#two4Tuesday
1) All 3 I think: I live in a little city completely within the city limits of San Antonio and very near downtown SA. So I‘m a city girl. We have a house at the lake, a little less than an hour north of here, the suburbs, and I enjoy time at my parents‘ farm where they moved when they retired, and where I spent a good part of my childhood with my grandparents when they were still alive
2) Love the tagged book!
Got this in San Antonio TX. Great book about the history of Texas and about black people‘s contribution to it, as well as the author experience as a black woman growing up in the state
Sale of the Century!! The Angel of Goliad is on sale today for 99¢ Get your copy while it lasts! Amazon might just run out of ebooks! #historicalfiction #timetravel #books #indieauthor #timebender #texashistory #historylover
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so-soLawrence Wright is a writer, journalist and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at New York University. A mix of travelogue, anecdotes of his life in Texas and overview of Texas‘s history, politics and economy, I enjoyed Wright‘s conversational writing style but didn‘t feel like I understood the contradictions within the state, partly because he skewers towards the view of the privileged rather than those with a lower income.
pickFantastic! This historiography (the study of historical writing (looked it up), was fascinating. A non-Texan living in Texas, I‘ve heard a lot about the Alamo & knew a lot of it was contradictory, but these authors researched it all, from every viewpoint, & wrote something true, thought provoking, & funny. They grabbed me from page 1 where they envision the ends of the Alamo spectrum as Phil Collins & Ozzy Osborne and it was as hard to put down.
Only got 6 Bingoes in June, but that is ok, it was a busy month and I‘m in that middle of 4 books right now so July will start off well. I moved 3 of the 4 I missed in June to July and am pushing to finish 6 ARCs and some off my #TBR. Love starting a month with a clean slate!
#June #BookspinBingo list. Keeping it vague, focusing on unread #ARCs in June. @TheAromaofBooks Anyone else follow #ModernMrsDarcy ? Loving her summer reading list this year!
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In just 141 pages, Gordon-Reed weaves together history and personal memories to showcase Texas' long struggle with identity, racism, and trying to adapt in changing times. She discusses the roles both Black people and Native Americans played in the creation of TX (and how they were treated), and she chronicles the significance of Juneteenth both in 1865 and today.
An excellent and approachable presentation of painful US/TX history.
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An in-depth examination of the most famous and romanticized moment of Texas history: the Battle of the Alamo, the events that led up to that day in 1836, and the ongoing fight over how to preserve & present that history today.
I found this to be a significant improvement over other attempts to relay early TX history, which can be difficult to follow. And the critique of this "Texas Creation Myth" to be both searing and done with care.
Book mail is the best mail!! I have been anxiously awaiting the paperback version of the tagged book, and it is finally here! Can't wait to see if I ruffle any feathers carrying it around 😅
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