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#wordoftheday. I ♥️ your sample sentences Mom! @Doll8455

“I inclined to think that they were greeting me, after their fashion, but it had a queer effect, seeing all those old fellows grouped round the keeper, solemnly eying me and dandling their heads from side to side.”

#Algiers #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Almost the entire Irish village of Baltimore was taken captive by pirates in the early 1600s and sold as slaves in #Algeria. With little records about their lives as slaves, the author relies on a number of accounts by other slaves to try to describe what their lives could have been like. The author also posits a hypothesis that the taking was an elaborate plan of an evil mastermind who wanted to rid the coastal town of its inhabitants for his ⬇️

I‘ve long wanted to read about the Irish taken into slavery in the Islamic world. So this book is perfect for #Ireland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

A slow burn that is worth persevering with because it is both heartbreaking and beautiful. It is based on real events - a part of history that I knew nothing about- the kidnap of over 400 people from Iceland by barbery pirates. The FMC was a real woman, with a real story that has been fictionalised, but there are so many historical facts, that this is a powerful story ❣️

I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!

#ABookADay2023

I do NOT recommend the audio version of this book. The narrator does not distinguish voices well between characters so it often sounds like the same character talking to himself. There are also lots of jumps in time and between places within chapters and the narrator doesn‘t so much as pause between them so it can be downright confusing as to what‘s happening and when. I‘m barely hanging on to the plot. Fortunately I‘m almost done with it.

Next Valentine‘s Day card design. #litsycrafters #readingafrica2022 #Algiers @Catsandbooks @curiouserandcurioser @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Audiocrafting tonight. Valentine‘s Day cards are coming together. #litsycrafters #readingafrica2022 #Algiers @Catsandbooks @curiouserandcurioser @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

I may not be a painter but give me paper and glue I can do a bit better. 😊 Audiocrafting to the tagged book. #litsycrafters #readingafrica2022 #Algiers