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Tag: Queen's Gambit

The Queen’s Gambit – Walter Tevis

On January 20, 2021December 21, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews2 Comments

As you may know from my previous post I had some adventures getting to read The Queen’s Gambit. But I finally got there, and decided to follow my mum’s footsteps in reading the book before watching the series. Which, having now done both, I still think was sound advice. Now, you either already know what …

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Queen’s Gambit – Elizabeth Freemantle

On January 18, 2021December 21, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews3 Comments

I’m sure you know that a few months ago the whole world went bonkers for the Netflix series Queen’s Gambit. In the first weeks, I missed the hype and only found out about it from my mum. She told me she is reading the book before she’ll watch the series because she would be too …

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