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For a work bookclub. A one sitting read (on audio). Just what I needed when snuggled up in bed with the flu! Fast paced, with Serial-esque true crime podcast format, interspersed with the story of the suspected murderer with amnesia. Silly, twisty fun. 3.5 ⭐️
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I first came across this book when I first read Balm (Dolen Perkins-Valdez) several years ago. This book is an extensive look into the ‘work of death‘, and the concept of what ‘Ars Moriendi‘ meant at the time. The Civil War was born of the original sin of America: slavery. Many lives were lost over the fight to retain such a horrific thing. Very heavy read.

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Started a book I have owned since 2011. Poetry about the U. S. Civil War, originally written in 1927.

This book recounts an American Civil War battle which opened Grant's Overland Campaign. It was hell on Earth, with the ferocity of the fighting lighting the forest ablaze, burning bodies inside. The author takes us into small towns and field hospitals, with the words of Whitman and Douglass suffusing the narrative. Although at times seeming to veer towards hagiography, the story is still firmly set on the ground: with the infantry soldier.

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This highly readable book explores the final year of the Civil War up to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, tracing the origins of the Confederate spy network and its connection to superstar actor and future assassin John Wilkes Booth. I am not a Civil War buff but this really brought events to life in an engaging way, and related the truth behind the revisionist histories of later years.

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Let‘s try this again…I started this one in May and had to put it down. With end of school and graduation for my oldest, I didn‘t have the headspace for it. But, I love this author, so here we go again! It‘s my May #doublespin pick.

It‘s also on my #10beforetheend list.

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6 months later, I have finished April's #Bookspin🤦‍♀️. This is the 2nd book I have tandem-read with my husband, but it will be the last chunkster we read together. The infrequency with which he is willing to sit down and read with me dragged this one out way too long. We'll be sticking with short ones from now on 😂. I enjoy Erik Larson's books, but this one was a bit drawn out for me. Too much minutiae, but still a solid pick. @TheAromaofBooks