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This one is me, not the book. I tend not to enjoy fiction set in Ancient Greece and this was no different. Glad I gave it a try at least. Don‘t let me deter anyone. #TOBlonglist

This one is going to stay with me for a while; a WWII Historical Fiction that looks into the French Resistance and the underground network of forgers who assisted Jews in their escape to freedom. The first half is a little slow, but it picks up. While the story is fiction, the topic is very well researched and gives you a glimpse into this amazing group of people who risked their lives to save thousands of people.

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A heartwarming story about a mother and daughter in wartime England and the power of the books that bring them together. Emma Taylor needs to find a job to support herself and her daughter. She is a single mom and there is a war going on and Germany is bombing England. She signs up to send her daughter, Olivia, to the countryside to escape the bombs.

Happy solstice to all who celebrate! ☀️
There's fruit cake, oranges, nuts, Uhtred of Bebbanburg... what more can you ask?
(Uhtred would prefer fewer books and more ale. 🙄)

Almost done, last book of the yr, no. 82 and it is worth every page! Every character in this book is perfect! I want William to suffer and Aliena to be everything!!!! Who knew building a cathedral could be so full of love and treachery and battle?!

I started the year intending to #readordonate these 21 books in the top picture. I ended up donating 15 of them plus many more from the rest of my books on other shelves. The tagged book is the only LFL book that I didn‘t donate…yet.

I also donated a piece of furniture from my bedroom and completely reorganized my bookshelves. Bottom picture is the same bookstand thingy in its revised location, and it now holds books that I don‘t plan to donate.

This was a great book! It's been a long time since I started a book in the morning and finished it the same night.

Towles writes such immersive and engrossing historical fiction. This is set in 1938 Manhattan, a time and place when obscene wealth and obscene poverty existed side by side. It's narrated by the working-class daughter of a Russian immigrant, who finds herself on the fringes of the high life, and makes many life-changing choices that year. Not quite as endearing as A Gentleman in Moscow, but really left me thinking.

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