Learning something else new. In 1932 and it appears even earlier they had metal dishes with a heat source underneath. I also learned it‘s called a chafing dish. Maybe I should have known this, but I didn‘t know it had a name. 🤯
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Learning something else new. In 1932 and it appears even earlier they had metal dishes with a heat source underneath. I also learned it‘s called a chafing dish. Maybe I should have known this, but I didn‘t know it had a name. 🤯
Hmmm 🤔 So… here‘s what I‘m thinking. We just heard that the banks closed down, one dad kills himself at his kids birthday party, another dad left his family when he lost his job, and then the teenager takes the kids to a movie where the male lead has to choose between an adulteress and a prostitute… umm… escaping the reality of the crazy in the Great Depression?
I wasn't particularly fond of any of the books I finished in September, so this work, finished on Oct 5th, will do. An easy read, obviously in diary format so can be read in bits and pieces, but it does slowly build on itself as you learn more about the neighbors (and the author's feelings about them) until the last 20% is finally laugh-out-loud funny, if you like understated humor.
#12booksof2025
pickAs I tried to finish the tagged, my final read of 2025, I fell asleep with my head on my book. My husband asked, “Did you drool?” (I did… but not on my “pillow”). This anecdote is a placeholder for the whole year. I‘ve been exhausted. In 2026, I want to rest more. I want to focus on sleep, on getting that Good Sleep, so I can be more awake.
Reading goals: read about sleep.
Doing goals: sleep, dream, wake.
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pickAs the year draws to a close, I felt that for my final book, I wanted a book to leave 2025 with a smile on my face and a chuckle or two. Sue Townsend guarantees those feelings with the greatest comic character since bertie worsted. In this Adrian's diaries for 1997/1998 coincide with the first year of the new Labour government with brilliant satire but also the comedy of his home and love life. Happy reading in 2026, everyone.
pickThis was my first philosophy book. It was a little hard to get into but I ended up really enjoying it. A lot of his advise is still practical for today and the book has a very modern feeling to it 💛
#WickedWords #diary @AsYouWish
#12BooksOf2025 May just wow, Friedrich would be considered a conservative and an aristocrat but his diary is spot on about the evil, stupidity, and cruelty of the rise of the Third Reich. His diary starts in 1936. It was called “One of the most important documents of the Hitler period “ by Hannah Arendt , the New York Review of Books has this lovely edition. One of my top of the year!
Ashley has no family to spend the holidays with when Emma invites her to spend Christmas at her Manor house, she immediately accepts.Not long after arriving, Ashley begins to suspect everything isn't all Christmas merriment she becomes aware of a sinister figure lurking in the woods and an unsolved murder hanging over the family.I loved how this book was told through journal entries from the past and present, it was creepy, addictive reading.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Why I love historical fiction. I learn so much! I didn‘t even know this was a thing. 🤔
