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Soscha
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1. Read, then probably read some more once I think I‘m done reading. 📖📚

2. A veterinary. I‘ve always loved animals & reading. Both still sing in my soul. 🐩🐾🐈

3. What are these things you call “holidays”? I‘ve no 🤑 nor family. Atheist. I‘ve nothing to celebrate & no one to celebrate them with. 🤷🏼‍♀️

4. 🦌

#MotivationalMonday @Cupcake12

Cupcake12 The same on no.2, thanks for taking part x 2w
Jari-chan I also wanted to be a veterinarian when I was a kid 🤭❤️🐶😸 2w
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Abailliekaras
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A brilliant history of Ancient Rome. Mary Beard has a mastery of her subject and an engaging writing style that makes this a pleasure to read. I came to this knowing very little so it‘s a lot to absorb and probably more comprehensive that I need (as a casual lay reader). But it‘s accessible as an introduction & would be super rewarding for those who have a particular interest. New material is still coming to light. Essential if you like history.

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DGRachel
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I have two books in progress, but the #bookspin and #doublespin numbers came out today. This is my #doublespin and is all I want to read. I think I‘m going to make myself read at least a few chapters of one of the other books, but I will probably cave and start Nero later today.

TrishB I really enjoyed this one. Need to get to the follow up! 4w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4w
LeahBergen I don‘t know why I haven‘t read this as I loved her Memoirs of Cleopatra. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4w
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DGRachel @LeahBergen Mary Called Magdalene is one of my favorite books. I have Cleopatra but haven‘t read it, yet. I got to meet Margaret George at a book festival pre-COVID, and she was lovely. 4w
DGRachel @TrishB Glad to hear you enjoyed it. I own the sequel, too - one of the too many unread books on my shelves. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 4w
LeahBergen How exciting! I‘ll keep an eye out for Mary, too. 👍 4w
bthegood just added the Magdalene book to my TBR - 🙂 (edited) 4w
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Mshookquilts
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Wow. Michelle Gable again takes you on an historic ride. Niki is part of OSS in the MO department during WWII. We follow her through her adventures and misadventures, love and heartbreak. The story is told through Niki‘s eye (both past and present) and the eyes of her friend, an Italian prostitute. A very satisfying ending.

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VanessaCW
My Father's House | Joseph O'Connor
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This is a wonderful piece of historical fiction based on fact. It‘s beautifully written in a very evocative and descriptive manner, even operatic in some ways. The story rattles along at a fair rate. The characters have distinctive voices. It‘s really quite the page turner and very much a thriller. A powerful, moving and worthwhile read and I look forward to reading book two, The Ghosts of Rome. #Pigeonhole

Crazeedi Wow, my kind of read! Adding 1mo
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Graywacke
Paganism in the Roman Empire | Ramsay MacMullen
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I‘ve been really scattered brained. So I decided to find the most boring book on my shelves, from my 1994 undergraduate class on the Roman Empire. (Yeah, I was supposed to read it then. Oops) Well, i‘ve been reading it. Not sure how far i will get.

Suet624 Is this supposed to help with your scatter brained issue? 1mo
Graywacke @Suet624 yes. Boring and demands concentration. Sometimes that works 1mo
Suet624 Interesting! 1mo
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batsy That actually sounds fascinating! But I guess it all depends on how it's written 😆 1mo
Graywacke @batsy well, hopefully eventually. But there is some oddness about it. It‘s focused only on 100-300 ad (ce) and cites mainly Eusebius and Origen, two Christians known for describing pagan rituals. So…. he might just be presenting the ancient propaganda. Not sure yet. 1mo
batsy @Graywacke I absolutely do not know enough about this topic to be able to comment, but I get how that's a perspective that's going to be biased. I will keep an eye out for your review. 1mo
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BookmarkTavern
Lavinia | Ursula K. Le Guin
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@5feet.of.fury I completely spaced about yesterday being Presidents‘ Day! 😂 It‘s on its way to you now! Hopefully it should be there by Thursday! #LMPBC #GroupG #Round19

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BookmarkTavern
Lavinia | Ursula K. Le Guin
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Lavinia, daughter of a king, promised to one, destined for another, & the future of Rome.

Loved this so much, but I hate that little blurb on the front. This story is about so much more than Lavinia‘s marriage to Aeneus & the war between her people and the Trojans. It‘s about the power a woman could wield, about how much control we have over our own stories, about the role that fate plays in our lives, & the beginnings of an empire. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

BookmarkTavern #LMPBC #GroupG #Round19 CW 👇🏻 (edited) 1mo
BookmarkTavern Very beginning of the story child death; about 2/3 in suicide by hanging 1mo
BookmarkTavern @5feet.of.fury This will be in the mail on Monday! 💛 1mo
5feet.of.fury I‘ll be on the look out! ❤️ 1mo
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VanessaCW
My Father's House | Joseph O'Connor
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