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Versailles: A Novel | Kathryn Davis
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#DashingThruDecember Day 5: The #LightDisplay we witnessed in Versailles last year was phenomenal and definitely a core memory to last a lifetime.

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Clear: A Novel | Carys Davies
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I suppose because it‘s a novella, the story seemed to take off quickly, and I struggled to focus on the two main characters. It felt rushed. I love stories that immerse me in nature, gradually explore the development of relationships, and leave me feeling warm and fulfilled. This story had those elements, but the hurried pace left me with little emotional impact by the end.

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I Didn't Talk | Beatriz Bracher
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117 Armando was given up for my sake, but not by my lips, as though that made any difference.

120 The greater terror, perhaps, is of the arbitrary, the unexpected.

123 I feared the absence of fear and the feeling of the infinite.

126 The rules of the game in prison were to not die and not give in.

127 There is no punishment without blame and I had been punished.

145 Maybe no one has ever considered me a traitor except myself.

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I Didn't Talk | Beatriz Bracher
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128 There was a kind of mass schizophrenia in the air, we were all being watched, friends were disappearing, militant and non-militant built networks of information to know who was still alive, nothing written or spoken still carried its conventional meaning and the new meanings required deciphering codes that were unstable and for that reason inefficient,

Pinta the value of face-to-face relations was also placed in suspense: friend, guerrilla, stool pigeon, colleague, infiltrator, plant – all of them wore jeans, spoke in allegories, used metaphors and code names that swarmed across every available surface – 21h
Pinta knowing looks, and the feeling of brotherhood at the dawn of a new day, and also the stubborn, fetid joy of those small men who had the power to denounce, threaten, shout. And besides all that there was the street, the bus, the bakery, the line at the bank, soap operas, lovers, the life of good morning, how‘s it going, four rolls please, a double shot, people going to work and coming home, the bus jammed, grinding against each other, 21h
Pinta people laughing and people sleeping, long conversations, stench of armpits, the driver smoking, an old lady saying excuse me in her tiny voice, a big black man yelling “you sons of bitches, can‘t you see the lady wants to get by, bunch of punks,” the day completely normal, words meaning what they mean, every gesture in place, I tightened my grip, wave, and wonder of wonders, our team in 1970. 21h
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I Didn't Talk | Beatriz Bracher
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Quiet but killer short novel investigating political resistance. Retiring professor Gustavo looks over his papers & recalls his minor part in fighting the Brazilian military dictatorship of the 1970s and 80s. Gustavo insists that he didn‘t talk under torture, yet he survives while brother-in-law Armando is killed. Guilt, sacrifice, trauma, memory, emotional torture, “pariah‘s-eye view.” Wandering, dream-of-consciousness, unreliable. Trans. 2018.

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While still good, the 3rd book in The Lost Queen Series, I didn't find as good as the first two. The Shadowed Land took us on a journey with Angharad, as she continues to develop as a Wisdom Keeper, and Artur, who follows in his father's footsteps. Languoreth and Lailoken still are prominent in the book. This one wasn't as long as the other two, either. I reread the first two books, since it had been a few years since I read them, before I ⬇️

MonicaLoves2Read ⬆️ read this one. Now, I have to wait until the Fall of 2027 for the next book. Of course, I will have to reread the 3 before it, before I read it, which is okay since I love this series.

When reading this series, you can tell Pike put in a lot of hardwork and a lot of time doing research. She gives you a chance to travel back to 540 to 584 Scotland. My TBR grew also, because she listed some books in her note I would like to read concerning Artur.

😊 Happy Reading 😊

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MonicaLoves2Read
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"..where one burns books, one will soon burn people."

Historical Fiction set during the 1930s and 1940's in France, Germany and the USA. Told from 3 different perspectives and timeliness.

Vivian is trying to get a bill stopped that Sen.Taft has filed in Congress for censorship. Althea is a young American writer asked to come to Germany in 1933 by Joesph Goebbels. She accepts not really knowing what she is about to get in. ⬇️

MonicaLoves2Read Hannah, a Jew in Germany, befriends Althea. Through this story, you witness their lives intertwining.

I love Historical Fiction because I always learn something. For instance, I didn't know that Taft had a bill to censor what books could be read by our military in WWII. The Armed Service Editions (ASE) sent books for soilders to read while they were overseas. A lot of the soilders ended up having a life long love of reading because of the ASE. There was one topic I didn't care for in the book, which brought down my rating. 4⭐️
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TheLudicReader I know this author‘s mom and I have started this book a couple times, but can‘t seem to settle into it. 24h
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💙📚BOOK REVIEW 📚💙

⭐️WOMEN OF A PROMISCUOUS NATURE BY DONNA EVERHART⭐️

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⭐️This book will infuriate you and break your heart but you need to read it!

⭐️This book had me researching!

https://reecaspieces.com/2025/12/04/women-of-a-promiscuous-nature-by-donna-everh...

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