and/or history non-fiction readers:

Is there any particular historical period you find yourself most returning to? Intentionally or not?

I've just started All His Spies by Stephen Alford, which is a biography of the Elizabethan spymaster Robert Cecil, and it's got me thinking about how many books set in/about the Tudor period I've read, without ever considering myself to have a special interest in the period 😂

Ancient Rome and the Roman Empire is another (much longer!) period I often read about, but I think that stems from coming from the North East, where we have a lot of still present Roman history.
The Tudor period was my thing for a long time until I realised that I knew far too many of the courtiers and so on and thought I should branch out 😂. Also the war of the roses that comes before is so much more interesting 😏

the Russian Revolution is one period im obsessed with. The world wars are a current interest and it turns out I know about them like we all do but also there’s so much I don’t know.
Also had a Roman phase and anything to do with the Royal Family.

I just bloody lovely history books which would be a huge shock to my history teacher from school!!
 
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Main Character Books are running a "gently used" book swap session - I think this is such a lovely idea! Haven't seen it before so don't know if it's common but seems an unusual idea for a bookshop!
 
After buying the last book in the Cliffehaven series today I now have all 22 books. Just one problem I have absolutely no idea when I am going to read them.
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This is a total long shot…

does anyone have a copy of either of the following dawsons creek companion books from the 90s…
‘A Capeside Christmas’
or
‘Dawsons Creek Mysteries Omnibus’

they’d be willing to sell? Or know where I can get them?
 
My May reads

also…
My Amazon 99p purchases:
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
Malibu Rising by TJR
The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler
Giovannis Room - James Baldwin

I’m currently reading My Friends by Fredrik Backman. I’m going on holiday this weekend so hoping to get some good reading time in.
 

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I didn't know there was a sequel to The Island. Has anyone read it?

Yes, I loved it but I love everything she writes so not sure if I'm a fair reviewer!.
I adore her commitment to leaning language and that she was on Dancing with the stars in Greece and that they have her as a national hero.
 
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I didn't know there was a sequel to The Island. Has anyone read it?

Yes. Don’t bother! Save your reading time for something better. It’s an ongoing gripe of mine that after loving The Island so much I’ve disliked literally everything else Victoria Hislop has written!
 
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Yes, I loved it but I love everything she writes so not sure if I'm a fair reviewer!.
I adore her commitment to leaning language and that she was on Dancing with the stars in Greece and that they have her as a national hero.
Haha! Love that we’ve posted polar opposite reviews at literally the same time. I guess that means the truth is somewhere in the middle!
 
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My May reads

also…
My Amazon 99p purchases:
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
Malibu Rising by TJR
The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler
Giovannis Room - James Baldwin

I’m currently reading My Friends by Fredrik Backman. I’m going on holiday this weekend so hoping to get some good reading time in.
Oooh you had a great reading month and from your recent purchases have a great month ahead!
 
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I lost you guys for a bit!

Late to the May recap but here is mine. Some great ones and a truly couple terrible ones including the worst romance I've ever read.

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