Book Review: Sword Song (The Saxon Stories #4) by Bernard Cornwell

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LON“Bernard Cornwell ranks as the current alpha male of testoterone-enriched historical fiction….This satisfying tale leaves you hungry for more of Uhtred’s adventures.” -USA Today

The Book:

The year is 885, and England is at peace. Divided between the Danish Kingdom to the north and the Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the south. Warrior by instinct and Viking by nature, Uhtred, the dispossessed son of Northumbrian lord. Who has land, a wife and children-and a duty to King Alfred to hold the frontier on the Thames. But a dead man has risen. And new Vikings have invaded the decayed Roman city of London with dreams of conquering Wessex, with Uhtred’s help. Suddenly forced to weigh his oath to the king against the dangerous turning side of shifting allegiances and deadly power struggles. Uhtred-Alfred’s sharpest sword-must now make the choice that will determine England’s future.

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Teaser Tuesday 12/3/19

- Ambrosia 8 Comments

Teaser Tuesday Time

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Ambrosia’s little note:

Hello again for Teaser Tuesday and a big welcome to December. Wow the last month of 2019, I am mind totally boggled about that. Finally feeling like I am shaking off that cold but I don’t want to curse it so knock on wood. I hope everyone had a good week last week and spent some time with family if you could. I also personally avoided Black Friday like I do every year, anyone else? LOL.

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Book Review: Crave (Fallen Angels #2) by J.R. Ward

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CraveSeven deadly sins. Seven souls that must be saved. One more no-holds-barred battle between a fallen angel with a hardened heart and a demon with everything to lose.

Isaac Rothe is a black ops soldier with a dark past and a grim future. The target of an assassin, he finds himself behind bars. His fate in the hands of his gorgeous public defender Grier Childe. His hot attraction to her can only lead to trouble. And that’s before Jim Heron tells him his soul is in danger. Caught up in a wicked game with the demon who shadows Jim, Isaac must decide whether the soldier in him can believe that true love is the ultimate weapon against evil.

Would she get to stay in the countryside she craved?

Soon back home in the English countryside, Jane wants nothing more than peace and quiet. And the devotion of her childhood protector, William Dormer. But his family vows to keep them apart And Jane is called back to Court to serve Katherine of Aragon, who is fighting for her life as Queen in the face of Anne Boleyn’s open seduction of King Henry VIII.

In those turbulent years, Jane will learn the value of loyalty and honesty, while holding fast to her convictions. And it is her unblemished soul that will slowly rise above the chaos—and turn a king’s head.

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Teaser Tuesday 11/26/18

- Ambrosia 7 Comments

Teaser Tuesday Time

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Ambrosia’s little note:

Welcome back to Teaser Tuesday again everyone. Happy Thanksgiving week. I know this holiday can be a little bit of a controversial one, but I prefer to look at it in the spirit which it was meant to be. A time of helping, kindness and enjoying food with people you care about. I also try not to go over the top and get stressed about it, this year especially I am keeping it super simple. Last week was stressful a family member pulled some stunts that are epic bad. I am trying not to dwell on that and focus on a nice simple meal this week and of course reading. Here comes this weeks teaser.

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Book Review: Lords of the North (The Saxon Stories #3) by Bernard Cornwell

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LONThe third instalment in Bernard Cornwell’s King Alfred series. Following on from the outstanding previous novels The Last Kingdom and The Pale Horseman, both of which were top ten bestsellers. The year is 878 and Wessex is free from the Vikings. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord. He helped Alfred win that victory. Yet now he is disgusted by Alfred’s lack of generosity and repelled by the king’s insistent piety.

On the run:

He flees Wessex, going back north to seek revenge for the killing of his foster father. And to rescue his stepsister, captured in the same raid. He needs to find his old enemy, Kjartan, a renegade Danish lord who lurks in the formidable stronghold of Dunholm. Uhtred arrives in the north to discover rebellion, chaos and fear. His only ally is Hild, a West Saxon nun fleeing her calling. And his best hope is his sword, with which he has made a formidable reputation as a warrior.

He will need the assistance of other warriors if he is to attack Dunholm and he finds Guthred. A slave who believes he is a king. He takes him across the Pennines to where a desperate alliance of fanatical Christians and beleaguered Danes form a new army to confront the terrible Viking lords who rule Northumbria. ‘The Lords of the North’ is a powerful story of betrayal, romance and struggle. Set in an England of turmoil, upheaval and glory. Uhtred, a Northumbrian raised as a Viking, a man without lands, a warrior without a country, has become a splendid heroic figure.

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Teaser Tuesday 11/19/19

- Ambrosia 5 Comments

Teaser Tuesday Time

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Ambrosia’s little note:

Welcome back to Teaser Tuesday again everyone. Good grief midmonth already?! Where is 2019 going?! This week I couldn’t help but get a little nostalgic. I am going to be watching all off the Jurassic movies in the series sometime this week thanks to Disney plus (Jeff Goldblooms show on there is amazing). So of course it was time to break out the book. Been a long time since I read the book. It is one I didn’t read before I saw the OG movie because of course at the time I freaked myself out in the theater I was still fairly young and hadn’t committed to book before film.

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Teaser Tuesday 11/12/19

- Ambrosia 5 Comments

Teaser Tuesday Time

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Ambrosia’s little note:

Welcome back to Teaser Tuesday again everyone. Taking a moment to say Thank you to anyone who is a member of a family with a service member. Veterans day has always been an important day for me growing up and as an adult my Dad served as a Marine. My teaser is the same as last week (sorry about that) I have been sick with a nasty bug going around…and almost forgot to post today. Ack. Sorry about that that too. Better next week, promise!

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Teaser Tuesday 11/5/19

- Ambrosia 8 Comments

Teaser Tuesday Time

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Ambrosia’s little note:

Welcome back to Teaser Tuesday again everyone. Hope you are having a good week so far. Also happy November to you. Do you take part in any of the events that take place in November? Like Movember or NaNoWriMo? I have always wanted to do NaNoWriMo, but have yet to have the time in November to do it. This year isn’t any different, but maybe next year right?

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Teaser Tuesday 10/29/19

- Ambrosia 5 Comments

Teaser Tuesday Time

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Ambrosia’s little note:

Happy Teaser Tuesday again everyone! The last week of October is here and it is almost Halloween! Yay! My favorite holiday of the year. Sadly I didn’t get to do much decorating this year, only a single Boo wreath and witch door sign. However, I keep telling myself it is okay because next year I can go ALL OUT! Things with the move are just to much in flux right now so decorating big just wasn’t a priority this year.

Next year though, bet on something big and pictures being posted. Also bet on me being the weirdo who leaves their Halloween decorations up through Christmas. Anyone who complain’s I’ll tell them Mother nature added the Christmas spirit with the snow and leave it at that, LOL. Don’t tell Minnesota that I have missed the snow, something tells me I will end up with like 14 feet or something as a welcome home gift. Anyways, onto the teaser!

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Teaser Tuesday 10/22/19

- Ambrosia 6 Comments

Teaser Tuesday Time

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Ambrosia’s little note:

Happy Teaser Tuesday again everyone. I hope this Tuesday finds you very well. Can we be entering the last part of October already? Crazy?! It is my favorite month, and Halloween is almost upon us. Personally I feel like I didn’t get to do my usual stuff done this month but that is okay, next year will be better in that respect. There are some big plans for decorating. I hope your reading is going well this week as well, anyone enjoying anything spooky? I’m not, haha well I suppose some might think digging into the history I am is spooky but I don’t.

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