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This is a thing Iโve done for a while on Facebook, and it seems to fit better here, so I should give the backstory.
I had a friend, Steve Davies aka Spartacus Mills, self-styled โBritainโs laziest #surrealistโ (there was stiff competition). We never met irl, but he was a scabrous, provocative, delightful and hilarious presence online.
Sparty would post a list of the books heโd read each year. This hadnโt occurred to me, but watching him do it made it looked kind of fun. Plus, there was always the interest in crossover in our reading, and thinking about books Iโd read he might like. So I started to keep a list one year, looking forward to sharing it with him.
And Sparty died. It was a terrible, stupid accident while he was out walking with his beloved dog, and even though we never met I still feel that ache of his absence. So I did a list that year, and decided to carry on doing it.
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I Read a lot of books about European Queens in 22
My top 4 picks:
Shelley Puhak, The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World
Leonie Frieda, Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France
Katherine Pangonis, Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule
Leanda de Lisle, Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation #2022books #bookreviews #history #womeninhistory
I have 1 book left to read to hit my goal of 75 for 2022. I have the day off, a 10 hour audio book (that I listen to at 2.5x speed), and a lot if mundane tasks to do.
I can do this! ๐
Here's my #2022GoodreadsChallenge Wrapped:
129 books, 30,566 pages ๐ฅ
#2022Books #2022Wrapped #Goodreads #SapphicBooks #LesFic #WLW #queerbooks #forSapphics #SapphicMigration
2023 Reading Challenge, I am ready for yah! ๐
Some physical books I bought and read this year! And some of them are gifts from friends ๐๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Ayers and King are no longer alone on my Sapphic shelf ๐ฅฐ
#2022books #bookhauls #2022wrapped #lesfic #ffromance #wlw #sapphicbooks #yurimanga #forSapphics #SapphicMigration