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Deblovestoread
Lily of the Nile | Stephanie Dray
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Pickpick

#BookedinTime

I enjoyed this audio book imagining what happened to the children of Marc Antony and Cleopatra after their deaths. I did find my mind wondering a bit as I listened and it‘s the beginning of a trilogy that I‘m not sure I will continue. 3.5 🌟

@Cuilin @dabbe

Cuilin ✅ 🎉 Some audio books are like that. 5d
dabbe Your score's on the spreadsheet! 🤩 5d
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LitsyEvents
Europe Between the Wars | Martin Kitchen
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#bookedintime December activity hosted by @cuilin
original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2804104

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Cuilin
Europe Between the Wars | Martin Kitchen
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#BookedInTime

Those who do not learn from history, are bound to repeat it!!

Thanks to @PathfinderNicole and @majkia among others for suggestion.

AllDebooks Oooh, this is going to be a good one 😊 1w
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Mollyanna This is a great one! I have Shrines of Gaiety currently checked out from the library, so that will probably be my choice. 1w
majkia I've got Bright Young Dead by Jessica Fellowes I'll try to get to. 7d
Amiable And unfortunately too often those of us who do know history still have to repeat it because of the uneducated. 😖 7d
dabbe Got the column created and the books listed above are on it! 🤩 7d
Cuilin @AllDebooks agreed 👍 7d
Cuilin @Mollyanna fabulous 👍 7d
Cuilin @majkia fabulous 👍 7d
Cuilin @Amiable yes 😔 7d
Cuilin @dabbe thanks Denise. 🙏 7d
sblbooks My current read will work for this time frame. 7d
julieclair Great theme! So many choices. I have updated the StoryGraph challenge, for those who are using it: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/f6f6ac21-909a-4d7e-9e1c-2084aab... 6d
rwmg I have been reading Frances Brody's Kate Shackleton series set in 1920s Yorkshire, so I may read the next one: 6d
Cuilin @julieclair thanks I‘ve updated mine. 6d
Cuilin @sblbooks sounds like a fabulous cozy read. 6d
Cuilin @rwmg I love the sound of the series. 6d
julieclair @rwmg Oh, I love the Kate Shackleton books, but haven‘t read any for awhile. Thanks for reminding me about them! 5d
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Cuilin
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#WhereareyouMonday Ancient Egypt @Cupcake12

I started this on audio this morning the story seems interesting. Not sure about the narrator. We‘ll see if I‘ll continue.

#BookedInTime #TimeofthePharaohs @dabbe

dabbe On the spreadsheet! 🤩 2w
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Deblovestoread
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter | Simone de Beauvoir
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#Weekendreads

Hoping to get Book One of the tagged read today for tomorrow‘s discussion #SundayBuddyRead

Listening to Lily of the Nile during chores, etc. #BookedinTime

Behind on Sovereign #Shardlakians

@rachelsbrittain

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Deblovestoread
Lily of the Nile | Stephanie Dray
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Looking forward to the tagged book about the daughter of Cleopatra and Marc Antony. The first in a trilogy.

#BookedinTime @Cuilin @dabbe

dabbe On the spreadsheet! 🤩 3w
Cuilin I‘m still trying to decide which one I‘m going to read I have a few options. Yours looks good though. 3w
AnnCrystal 🤩👍💝. 3w
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AllDebooks
Bright I Burn | Molly Aitken
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I really enjoyed this #AtoZReadathon challenge, just 4 away from a full set! I'll tag my reads in the comments. It's been a great month with some fantastic reads. Thank you for hosting @Texreader

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julieclair
The Daylight Gate | Jeanette Winterson
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I did not enjoy this book, possibly because it was so different from what I was expecting. I thought it would be a fictional, but fairly accurate, account of the Pendle Witch Trials, which took place in Lancashire, England in 1612. Instead, although it was based on facts, the author included some really wild speculative aspects to the story. ⬇️

julieclair The narrative was disjointed and hard to follow, and there were so many different characters it was hard to keep them straight (including a completely bizarre cameo appearance by William Shakespeare). The scenes of daily life in Lancashire were depressing, the treatment of the imprisoned accused witches was horrific, and the depictions of the witches' actions were gruesome and macabre. Triggers all over the place. ⬇️ 3w
julieclair I don't know if this technically counts as a horror book, as I rarely read that genre, but it sure felt like one to me.
Most months, my #BookedInTime selection is among my favorite reads. Not this month! @Cuilin #Pantone2024 @BarbaraBB
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Cuilin Yeah I‘m not particularly good with horror. This sounds gruesome. Hopefully November‘s #BookedInTime Time of the Pharaohs will be more pleasant. 3w
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BarbaraBB Real winter colors! Nice 🤩 3w
julieclair @BarbaraBB Getting to match 3 colors was the best thing about this book! 😂 3w
julieclair @Cuilin I can‘t get to Egypt fast enough! 😂 3w
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kspenmoll
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Pickpick

The emotional depth of this tagged novel is the reason I‘ve not reviewed it.I needed time to process.This historical fiction is told in both narrative & letters, covering the time span from the erecting of the Berlin Wall to its fall.Luisa Voekler,born in East Berlin, but now an agent for the CIA in the U.S.,works decoding World War II messages.When the Wall had just wire,Luisa‘s mother threw her over the wire to her parents in West Berlin.⬇️

kspenmoll ⬆️ As a child,her grandfather prepped her for this work by providing coded puzzles for her to solve & scavenger hunts.After his death, Louisa discovered a secret cachet of letters written by her father,whom she thought was dead. Her grandfather had hidden these letters in a place where she would eventually find them.Luisa goes rogue from the CIA,& travels to East Berlin determined to rescue her father from an East Berlin jail. (edited) 1mo
kspenmoll This novel also impressed upon me the role that East Berlin punk rock bands had in the fall of the Wall as they were allowed to travel into West Berlin to play in concerts. They embedded lyrics crying for freedom,human rights, etc. their music was so loud the lyrics were list on East Berlin officials.These scenes were heart warming- all based on truth. https://bibliolore.org/tag/punk-rock/ 1mo
Cuilin Well that‘s right up my alley. Stacked. I think I will add Cold War period to #BookedInTime. 1mo
kspenmoll @Cuilin With your interest in history, I think you will enjoy this book! 1mo
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