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Texreader
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I‘ve decided to listen to this audiobook while also listening to Dickens‘ Little Dorrit audiobook depending on my mood. This one is short and I miss Italy. I also need to read another #Italy book for #foodandlit as we celebrate #Jubilee all year long! @Catsandbooks I also need a #letterF for #litsyatoz

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Coffeymuse
Eagle in the Snow | Wallace Breem
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I know I've been really quiet on here for a couple of months. Just trying to decide which social media bookish sites/apps I want to keep.

I do love the monthly challenges Litsy has so I'll be around.

@PuddleJumper rolled the dice and I have my June #Roll100 titles. “Eagle in the Snow“ is my pick. Although, Kindle will be fairly easy to knock out!

PuddleJumper Looks great! 5d
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This was very interesting. I‘ve read much about the Roman Empire and watched a lot of documentaries about the emperors themselves, but never did I come across a study of the life of „normal“ Roman people. This book shows the ordinary life with the help of 24 different persons. Especially the the person last chapter „The parasite returns from dinner“ was new to me. I never knew that there have been spongers who attended dinners to entertain. 🧽🧽🧽

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MariaW
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You can recreate the recipes of Ancient Roman bread, as long as you‘re not interrupted by pyroclastic flows from a nearby volcano. 🤣🌋🤣🌋

TheKidUpstairs Those pesky pyroclastic flows! 2w
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MariaW
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… cheerful knowledge that the copyright expired centuries ago… 🤣🤣🤣

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Jess861
Daughters of Rome | Kate Quinn
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I went with a pick for this book because the last third of it was so good - but if I had based it on the first two thirds it probably would have just been ok. It just felt like a bunch of women gossiping and not much happening even though so much was happening. The last third is full of action and I couldn't put the book down! The ending was fitting for all the characters. I'll definitely be reading the third book in this series.

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CallMeIshmael
The First Man in Rome | Colleen McCullough
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This book was great! I love good historical fiction because it allows you to learn about real events and people with an interesting plot line. Can‘t wait to pick up the second one in the series

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Jess861
Daughters of Rome | Kate Quinn
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Haven't done much reading the last few weeks....not really a slump but just felt like doing some puzzles and such with my free time instead. Looking forward to spending the evening getting back into this book with a grilled cheese and some orange juice.

tpixie I‘ve wanted to try her older (Italian in think) historical novels… 1mo
Jess861 @tpixie This is her second book (and the second book in the Empress of Rome series) - might be the books you are thinking of. 1mo
tpixie @Jess861 yes! Are you enjoying them? 1mo
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Jess861 @tpixie Definitely! They are a bit more brutal then what I'm used to but I find it fitting as the stories are about Ancient Rome. I'm only about half way through this book and I have to say I enjoyed the first book in the series more - but this book is starting to pick up a bit - so we'll see how it finishes. 1mo
tpixie @Jess861 great thanks! 1mo
Read-n-Bloom Looks delicious and interesting! 🙂 1mo
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Texreader
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Rome turns 2778 years old on April 21. Not part of Italy‘s Jubilee celebrations but definitely part of #foodandlit‘s all year celebration of all things Italian. #Jubilee. Throw a Roman birthday party this Monday!

More info here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIcFUz5MA9b/?igsh=ZzFvM2d0MTV2dGk5

Ruthiella Wow! It doesn‘t look a day older than one millennium! 😉 1mo
Catsandbooks 🇮🇹❤️ 1mo
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rwmg
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When the transport organizer for Domitian's Triumph falls to his death down the Tarpeian Rock, a witness comes forward and claims somebody was with him at the time he fell. The case is passed to Flavia Albia to investigate.

I had forgotten just how funny Albia's internal monologue can be.