Thank you, @Texreader !!!

I have read so much fantasy this year, and I don't regret not one little fairy iota.

The ending blew me away. Another boon, my 14 year old was willing to discuss it with me.

I just want to pull petals off a flower. "Cardan loves Jude. Cardan loves her not."

Alas, my last reading day is tomorrow, so I probably won't find out any time soon. I will hopefully get an hour in each night going forward.

This is a story of faith and triumph. Of peril and betrayal. Of love and loss. Marguerite will stay on my mind for a long time to come.

It is also a story of one of the most hateful, spiteful, vile, vengeful villain, of whom I have ever learned. He's up there with the Spanish Inquisitors.

I wished I had known @vlwelser was reading at the same time.

This book had the most bonkers moments. Not used to seeing "gobshite" or "how things goin'" when reading a book of ancient Athens. I'm telling you, it works. It turned out to be an emotional read. How one person survived a war and imprisonment by knowing Euripedes work.

1. School was my safe space. I lived for Monday mornings.
2. As a teacher, making relationships. If I can get my fifth graders to laugh, I am victorious.
3. When a book I'm reading causes a reaction. Boom. Mic Drop. I love teaching ela and social studies.

@Roary47 I had my tp roll on my desk yesterday while I was putting my room in order. Thought of you.

#tlt @dabbe

@Karisa @CogsOfEncouragement @lil1inblue @

Lovis was my favorite character. So calm to all the chaos. From now on, I will aspire to be Lovis.

Loved Ronia's and Birk's friendship. I honestly think living in a cave might be a cool adventure. As long as harpies don't find me. I think Linville Caverns should offer nightly stays.

Matt was all over the place. Good grief. This was an awesome read.

#ChildrensClassicRead2025 @TheBookHippie

I vowed I would not waste time reading if it was too similar to the current fairy fad. I can take morally gray men, but I can't take a person's control being taken from them.

That was the only thing I disliked. The mystery in this book was creepy and kept me hooked.

TW-child abuse

+ Interesting how Napoleon's rise affected outcomes in the liberation of SA. England supported Bolivar to get rid of Spain's cruel colonialism until they needed Spain to get rid of Nap.
+Bol wanted freedom and equality for all, which is why his government could not mirror US
+He formed and named Bolivia
-Harvey was clearly biased. At least 3 x he called Bol a prima donna
-Why did I choose a bio from a Welsh dude instead of a bio written from a SA?

Sweet, romantic, fun, realistic drama, insecurities, friends getting in the way. Or, I should say, people who pretend to be friends.

I love good YA.

#QueerBC @PuddleJumper

Would I Lie To You? I watch clips. It never fails to make me chuckle. Especially, Bob Mortimer. To me, Zen is laughter. #SereneSaturdays @TheBookHippie

Or I also look at book lists, cleaning them out.

PERFETTO!!!

An Italian-American woman decides, after several life-altering events, to leave Lake Como, NJ, to work in her ancestors' land of Carrera, Italy.

I enjoyed everything about this book. Learning about the marble mining industry and how it was the same mine that Michelangelo chose his marble. Gilting. Love your crazy family. Villages.

I plan to buy Lottery ticketsto hopefully get enough money to visit Italy. That is how impressed I am

Published July 2025

I really would like to give it more accolades, but there is one flaw I cannot let go. The main MFC says that she has studied law and is going to pursue a professorship in Boston after more education. Yet, she doesn't use her supposed understanding of the law to help her brother. She was a fine detective, but the legality issue is not there.

I enjoyed the sweet romance.

Thanks, lauriesandfordbooks for allowing me to read.

I did not know how much I needed this in my life. I only wish it would have been available to me prior to 2019 when my grandmother passed.

The author wrote as a diary showcasing Marmee's anger toward injustices and her husband. The anger is only alluded to in Little Women, so it was nice to imagine what set the character off.

A perfect book for me.

May I share some personal joy? If you watch Riverdale and enjoy Jimmy Stewart, will you let me know if it's a good fit?

He had joined the RAF at the beginning of WWIi before America joined. That is mostly what the movie will be - about his time as a combat pilot. He also filmed The Mortal Storm in 1939, which was about helping a Jewish family escape Berlin. I know how he would react to today's world. He was always the first to fight fascism.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be? THE HATE YOU GIVE

We passed over in a sweep of sorrow that would persist into our small forever. We just keep going. THE ROUND HOUSE

#TLT @dabbe you have been missed.

