pick5 ⭐️s
It‘s done!! I did it! This glorious chunkster is finally off my TBR! I‘m using it as a Free Space on my bingo board because I deserve some kind of reward! 😅😂
Honestly I loved it, it was just a lot to digest. Lots of info packed into a thousand pages. I learned so much but never felt like I was reading a dry history book. Massie knows how to keep his reader engaged and his in-depth research and knowledge is mind blowing. ❤️🤯❤️
I was close to squeezing in one extra book on top of my Goodreads goal of 52, but in the end I didn‘t make it. Still, I‘m insanely pleased with the fact that I did hit my goal that I set back at the beginning of 2020. Hope everyone made progress on their goals whether you met them or not! ❤️
#CrushTheRush @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick
The first book I read in 2020 was arguably the worst book I read all year - Dog Master by W. Bruce Cameron 🤦♀️🙄😤🤬 Guess it was a sign of things to come. 😅
The last book and the one I‘m ringing in the new year with is the tagged book. Thankfully I‘m ending 2020 and starting 2021 on a high note. This one is definitely a 5 ⭐️ read!
#Goodbye2020
@ShyBookOwl
I‘m probably being overly ambitious (Who, me? Never! 🙄🤦♀️) but here are my #BFC21 goals for January.
I have quite a number of resolutions for 2021 and I‘m happy to have a space to go to for support for these. My parents gave me a year pass to the state parks, so I don‘t have any excuse not to utilize it as often as possible. 😅
To clarify, my book goals do add up to me reading a total of seven books this month. 🤞
@wanderinglynn
And my lame ass is over here thinking I‘ve actually died and fallen into the seventh circle of hell when I step barefoot on a LEGO...
I‘d like to add “Virginia Woolf in blackface conning the British Navy” to things I didn‘t expect to find in this book. 😳
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
My Winter Break has officially started! 🤘😆🤘 Looking forward to two full glorious weeks off from both jobs! ❤️🥰❤️
Hubby brought me some coffee in the mug he got me for my birthday, I‘m snuggled under some fuzzy blankets, and my big chunkster is here to keep me company. What more could a Bookwyrm ask for?
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Snow. I want snow. ❄️⛄️❄️ 😅
(I just realized my origami dragon in the background looks like it‘s perched on my handle. 😅😍)
1. Tagged
2. Origin of Species is the most, they have a way of finding me. ❤️😊❤️
3. “Before the battle was over, he would split the Unionist Party over free trade as dramatically as, twenty years earlier, he had split the Liberal Party over Home Rule.”
#WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain
❤️😍😂🤣❤️ I‘m not sure how good of a book-raft a sponge really makes... But can we say “Life Goals” when it comes to Balfour‘s book collection?!? 😱
Yes, that‘s GTAV in the background. The hubby and I enjoying our separate hobbies, together. 😅
❤️😍❤️ Lord Salisbury gets it!
Me: I should really get in a ton of reading hours today. It‘s my last day of vacay and I don‘t have any other responsibilities today!
Also Me: *spends an hour working on Yusuf x OC fan fiction from Netflix‘s Marco Polo*
I don‘t know what‘s wrong with me. Send help... 😅
In all seriousness, I‘d love recommendations for books containing similar characters. I‘d describe him as a fiercely loyal, master torturer with a heart of gold. 😅❤️
Sometimes I just can‘t! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 I know I have the weirdest sense of humor, but this bit had me chuckling long after I‘d read it.
I‘m sorry for the text size, and page curve in the one image. I hope it‘s legible for everyone! 😅
“I‘d rather be late ten times over than have to run once.” 😂🤣
Bismarck wins quote of the day. After stuffing myself the last two days, I can definitely sympathize. 😅
I‘m blown away by Massie‘s ability to make these monolithic historical figures into every day humans. Many historical writers can‘t get that part right and their writing ends up being dry and boring like a textbook. Massie makes it seem like I‘m almost reading a novel. 😍
I‘ll still be plugging away at the tagged monster the rest of the year, so it will be my main focus for any readathons that sprout up. ☕️😊📖🐱❤️ I‘ve got my coffee, a snuggly blanket with a cat for a lap heater, and my book. I am a happy Bookwyrm.
#24B4Monday
@Andrew65 @jb72 @SumisBooks
Phew! This is officially the earliest I have EVER put up our Christmas tree. 😅🎄❤️Close-ups of some of our favorites. It‘s always such a trip down memory lane, unboxing the ornaments and hanging them up each year.
My Christmas card writing is coming along and all books are purchased for swaps. I have a few goodies to gather still, but am confident everything will be ready to ship in time for each.
Now to settle down for a nice long read! ❤️🤓📖❤️
“The supremacy of the British Navy was stamped indelibly on the history of the nineteenth century during a single terrible afternoon in October 1805.”
Few pages into this one and in love already. 😅
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
Boo-yah!! Take THAT 2020! ❤️🤘😆🤘❤️ I‘m stoked, you guys! It‘s been ages since I‘ve crammed this many books into one year. I‘m debating doubling it up for 2021 or just adding 20 or so... 🤷♀️
Hope everyone is doing well with their end of the year goals! You can do it!! ❤️😊👍
Poor Dreadnought has been sitting on my TBR for close to a year. I think after I finish The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, I‘ll finally start in on this massive chunkster and see how far I get. 😅
#NovelNovember
@Andrew65
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