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Saturday is homework and fika.
(Revised statement from previous version of entry: apparently reading books now.)

"This suggests why France played such an important role in the medieval period, in the agricultural and industrial revolutions. Her population was nearly one-third that of the whole of Europe."

This book was sooooo long. It was interesting. The forward really got me interested. I was surprised I kept reading it. It took me almost a month, when I‘m used to reading 8-10 books a month. There wasn‘t anything particularly thrilling or page-turning or cliff hangers. There were a ton of character & places. But it was interesting enough to read it all. I likely won‘t do book two, but am glad I read this one.

If any of you don‘t know, @catiewithac is the most generous Litten. Thanks so much for this birthday package. It felt comforting/distracting after a terrible inaugural week. It was fun to open up every little thing - and I loved that the puzzle was from NPR/Invisibilia 😊. Lastly - great wrapping! (For those who can‘t see the little glass vial is matchsticks and says Burn Candles, Not Books)

3✨ I feel like these books are really rushed. It‘s a great read for young kids to boost confidence. I‘m wondering in the notes are a build up as well. The first two books are building up a mystery in the series that might give the books more main plot than going to other places from their magical treehouse. #SeriesLove

Completed the #ChunksterChallenge for 2024. 🎉 My first year to hit all four chunkster categories.

@Amiable Thanks for hosting and the motivation to get to the larger books on my shelf.

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?!

1. Me and daughter at my birthday brunch.
2. Gift of very cool Edward Gorey beach towel that I actually hung on the wall with Command Strips!
3. Me with oldest friend from high school.
4. Terrific movie that I highly recommend.
5. Turkey that had already eaten too much on Thanksgiving morning walk with son.
Bonus joy: Wonderful Thanksgiving with family, but we didn‘t take any pictures!

#5JoysFriday. @DebinHawaii

#ToB25 makes me so greedy. So many books on that longlist appeal to me and so many Littens recommend them… I can‘t resist and bought these seven. For now! And I already had 8 more on my TBR-shelves so that makes 15 🤦🏻‍♀️

The shortlist always follows way too soon after the announcement of the longlist so I‘ll never read them in time but hey, maybe they all end up on the shortlist 😉

The books that I bought from the #ToBlonglist all arrived over the past few days. 😊 Plus, today, I got both books that I applied for on NetGalley, Lazarus Man and Model Home so I‘m thrilled about that!

Just need to find some time to read now - too much work as usual. Even audio isn‘t working - over 2 hours of driving a day but colleagues seem to think it‘s acceptable to ring for a ‘chat‘, as if I don‘t have 15 books to get through! 🙄