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#BookSpinBingo time!

My two mainstay perpetual challenges are the books of Louis L'Amour and Stephen King.

But I have a few on my backed up challenge list.

I do have two reading lists I'm working on so...Goodreads 50 Greatest Childrens Books and Medieval Historical Fiction lists are going to be my selection for this month.

Anne will get me completed for the Goodreads challenge-but I'll read it after summer reading program!

@TheAromaofBooks

Pre-exam brain is not making much headway with this right now, even though I find non-fiction soothing. Lots of history of Christianity, so far, which is pretty inevitable.

Beach reading 🏖️🍹☀️

Excellent!! But stressful toward the end, with the Revolt of 1173 and Eleanor‘s subsequent capture. These are not spoilers; history tells us these things. What stood out most was Henry and Eleanor‘s tumultuous relationship and the way Henry forged alliances with neighboring lands to solidify his empire. So much scandal and betrayal! I‘m eager to continue with the third book, but I may take a short break since they‘re such dense reads.

Nearly halfway thru this one and I‘m enjoying this [fictional] deep dive into Eleanor of Aquitaine‘s life! I love her.

Every time I read medieval stories I‘m just blown away by how little agency women had in that era-even rich and powerful ones-and by how pregnancy and childbirth really sort of ruled their lives.

#threelistThursday #tlt @dabbe

I‘ve read so much American literature because that‘s what I taught. So many titles here that I should have read!!

Random book from our home library:

📖 One Hundred Middle English Lyrics edited with an introduction by Robert D. Stevick

Christine de Pizan was a feminist before that word even existed. In 1404 she wrote this text, taking all the bad things men say about women (because they still do) and shows them, how and why they're wrong. It's a text based in the Middel Ages, so we find a lot of religious talking and the structure of the book is rooted in the traditions from back then. But I am very impressed by what De Pizan did.

#roll100 @PuddleJumper

Random book from our home library:

📖 Six Middle English Romances edited by Maldwyn Mills

Which will win, my distaste for history of science or my love for medieval shit? Medieval shit, it turns out. A concise little summary of how it's wrong to label the medieval era as stagnant, with lots of interesting bits about engineering, astronomy, clockwork, but more importantly their impact on society. That said, Gimpel is VERY based in the mid-1970s and draw some far fetched (we've seen) conclusions about the fate of the western world.