Young Stalin | 
#europe #reallyrandomfebruary @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620
Had to bail on my first book for #readingeurope2020 (#Georgia) but have managed to complete #Latvia
bailed@Cinfhen has done me a #favor & convinced me to bail on this book. #reallyrandomfebruary @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620
#bookreport 1/2/20 @Cinfhen
Really considering bailing on tagged book - can anyone recommend a book on Georgia for #readingeurope2020?
#weeklyforecast 26/1/20 @Cinfhen
10 hours left on Bad Pharma and 12% through Young Stalin - hope to finish at least one of these this week (probably the Montefiore). I flew through my first Wallander when I read it last year, so I expect I'll finish it quickly when I start it!
#weeklyforecast 19/1/20 @Cinfhen
Finish:
🐧 A Man Called Ove
Make progress on / finish:
🐣 11/22/63
Make progress on:
🦉 Young Stalin
IF I finish both Ove & 11/22/63 I'll start a couple more.
pickOutstanding biography of the man who became a monster. Simon Sebag Montefiore has a deep understanding of the time, country and context; & new sources that shed light on Stalin‘s early years. It‘s a compelling story told in a pacy, narrative style. Helped me understand how the type of person he was, hard childhood & violent town - combined w his passion for the cause - shaped Stalin. Fascinating, disturbing & nuanced. Highly recommended.
Accompanying Stalin this evening, butter chicken and a glass of John Duval wine (the former Penfolds Grange winemaker). 😋 #bookndinner #bookandwine
When you‘re writing a postcard and you start off with large, well-spaced writing but then run out of room & have to cram it all in at the end... Happens to all of us! 😉
Stalin‘s postcard to his girlfriend Pelageya (‘Glamourpuss‘).
It‘s G&T time with Stalin... no, that just sounds wrong! #bookanddrink 🙈🍸
“Stalin was often hired to sing at weddings.”
I‘m sorry, what? 😳
Visiting Russia tonight or rather, Georgia. Apparently wine was so plentiful that workers were paid in wine instead of cash. I‘m honouring this info with a glass of Cabernet Merlot from Margaret River, Western Australia. Quite old 2003 (= historical to match the book 😉). all this in between getting the kids to sleep. 😬🍷
Barber told me that the funniest hair story she had was a guy who wanted to get his hair cut like Young Stalin, but was afraid to say he wanted his hair cut like Stalin's.
Young Josef may be about to maniacally slaughter 10 million plus is the name of Communism, but he sure tops Hitler and Mussolini for stylish 'dos!
Not exactly a blurb, but this is the back cover and has me hooked. 😉 #bestblurbs #seasonsreadings2016
It feels strange to tag this #funFriday, but it is one I'll read and reread. Anyone else more inclined to reread non-fiction?