I'm so tickled with this new-to-me series I found. The first female solicitor in Bombay solves mysteries while recuperating from a very abusive yet short marriage. Perveen is a Zoroastrian who needs to learn the law and culture of the Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh communities in order to help her clients.

Wow! I adore relationships when friends will do anything for each other's happiness. I also adore relationships of mistrust and intense hatred, but they have to work together because they love the same people. Kell, Rhy, Lila, and Emery, I need more adventures with you.

A survivor tale- how does an expectant mother keep herself and her unborn child safe after the BIG ONE occurs? Intense!!! #CampLitsy @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Megabooks

I feel like I read an 800 page analogy of how today's major religions are historically intertwined. Shannon's world is divided into 4 sections with different belief systems. With research and plenty of intense adventures, royalty begin to see fallacies of their own culture and begin to forge alliances in order to destroy an evil.

Plenty of suspense, intrigue, strong women, and dragons.

I know it's been a month of Sundays, but I mailed tulip bookmarks to those who helped make my 50th so grand. I feel like I should have your email @wanderinglynn and @Desha . If you will resend your address to tammydayton75@gmail.com, I will rectify that. Thank you, all. So much. I know this small token is incomparable to what you have done for my Daytonators.

Sometimes, you find a Christian historical that is worth reading. Facts were accurate, with no vulgarity.

I did not think it was as beautifully/lyrically written as Miller's Song of Achilles, but it did deserve the Booker Award. Is it okay to contradict myself? It is written from the perspective of Trojan women who, as spoils, were enslaved to and raped by the men who killed their families. Very evocative and very well needed. I wish I had noted who included this book in last week's #SundayFunDay. It was an outstanding read, and I thank you.

Have you seen Ann Pratchett's response to David Brook's editorial about current literary fiction? Apparently, it doesn't add anything to today's world? I read the article. He says, "I am saying that literature plays a much smaller role in our national life and that this has a dehumanizing effect on our culture." She gives it to him with outstanding examples. "If trees are too liberal for you,.." I just think of @TheBookHippie Reading is political.

#WeeklyForecast

Also, Whispers from the Shadows (Christian Fiction-Roseanna White and Tilt (Emma Pattee

#fanart #SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern I love Hogwarts, but the way Maas describes the quiet beauty of Rhysand's Moonstone Palace in Velaris....

CALGON, TAKE ME AWAY....

LOL, I just realized young readers won't know that commercial from the 80s.

I can't push myself anymore. I don't understand how an author can write about the abuse of children. I'm sure there's an audience-especially those who like criminal science and the psychology of monsters, but I am not such an audience member.

He is such a precious soul. Readers go through his Hollywood life from The Fonz to Barry. The book clearly is his way of therapy - being raised by Jews who held guilt from escaping and leaving family in Europe in 39, his battle with dyslexia, his anxiety, and lack of self-worth.

The vulnerability that Mr. Winker shared kept me engaged. I didn't want to miss a detail of his growth. I love the fact that he doesn't resent his iconic role.

I chose this for two reasons. It was free, and it was about Henri's mistress. Watching The Serpent Queen, I wanted to visit the perspective of Catherine de Medici's nemesis.

I didn't learn anything new, except Dianne raised all of Henri's children and Queen Mary of Scotland.

I might as well have read a Danielle Steele.

I had not heard about Isis brides till I opened this book. These are girls who were groomed to be exploited. After the war, these displaced widows were placed in camps. They were considered a danger to their native countries.

I think I read it with my mouth gaped open the whole time. Did this really happen? Apparently, it was fiction. Most of the ISIS brides were Syrians and Iraqis, but there were deradicalization programs to help these women.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

What a book! Every time I picked it up, the world fell away from my mind. The plot mirrors The Epic of Gilgamesh and other ancient historical sources.

Aren't heist plots fun? This one is just simply delicious.

I'm just having the most fun with this series. #LittensloveSJM Thank you @StayCurious for leading us.

I change my baby's name on my current favorite book character. It is just a thing I do to aggravate my friends and family. Her nickname is currently Ruhn Dannon, a Maas character. I haven't found a character yet that I adore as much as Nesta ACOTAR or Ruhn CC, but knowing Maas, one will come.

I can understand the hype around this young adult series.

