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08-24-2018, 08:24 AM | #1 |
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Reading John Adams by David McCullough. Very, very good. Enjoying it and would recommend it to anyone. It raises Adams very much in my esteem. Unfortunately, it lowers some of the other characters around him. Hard to believe the shenanigans that used to go on in American politics!!!
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08-25-2018, 03:16 AM | #2 |
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Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden
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Am currently reading Peter Aykroyd's History of England III: Civil War, Barry Cunliffe's Britain Begins, the first book of three about the history of Scania, the southernmost province of Sweden and the real history of the Vikings.
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09-08-2020, 05:46 PM | #3 |
Elven Maiden
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I have gotten myself into online book clubs. I would love to join or start an IRL one, but during the pandemic is probably not the best time to do that. I'm currently reading for September:
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton: I'm loving this! I've been thinking a lot lately about purity culture and how I always thought I had to be perfect and innocent and pure like May Welland, but so far I am loving Ellen Olenska! Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller: This is awesome too, it's kind of a retelling of the old story. It's modern, but it reads more like the classics like The Iliad, which also incidentally I am reading concurrently because I felt like I was missing out on context without having read it. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte: I actually just started this one today so no real opinion yet. This particular club doesn't have discussion until the end of the month so I've been taking my time with it. Last month I read The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, very interesting.
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06-27-2022, 11:36 AM | #4 |
Elven Maiden
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I'm reading fantasy this year. I have been working on writing fantasy so I'm reading a lot to kinda see what's out there (plus I like it, obvs).
Currently reading: Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce Read earlier this year: Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss Ruin of Kings - Jenn Lyons Fifth Seasons - N.K. Jemison Uprooted - Naomi Novik Natural History of Dragons - Marie Brennan Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern A Marvelous Light - Freya Marske Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb That's a lot when I have to type it out, hehe. There were a few I enjoyed a lot, but my favorite has got to be Assassin's Apprentice! It's the only one (and a lot of them are parts of series) that I feel driven to read the next books of, but I have been giving it a break before I dive into the next one.
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