2005: #22 – The Bastard (John Jakes)

Book #22 was The Bastard, by John Jakes. The back of the book reads:

This is the story of Philip Kent. The illegitimate son of a British nobleman who was denied his heritage, he embraces the ideals of the fledgling nation of America-and takes up arms against his father’s homeland.

I love John Jakes. I find his historical fiction to be incredible. I get sucked into the story so quickly. For example, I read his 1200 page Homeland in 3 days on my honeymoon. Part of what makes his books so good for me is his inclusion of real people as characters in his stories. Plus, this particular series takes place during a time in history that I do not know a whole lot about. Can’t wait to read the rest.

Book count: 22/50 — 44%
Pages in book — 528
Page count: 6,715/15,000 — 44.76%

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2 Responses to “2005: #22 – The Bastard (John Jakes)”

  1. What are you going to do when you get to the 50th book? And have you planned what your 50th book will be?

    #9
  2. My book choices are random (from the books that I own that I haven’t read), so I have no idea what the next book will be until I finish the one before it.

    Not sure what I’m going to do when I get to #50… Guess I’ll keep going and see how much I *do* read in a year!

    #10

 

 

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