RecentReads on Sunday: 19 November 2023
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Finished
Barbara Tuchman, The March of Folly (1984): / 10302.the_march_of_folly
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Regan Panaluna, How to Think Like a Woman (2023): / how-to-think-like-a-woman
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Asmaa al-Ghoul (with Selim Nassib), A Rebel in Gaza, transl. from the French by Mike Mitchell (2018 / 2016): / a-rebel-in-gaza
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Started:
Mary Beard, Emperor of Rome (2023): / emperor-of-rome
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Deanna Raybourn, A Curious Beginning / Veronica Speedwell #1 (2015): / a-curious-beginning
#mystery #buddyread
People & channels mentioned:
Heidi @myreadinglife8816
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By the way:
I stole the name ‘The Second Shelf’ from the title of Meg Wolitzer’s article in the New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/boo...
I also wrote some books:
New novel - published in Dutch on 30 December 2020:
De juiste houding: www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/De%20...
The Decision (2015): hauspublishing.com/fiction/the...
or in the German original: Der Brief des Zauberers (2014): www.aufbau-verlag.de/index.php...
Dutch non-fiction: De goede advocaat (2017): www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/boek/D...
as Britta Bolt (together with writer Rodney Bolt), The Posthumus Mysteries:
- Lonely Graves (2014)
- Lives Lost (2015)
- Deadly Secrets (June 2016)
www.hodder.co.uk/authors/deta...
and for German readers:
- Das Büro der einsamen Toten (2015)
- Das Haus der verlorenen Seelen (2016)
- Der Tote im fremden Mantel (February 2017)
www.hoffmann-und-campe.de/auto...
You always look so elegant, I didn't even notice!
Aww, thank you so much! ❤️
you're very welcome!@
I loved The March of Folly; it’s one of my favorites among her books. But you must wrong about its age, because I read it ten years after it came out, and I’m not…oh, damn, I am that old. Carry on.
A Rebel in Gaza sounds like something I need to read. Thank you for your great description of it.
Hahaha, your comment about age made me chuckle... 😂And Rebel in Gaza is really worth a read.
Ironing is a waste of time! 😂
Super interested in the Mary Beard.
Couldn't agree more re the ironing. 😂 I will report backk on the Mary Beard.
I don’t see wrinkles 🤷♀️ reading from your TBR! Nice! 😊 brain candy! Sounds perfect!
Haha, you're very kind. This jumper was made of wrinkles. 😂 And I love me some good brain candy now and again.
I will accept all wrinkled jumpers if it means another Britta Böhler video. I'm somewhat interested in the Panaluna book as I covered Mary Astell and Mary Wollstonecraft in several modules for my English degree. I just don't know why so many recent authors have to insist their lives/memoirs into the narratives. I read a book recently called "Lesbian Love Story" and it was about how historians erase lesbians from the 20th century narrative of the U.S. Fascinating material, but the author insisted at every turn in giving readers details about her own life. She apparently thought her troubles on a co-ed swim team should be interspersed with historical documents and events. Maddening.
Aww, thank you so much for your lovely comment! And I feel you when it comes to mixing personal stuff into every nonfiction narrative. Or turn your life into an autobiographical novel... 🙄
I couldn't even see the wrinkles on that dark colour - never mind that I usually watch your videos sitting in my dressing gown, with serious morning bed-hair! Another great video and a reminder that I really should get around to reading Barbara Tuchman.
Hahaha, love the idea of you watching my videos in a dressing own and bed hair! And thank you so much for the lovely compliment about my videos.
My first three reads of November:
9. The Knights Templar: A Captivating Guide to the Powerful Military Order & Their Impact on the Crusades by: Captivating History
10. Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
11. In Search of Mary Shelley by Fiona Sampson
I'm currently reading The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwall, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, Anglo-Saxon Attitudes by Angus Wilson, The Lost Book Shop by Evie Woods, and Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman. I couldn't narrow it down to just two or three so I'm dipping my toes until I find myself immersing myself deeper into one or two over the others.
Such a great variety of books! And so many books on the go. Sounds like a very successful reading month.
I think the Tuchman book will be very much for me. It’s been on my list to read for longer than I’d care to admit and it sits staring at me from my shelves right now. I’m thinking 2024 is the year that I’m finally going to tackle it.
I think so, too! Tuchman approaches history in a way that I think you will really enjoy. And yay for tackling it in 2024. (I might even join you for a re-read if you want 😀)
I would love to read it with you! @
@@KathleenAnnBooks ❤
The Veronica Speedwell series is a favourite of mine when I simply need to have a good time and it's perfect to beat a reading slump. Does it get predictable from book 3 and so on?Sure, but it's like old friends, even though you know them inside out, you're always looking forward to spending time with them. And life is too short for ironing!
That is exactly right re Veronica Speedwell! I'm really looking forward to continuing with the series. And I couldn't agree more re ironing. 😂
Curious beginning sounds perfect for light relief. My Mary Beard reading is going well. May not finish this month but not worried about that. Wrinkled Jumper - you are funny 🥰
You should have seen that jumper IRL. 😂 Happy to hear your Mary Beard-reading is going so well!
Yes, I studied philosophy over 50 years ago and the only two I read were Mary Wollstonecraft and Sarte's girlfriend on your shelf, which in those misogynistic days is how Simone de Beauvoir was referred to in class. Now, in my country, we're in retrograde.
I studied philosophy in the 1990ies and 99% of the lit was by men. And de Beauvoir was still referred to as Sartre's 'partner'. 🙄 And unfortunately, we're in retrograde everywhere. Sigh.
Honestly, I’m watching in my ratty plaid shirt and sherpa lounge pants, with old slippers on my feet. If you’ll forgive my attire, I’ll forgive yours. Which is to say…if you hadn’t mentioned it, I wouldn’t have noticed it, and there are so many more important things to talk about! Like books! 😆
Love the description of your outfit! Sounds like my kind of lounge wear 😂
You never have to apologize to me for wrinkled clothes. I would rather scrub toilets than iron!
I couldn't agree more! I HATE ironing!
I don’t know, the Tuchman sounds like wagging the finger of hindsight to me. 🙁
Ah, no, then I didn't explain it well. She looks at examples that already at the time were considered 'bad' but governments did it anyway.
You know no philosophy for me, lol.
I have almost convinced you, right? 😂