The family dynamic was so sweet and supportive. Not one argument except when a son and his mother had a goose hunting contest. Now, I have to decide if I am invested in the family's future to continue the series. Probably not.

Lessons learned:
There are three types of courage - 1 You are yourself no matter what anyone says. You are your past, present, and future and you will fight anyone who tries to put you in a box. 2 You come out to one person at a time till you can deal with the repercussions (you may lose some, but look at what you will gain). 3 Even hiding yourself is courageous when you have to leave those you love and embrace the unknown.
YOU NEED SUPPORT...

As a child of 14 in the late 1980s, I wanted to learn everything I could about the Holocaust. I learned about the hate, the torture, the firing squads. Being ignorant, yet thinking I knew everything, I was glued to the TV that Christmas week watching a President and his wife executed. I could not believe what I was seeing. I thought persecution was over. That it died. This was the first genocide I remember in my lifetime.

The first time I read that Charlotte Holmes becomes unraveled. Her closest friend, Lord Ingram, becomes the presumed killer of his wife. I simply adore their relationship. He lets Charlotte be herself, regardless of what society tries to force her to be. There is quite a bit of humor in this book since she pretends to be a man. I'm so tickled I found this series.

The characters were well developed during Spanish Inquisition when Phillip wanted to erase the culture and lives of the Jews, the Moors, and the ones who believed differently. Families were turning on each other. Bardugo created a world where individuals committed treason by working miracles. How will they save themselves? I usually don't like HF/Fantasy hybrid. I think it's a mockery of a difficult time, but Bardugo HONORED those who died.

The politics, intrigue, and revenge were very well written. I was afraid it would be the same old, same old, bit it wasn't. Looking forward to the next.

It seems my summer is full of fantasy, and that is fine by me.

Such a sweet start to a romance. She has to deal with an inferior complex stemming from her abusive family. He does not like the fake attention he receives from females.

I tried manga tonight because my Chaya reads it. I was pleased. My only whine is that I couldn't manipulate the font/page from my Kindle so I could read it. Which has nothing to do with the author's work or the illustrations.

I really like Lila's smart mouth. Getting ready to start the next book.

Done

#LitsyAtoZ @texreader Thank you for coordinating. I certainly read some good ones.

At first, I thought the title implied the unruliness of royalty from Alfred to Elizabeth I. Oh, no. It is David Mitchell's irreverent, and sometimes, irrelevant, and a lot of times, blasphemous humor. It was like Finding Waldo. Where are the facts in the midst of a three page rant of why Hollywood killed James Bond? I know he wrote it during the covid lockdown. He must have been so bored. I still like him as a comedian. #LitsyAtoZ @Texreader

#FoodandLit @Texreader @Catsandbooks

My Peruvian meal - bought Peruvian Style Roast Chicken Marinade from Inca's Food (Aderezo Pollo la Brasa) and a baked potato to honor where potatos originated.

I should have liked this because it was compared to Cormac McCarthy. Tom Rourke is nothing like Billy Parham or John Cole. It doesn't have that lovely poetic description of the wilderness, the earnest respect for animals, the yearning for the girls they love.

The book is described as being funny. Where?

It may have been the narrator. He sounded like a killer from a horror film, but I am just not in a hurry to get the print version to see.

Loving Jonathan Bailey and stalking him on google, I knew he played Shakespeare's Richard II earlier this year. I also adore Gaunt's and Kathryn Swynford's love story.

I learned so much from this book, such as Gaunt and his son, the future Henry IV, supported Richard. His arrogance and entitlement ruined his chances of a successful reign. Henry had even gone into exile peacefully until his inheritance was stolen.

I really want to read the play.

I predict this book will win many awards. This book is so creatively written by weaving the love of stories with ideas of new technology.

While reading, I learned that individuals don't want to be boxed-in by labels. Okorafor is more than a sci-fi or a speculative writer; she's a bloody good storyteller by mirroring all parts of herself in her art. Im going to take this lesson to heart.

#CampLitsy25 @Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain

Kate Quinn is becoming one of my all-time favorite historical fiction novelists. This one is about 4 cousins who try to stay out of the men fighting for their chance to be the next Caesar. Although they do realize they have to fight in their own unique way to save those they love. #Italy #Jubilee #FoodandLit #letterq #AtoZLitsy @Texreader @Catsandbooks