Hopefully this is the right subreddit for this post. Looking to find out what book I read, and to learn more about some anchors that were in the book. Thanks in advance for any help.
So, a few summers ago I was on vacation in the Outer Banks, and read an interesting book about Blackbeard. It was more of a story about his personal life, the time spent in the Carolinas, I think mostly in the town of Bath, relationships with politicians (I believe it was mainly Charles Eden), some things about Alexander Spotswood, some young girl he got involved with and possibly married, (Not sure the name of the girl, didn’t he have over a dozen wives?) , and other events around this town. I think he tried to straighten up and lead a respectable life but was still looked down on, leading him to go back to piracy. This all eventually lead up to the blockade of Charles Town, and later his death. I’m sure there’s a lot of plot points I missed or glazed over, it’s all very foggy in my head.
This book seemed like a historical fiction, so I’m not sure how accurate it was, but either way it was an interesting read that I’d like to read again if anyone is able to tell me what book they think I read. I’ve tried looking up books about him but just can’t seem to find this one. Maybe I saw it and didn’t realize.
One thing I do remember though, and would like to hear more about, is that in this book there was a plot line that involved making dozens, if not hundreds, of anchors made out of precious metal (I think silver but possibly gold) and painting them black. I think the point of this was to store them in a warehouse without being detected, so he would be able to hide probably hundreds of pounds of silver in plain sight. However I can’t seem to find any trace of this story online. Does anyone know more about this or is able to use this story to point me towards the book I’m thinking of?
Anyway, thanks to anybody reading this, and I’ll be appreciative of any leads helping me find this book. Thank you
I activate a monster effect, my friend chains widow anchor I chain book of moon and he chains another widow anchor. does my monster effect resolve? (we played on ygpro and it did resolve so why is it like that? or is the game bugged?
Monster was Robina Floowandereeze : If this face-up card would leave the field, banish it instead. You can only use each of the following effects of "Floowandereeze & Robina" once per turn, and cannot Special Summon during the turn you activate either effect. If this card is Normal Summoned: You can add 1 Level 4 or lower Winged Beast monster from your Deck to your hand, then immediately after this effect resolves, you can Normal Summon 1 Winged Beast monster. If a Winged Beast monster is Normal Summoned to your field while this card is banished: You can add this card to your hand.
Now there’s waiting for the third! 😭
Second book was much better than the first. I still loved the first but…
Rhagos > Aron. Sorry not sorry. Lol.
Guess it’s time for some standalone novels now to finish off my Ruby addiction! I don’t think I’m interested in the bears…lol.
It was such a good book, but it might have been from the Wattpad days.
Anyway, I remember so clearly that it opens with her getting her IUD out! I’m 99% sure her name is Alison- she’s a lawyer who doesn’t get promoted to partner, her ex-husband had been cheating with their marriage counselor. This Scottish news anchor paid for a vacation with his girlfriend who he then breaks up with, so he asks if there are any women with the girlfriend’s name who would be willing to go. Obviously the lawyer goes, they fall in love, etc.
Obviously that’s not the true story of the first pretzel. But there’s a fanciful children’s book about how the first pretzel was made in a ship, and the sailor used some dough as an anchor, and then when they were done with the anchor they baked the dough and had a nice little pretzel.
Book is at least 20 years old. It might be just one part in a book of stories; I don’t know if it’s the WHOLE book. Googling “pretzel children’s book” either turned up books that aren’t it, or the books listed don’t have enough detail to confirm whether this is what I’m looking for. Help me Reddit!
