I'm setting up my TBR list for the #AutumnAtoZ readathon. To join in the readathon for October, see my previous post under the tagged book. As you can see any book will count. If you get half the alphabet, you get an extra 50 points, and the whole alphabet lands you 100 extra points in the #AutumnAtoZ contest. I hope you'll play along!
Your time also counts as a readathon for #Scarathlon
This list also is an update for my #Scarathlon2022TBR
In defense of reading
Brought to you by two of the best characters in the universe
#twofortuesday @TheSpineView
1) Absolutely! Historical fiction is my go-to and ancient history, if well written, can be among the best
2) Tagged and anything by Rutherford. Also all of Sue Harrison‘s books set in the ice age, & W Michael & Kathleen Gear‘s ancient North American historical fiction
I‘ve been absent from all the weekly posts for a long time thanks to a demanding work schedule. I‘m hoping to get back into the groove again!!
When asked to hide the wound caused by her husband‘s stomping on her face, this was the wife‘s (Indiana‘s) excellent reply. Reminder this book was written in 1831, when women were NOT “allowed” to stand up to their husbands. No wonder this book was so heavily censored.
#Reunion #readingafrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
For the month of October, each letter completed counts 10 points! Finish any unique lucky 13 letters and that‘s 50 points! Winner gift tbd. Tag #autumnatoz & me for all posts to get credit. Play along with #scarathlon!
I‘m new to hosting a readathon so please ask questions or give me helpful hints. I can‘t wait to see y‘all play!
And thanks to the incredible @BookishMarginalia who hosted the inaugural and the best #LitsyAtoZ challenge!
Île Bourbon is the former name of #Reunion
Our characters are finally on the island having fled Paris and living in the house inherited by Indiana, and this is the first description of the island
#readingafrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
pickA terrific jaunt across English and New England history: a nitwit is sent to the colonies to hunt down two judges who‘d signed King Charles I‘s death warrant and instead he stumbles into far bigger, interesting, and terrifying intrigues. A unique take on the earliest history of New York, in which the larger facts are true but the smaller pieces are a fun (& sad) imagining of what happened behind the scenes. Highly recommended. #letterJ #litsyatoz
pickThe author recreated Marco Polo‘s trek from the Vatican to Xanadu. His own trek through tyrannical Iran and communist China was likely as perilous as Polo‘s. It‘s an interesting travelogue but not as well written as Bernard Ollivier‘s books about walking the Silk Road. The narrator spoke so softly & fast I had to slow the audiobook down & hike the volume. There also were odd musical interludes that just didn‘t work. #letterX #litsyatoz
I‘ve started rereading this (for the umpteenth time), but this time I‘ve decided to listen to it. I want to compare it while I‘m reading the Swedish edition*, which is double the length so I can pick up the differences in real time. The Swedish edition is a chunkster, so I‘m hoping this will be enough of a head start to finish for #scarathlon. #teamslaughter #chunksterchallenge2022 @Clwojick @Amiable
Who knew there was a Spanish version of Dracula? This is fascinating!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci8hu-JPau7/?igshid=MmIxOGMzMTU=
Pepys plays an important part in the tagged book, so I decided to Wiki him. I found this excerpt from his diary about the plague in London, proving history continually repeats itself.
@MaleficentBookDragon has reopened this swap and I‘m so glad! I‘ve signed up! If you haven‘t signed up go do it now! 🎃 👻 🧛♀️ 🧟♂️ 🐉 🌚🐈⬛
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#scarathlon2022 #teamslaughter #watchlist #earlybird
Check out this webpage for an awesome list and where to watch:
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Here are the readathons I plan to participate in, so far at least, for #scarathlon2022 #teamslaughter:
#witchathon #31by31 #spookoween and of course my ongoing readathons for #foodandlit2022 #readingafrica2022 #litsyatoz and #chunksterchallenge2022
Amiable, Clwojick, Librarybelle, StayCurious, mdm139, BarbaraBB, TheSpineView, Catsandbooks, Butterfinger
Reposting for #earlybirdpoints for #scarathlon2022 #teamslaughter
Thanks as always to our marvelous hosts!!
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One last thought for the night from this eloquent author #bannedbooks
#Reunion #readingafrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
I love LOVE the author‘s defense of her novel in one of the prefaces to it. She had extraordinarily strong feelings about the state of affairs for women in 1831 when the book was published but she felt the need to write under a male pen name. For probably obvious reasons. #bannedbooks
#Reunion #readingafrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
We are not alone to think these are the worst of times. This is from the author‘s preface as she rails against censorship in 1831 #bannedbooks
#Reunion #readingafrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
Amongst earliest #bannedbooks, the author wrote multiple prefaces to it responding to the vast amount of censorship it caused back in 1831!! Written by a woman under a male pen name, the story is about a woman‘s exceedingly unhappy marriage. #Reunion #readingafrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
A bit more fun: “Thirsty work, vexing Puritans.”
