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If I read this this year this would be #AllergicToChunksters, I‘ve had this for a few years but this looked like a difficult read (I knew nothing of Ancient and Imperial China but now know a little more). The story is of civil wars that went on for almost a century at the beginning of the first millennium. ⬇️
pickLisa Waller Rogers wrote a wonderful book of American history. When PeopleWere Things shows us the true history of those who fought for the end of slavery. Harriet Beecher Stowe was a Christian woman who wanted to see the abolishment of slavery in the US as did Abe Lincoln. They & MANY others fought for this because they believed it‘s what God intended for us all & what the Declaration of Independence intended as well.
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Every time I read Pride and prejudice it gets better. The first time, I read this as a romance, the second time I saw more from Mrs Bennet‘s point of view, this time I saw it as Elizabeth saw it. One of my favourite scenes this time is the realization Elizabeth goes through to see how she misjudged Darcy. ⬇️
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This is my last Jane Austen read for the year, and it made sense to end with the novel with Pride and Prejudice. Every time I read this it gets better.
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Reading today, another short by Poe. I‘ve only known a couple of his poems and really like the rhythm that runs through them, I‘m finding this rhythm is also in his shorts. This is the third story I will be reading by Edgar Allan Poe.
pick#2025Reads #FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl -- sorry I forgot to post this last Friday
A retell of Medea and Jason's stories.
I like Natalie Haynes, and her story style that puts women in Greek myth back to the frontline. This is not my favourite book but I liked the first 2/3, the story was rushed through in the last 1/3. Throughout there were many interesting details so I will get my own copy.
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This week it‘s 2 shorts by Edgar Allan Poe (The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and The Pendulum), I just need a little break from my current read: Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, so this was a nice switch before I get back to it.
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This is sad, beautiful, funny, warming as it is unsettling. And in the midst of all this there is wonderful imagery like this:
“There were so many things a tree could do: add color, provide shade, drop fruit, or become a children‘s playground, a whole sky universe to climb and hang from; an architecture of food and pleasure, that was a tree.”
quote fr “December 2001 The Green Morning”
The last third did drag, but overall, this was an amazing read, and next time I would not hesitate to read this. 3d