pickThis was a bit change of pace after all the holiday reads. Set in the 1300s in Florence during the plague. Ginerva has magical abilities and just wants to help people. She ends up getting caught and is mutilated and exiled from the city. Then the plague comes and she‘s asked to come back to the city and find the religious relics. I liked it!
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so-soStarted strong then tanked!
https://reecaspieces.com/2024/10/17/the-stone-witch-of-florence-by-anna-rasche-h...
I am definitely feeling witchy this month 🧙♀️💫📚
These are Tux approved! 🖤🐾🤍
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PROMPT: JEWELRY
I thoroughly enjoyed Benedict and felt sorry for him as he worked through living without his wife. His JEWELRY shop and their love just hadn't been enough for them after they were unable to have children after eight years.
A heartwarming read about family and about trying new things.
An uplifting read.
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pickThe author travels all over the world, chasing the (hi)stories of various jewels.
A very well structured book. Each jewel gets its own section, and we pursue it from the ancient times to the modern, and from the jeweler to the mines it was dug up in (the author visits those mines, and often tries mining herself). It‘s fascinating, coherent, and flows really well.
5/5
As I‘ve now got arthritis in my hands I had to get my son to finish my puzzle which I had started last year. There‘s a piece missing which is very annoying! Not sure if we lost it or if it was missing on arrival. I do love the finished puzzle but usually hand them to charity shops when finished which I can‘t do with a missing piece 🙄
pickKurin has two objectives: One is to trace the history of the gem, from its acquisition by Tavernier (I‘m related to him which is partly why I read the book) through its time in royal French and British circles to its transfer to the United States and its gifting to the Smithsonian. The second objective is to dispel the claims of a curse affecting the Hope‘s owners and explore the story of how the the curse claim evolved over the 20th century.
Thank you @ChrissyReadIt for the lovely gift! I am so excited to try these out! As always you are so so very kind!
