February's choice - from the Women's Prize for Nonfiction
#12booksof2025 @TheEllieMo
TheEllieMo How have I not heard of this one?! Looks like a must-read! 52m
February's choice - from the Women's Prize for Nonfiction
#12booksof2025 @TheEllieMo
Oh my gosh @Hooked_on_books the little Sietje is so cool! You did really get her markings right! I love her. I always love opening your gifts, every book is exciting. The tagged fits perfectly with one of my bookclub topics for 2026- Someone You Admire. 🙂 I can‘t wait to visit old Venice with The Glassmaker. I absolutely love the cover of Playground and Overstory is an all time favorite so I‘m sure this‘ll be great. And you know I love an older⬇️
so-soJust after I posted that I didn‘t have access to this #ToB26 shortlist title, I found it on Libby with another library through which I have a card. Anyway, I listened to this one and loved the beginning. I was so in through the first half of this director‘s life and connections but the second half didn‘t work for me. I‘m also wondering if it‘s due to the audio and my hectic life around the holidays. I may revisit this in the future.
pickPicked this up because of Litsy. Not too twee considering its subject matter of a middle aged spinster and an ifrit.
A nice cozy book to sort of round out my reading year.
This is a WWII historical fiction novel that imagines the life of a female jewel thief who is descended from Robin Hood. She and her mother steal to support the French resistance and other worthy causes, but only from people who they deem deserve it. It is told in 2 timelines and as with any WWII story there are deaths, horrific people and family upheaval. While the coincidences pushed credibility a tad, it was still a very entertaining read. 4/5
“Beat you to the turn!”
#firstlinefriday on Monday
@ShyBookOwl
Omg Sumera, what an amazing box! Thank you for making today a lot brighter! I especially love the sticky notes inside the books, how cool!!
I‘m so excited about these books! #winterwitchswap
repost for @CSeydel
Here‘s a blank fiction template for anyone who wants to participate in #MyLitsyAwards
UPDATE: if you use Canva, you can access the template file using this link - https://www.canva.com/design/DAG7mpVhJok/q_1rxvUMO2_18pv9jiediQ/edit
That way you can make your own categories and otherwise adjust the layout. If you do use the link, PLEASE COPY the template into your own new document!
See her thread for more templates
I‘m really struggling with this one and it is 100% me and not the book. I read The Ravine first, and I am still caught up on the BEAUTIFUL work of scholarship that is, that this just isn‘t hitting for me. To be honest, he‘s doing really intriguing and unique scholarship as well, but the scholarship is not his point (and I‘m really wishing it was). His scholarship literally couldn‘t be done today, so my desire for more info is that much stronger.
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