Who‘d of thought to write a humorous book about the puritans? Well here it is! Heaven knows they need some levity.
I‘m enjoying this book and its entertaining jargon. Take this example:
“I‘m to keep you un-et by catamounts…”
In other words: “I‘m to keep the wildcats from eating you…”
pickThis is the dark story of steam captain Marlowe following the Congo River to find Kurtz. Kurtz is among the most evil of characters in literary history, who is based on the author‘s experiences in Belgium Congo during the horrific genocide perpetrated on the native population to gather rubber (& in Kurtz‘s case, ivory). This book was a success for two reasons: 1) Branagh‘s narration made it very enjoyable despite the subject matter. 2) The ⬇️
pickThis is a short, compact, complex story about the death of a child in a Kenyan village near a lake. There are multiple storylines so hang on tight as the tale progresses at a sometimes dizzying pace. The “water people” reveal who killed the child, but alas there‘s much more to the story. A sad and surprising ending. #foodandlit #readingafrica2022 #Kenya
I‘m listening to this book for #foodandlit and #readingafrica2022 #Kenya.
pickThe author travels throughout #Senegal describing the sights and sometimes smells of the country. He describes, for example, the “door of no return,” where many slaves left Africa for the new world, and the picture on the cover, one of the largest statues in the world, far bigger than the Statue of Liberty. He also complains about negative incidents he encounters—some so inconsequential I found it frustrating. He‘s not an experienced travel ⬇️
I took the day off to make cards. These are perfect for my #litsylove or pals!! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
I vowed to read this classic for #readingafrica2022–there are just so many references to it as I‘ve been reading through Africa. Fortunately there‘s an audiobook free for Audible subscribers. The narration as you‘d expect is superb. #Congo @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
pickThree siblings at three Thanksgivings: we listen as their relationships with significant others and with each other transform over time. From births, death, and family trauma, this novella demonstrates well how we deal with massive changes in our lives and the lives of people we are close to, for better or worse. Very well done: writing and narrating. #litsyatoz #letterY
I downloaded this book in case I get a chance to read it as well. I‘ve already covered all these countries for #readingafrica2022 except #Senegal, but I think this will give me a better idea of some of them than what I read, especially #GuineaBissau. In case anyone is needing these hard-to-find countries in books for the challenge, this ebook is free with Kindle Unlimited. #Mauritania #Gambia #Guinea
The tagged book is so dark I just can‘t read it now. But needing a book for #Senegal for #readingafrica2022 I found a book called Travels in Senegal, which I will need to add to the Litsy database. In the meantime, here‘s a map of Senegal from the book. And “bailing, not bailing” on the tagged book for now. @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
pickThere is no more pertinent book right now than this one, and it should be your excuse to join Audible* so you can listen to it. This is a world where men's reproductive rights are substantially limited by law, and men are at the mercy of powerful women. For example, pharmaceutical drugs are designed with women in mind, so imagine if you can, men may be taking medication that is not designed for their bodies!! This book is absolutely brilliant! ⬇
#readingafrica2022 challenge update part 2
Just Senegal, Reunion, São Tomé, and Libera to go.
@librarybelle @barbarabb
#LitsyAtoZ challenge update, part 1
I loved the tagged book when the kids were babies. Well, I love everything by Sandra Boynton.
It's time for my 2022 challenges update starting with #foodandlit. This month we are traveling through #Kenya, for which I read the tagged book, with wonderful descriptions of that country. I'm not sure I will get to Dark Star Safari this month. @catsandbooks @butterfinger
pickFollett writes brilliant historical fiction and I‘ve read some of his war books. But this book proves he can write complex thrillers. It‘s definitely an on the edge of your seat most of the time as events transpire in #Chad, North Korea, China, and the US. This is a very dark book. Be in the right mindset when you read it—maybe skip the news while reading it. I listened to the audio. The narrator blew me away, capable of voicing different ⬇️
I‘ll be darned! When I asked husband if he‘d read anything by George Sand he said no but he said she‘s a woman! Of course, as he likes to say, he was right! And of course it had to be a woman writing in defense of women‘s rights and marriage. What man in 1831 was going to say women deserved equal rights? If you are wondering what I‘m talking about, see my previous post for the tagged book. #readingafrica2022 #Reunion
I can‘t lose sight of my #litsyatoz challenge with so few letters left in the alphabet. I‘ve always managed to squeeze every last letter of the alphabet in every year I‘ve done the challenge. So I‘m moving on to the tagged book for #letterJ setting aside my next #readingafrica2022 book I‘d chosen.
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