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January Book Wrap-up (I'm not going to finish any more books today)

5⭐️
Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo (Libby Audiobook)
Cold as Hell by Kelly Armstrong (E-ARC Netgalley)
The Woman at the Front by Lecia Cornwall (My Bookshelf)
From Meeca to Christ by Ahmed Joktan (Goodreads Giveaway Kindle)
My Last Name by Eric Schumacher (Goodreads Giveaway Kindle)

4⭐️
You Have Gone Too Far by Carlene O'Connor (Goodreads Giveaway Physical Book)
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Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo ( Libby Audiobook)
The Fate of the Day by Rick Atkinson (Goodreads Giveaway ARC)
The Boyfriend by Fredia McFadden (Audiobook)

3.5 ⭐️
Blood and the Badge by Michael Cannell (Netgalley E-ARC)

3⭐️
Holmes, Marple, and Poe by James Patterson and Brian Sitts (Libby Kindle)
The Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore (Libby Audiobook)

2⭐️
Astor by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe (Libby Audiobook)

DNF (The language was vulgar, so I didn't finish them. They were all by the same author and from Netgalley):
Revolution by Mike Bond
America by Mike Bond
Freedom by Mike Bond
Crude by Mike Bond
The Last Savannah by Mike Bond
Snow by Mike Bond

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Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 | Rick Atkinson

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I started this book on December 21, 2024, and finished it tonight on January 20, 2025.
One reason it took me a month to read is that it is a chunkster of a book. I, also, went down the rabbit hole, which I seem to do when I read a history book. The Fate of the Day covers the American Revolutionary War from 1777-1780. It's the 2nd volume in The Revolution Trilogy.

I thought I knew a lot about the Revolutionary War. It's a subject we are ⬇️

MonicaLoves2Read taught about in school, though I have been out of school for 33 years. I learned a lot from this book. I obviously missed part of it in school, was never taught some parts, or I have forgotten some of it. For instance, I knew that France helped America during the war, but I never knew that the Germans helped Britain. Or, the Indians helped both sides, and sometimes, the same Indians helped both sides at the same time. One thing that surprised me was that they hung people who helped the British without a trail.

Atkinson takes you on an adventure through this time in the American Revolution. He takes you from America to France with Benjamin Franklin, as well as Britain and Ireland. Even though it took me a month to read, because I was reading other books along with this one (I usually have 6 or 7 books going at a time), I enjoyed it. If you love history, I recommend this book to you.

Tentative Publication Date: April 29, 2025

I won an ARC through a Goodreads Giveaway. Thanks to Goodreads, Penguin Random House, Crown Publishing, and Rick Atkinson for the book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

😊 Happy Reading 😊

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