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My current “Royal Biography Buddy Read” with @shawnmooney !

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There was a whole thing on socials last week where someone called the author a pedo bc the MCs name is the same as a middle name of a 12yo Swedish prince. MC of this book is in his 20s &there‘s a disclaimer about this being fictional
“reader” doubled down, claimed this was an author behaving badly even though you cant just call someone a pedo
But as the MC sped away in a speedboat from the paparazzi I realized this book was aggressively not for me

Next vacation read!

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Queen Elizabeth's grandmother, Queen Mary of Teck's official biography.
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Watching the final season of The Crown and thought thisline by Prince Charles was worth noting: “great pain and sadness doesn‘t discriminate — it comes to those with beauty and privilege, too.”

I have to admit that I expected this book to be somewhat dry or abstruse, but I have been reading it out of curiosity based on some family history.
I shouldn‘t have worried. It‘s been far more entertaining than I could‘ve hoped. It‘s often Dorothy Parker levels of skewering of the characters (and I do mean characters! Google Leon Ghilardi, for example).
Jokes aside it‘s also full of source citation; it‘s a great read.

Took up reading about King Zogu because my grandparents actually met in Albania during Zog‘s reign/ era. What a strange time, and with absolute characters. Honestly I expected either transparent sentimentality or propaganda, but this has turned out to be a strangely entertaining book about not only the central character but all the people and circumstances around his rise to leadership.

And with the addition of this book, I've reached a library of 1600 books (according to Goodreads)!! I try to keep up to date on GR to help keep track of what I own and such, and keep several shelves, including a generic "my library' one. ? ?