pickA surprisingly engaging read! A little dry for me in description of the military operations, but personal as to the individuals involved. It was also just one d—— thing after another for Caesar and the Romans. But for the most part, you knew Caesar would prevail, just how would he make it happen.
Side note - Ariovistus was a proper villain - his arguments back to Caesar were “oh snap”. 🤣 (I believe he appears in issue 4 of serial reader)
Rewarding read. My inner ancient history geek loved every chapter of it. Combined with the amazing Caesar‘s Gallic wars it is really entertaining. This was my ancient classic of 2020
#12booksof2020. Day 3
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pickRewarding read. My inner ancient history geek loved every chapter of it. Combined with the amazing Caesar‘s Gallic wars it is really entertaining. My poor, battered copy went through a lot. Rain. Forgotten in the car during a really cold night. Dropped in the snow. Compressed inside my work bag, cover got crushed. 🐈 pushed and spilled a glass of water next to it on the dining table rendering it water stained beyond repair. #classics
Valentine Day with the 🐧
I'm gonna try to finish the last book, book 8, of Caesar's commentaries. I'm satisfied I've persisted and read it. 🙂
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Making some progress on book 7. 🐧 hockey this evening. So tired. Work is being a bit too much. I need a day off soon maybe at the end of the month. Maybe.
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Go pens!
I finished a problematic ARC, started the next one. I only have 2 left in my current ARC pile. I still have 3 more from months ago that probably won't be read in the near future. Read the next Maigret on my list. Both my classic text and #booked2020 books stayed frozen. A so-so week in the quality of reading.
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Book 6 is done and done while listening to the Hawks and Jets game.
Book 7 is all about Vercingetorix and the last book attributed to Caesar. The last book, book 8 is by one of his friends.
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Third lucky jersey. Afternoon game. Finishing book 6. Got distracted by Toews' game last night.
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#bookreport week 2
🆙 Caesar's Conquest of Gaul. 49% and finished book 4 and 5.
▶️ Started Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line. ARC 10%
🆕 Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries arrived. Print to replace the French copy from the library.
🆒 New Plain Jane edition with bonus new story.
Friday night hockey see the 🐧 in Colorado. Good thing I received my McKinnon Funko this week. My Book haul of the week + Nathan and I‘m hoping to finish Book V of Caesar's Conquest of Gaul.
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#bookreport week 1 2020
Not a lot of reading done in this first week of the new decade. I did finish Lucy Parker's upcoming book. Funny, witty and wonderful romance. It did #makesmeLOL #booked2020 #booked2020spring
Knocked another ARC off my list.
Part of my Holidays knitting is done.
Snake 🧣
Crow hat
🦊 mittens
The rest of the day will be devoted to reading Caesar and listening to podcasts.
It's a hockey night in Pittsburgh. So my team is back. Go 🐧. Beginning of a 🥶 is nagging at me. 🙁
So Caesar tonight as reading material.
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#7covers7days #7days7covers #day3
The first propaganda campaign of the West?
My son and husband made a very puzzling discovery yesterday. If you run "alea jacta es" in Google translate into French, you get something really, immensely wrong. It should read either "le sort est jeté" or "les dés sont jetés" if you prefer the contextual translation. There is no matrix and it ain't sunk. In English, the translation works. ???
"No western German claims to have reached its [the Hercynian Forest's] eastern extremity, even after traveling for 2 months, or to have heard where it ends. The forest is known to contain many kinds of animals not seen elsewhere [...] There is an ox shaped like a deer, with a single horn in the middle of its forehead [...] and at the top branches out wildly like a man's hand or a tree."
As a student, I had the best time with J. Caesar's memoirs!
Recently stacked and currently reading. Polar opposites or opposites attract. Roman history and contemporary hockey romance, bio picks and hard science-fiction. #stacked #seasonsreadings2016 #lastbookstacked
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