#12Booksof2025 @TheEllieMo August ☀️
Tagged: The King's Jewel by Elizabeth Chadwick.
August was a good reading month so it was hard to pick just one.
Chadwick is probably my favorite historical fiction author and this was yet another 5 🌟 book that I read. Like most of her books, it's rich in historical accuracy and makes you feel like you're in medieval Scotland and England.
HEEERE COMES GARETH!!!! SQUEE!!!
#SarahWoodbury #TheGoodKnight #GarethAndGwen
Starting 2026 by revisiting Gareth and Gwen‘s world, so I can read the most recent book after reading The whole series.
#SarahWoodbury #TheBardsDaughter #audiobook
pick★★★★★
How about a back-story instead of a review? I first read Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum in 2005 when I took a directed readings course from Dr. Norman L. Jones at Utah State University. The format was perfect - he asked me what I wanted to learn about and I said the Anglo-Saxons. He then assigned me a pile of books to read and discuss with him. Since Norm was the revered department head, I knew this was a privilege. 1/2
An easy pick for June! Truly one of the strangest books I've ever read, but I was all in for this medieval sapphic cannibalism horror where one of the main villains is a crack in the wall. #12booksof2025 @TheEllieMo
Morning coffee & cranberry orange Irish soda bread.
My third year starting Sir Gawain during Christmastide, fifth reading overall, and fourth translation. As you can see behind the book, there's no snow on the ground today (Dec 29) here in northern Utah, USA, a place that someone once told me was 'the great white north'.
Recent acquisition for our personal library.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesta_Danorum
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The definitive history of Henry V by probably the best writer of English history (non-fiction).
Random book from our personal library.
2023 rating: ★★★★★
