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julesG
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Was about to pull the hoover out. #BookMail saved me. 😜

Unfortunately this is not a yellow cover. I might have to extend the #YellowNFShelf into a #YellowAndOrangeNFShelf - doesn't have quite the same ring to it though. 🤔

AnishaInkspill this looks interesting, I had a look, wow over 900 pages but added to my wish list 2mo
julesG @AnishaInkspill it is a door stopper, but I'm actually looking forward to reading it. It's a part of history that wasn't really covered in school or uni. I did a lot on the Antiquity, the Middle Ages and then anything after the French Revolution. It's time to catch up on the Medici and Borgias and... 2mo
AnishaInkspill @julesG this does looks like a very interesting read, and also my kind of read, it's impressive what you have covered, wow!!!, in comparison I haven't done as much but I am really enjoying the journey. 2mo
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julesG @AnishaInkspill Trust me, I wasn't too happy about the list of compulsory courses while at uni, but I'm glad that I was forced to cover this wide spectrum of European history now. Growing up in Germany meant I was confronted by some parts of history wherever I went. A castle here, a renowned uni there, a formerconcentration camp in the next town, a medieval bridge with houses on in the next town over... And I asked so many questions 😁 2mo
catsuit_mango I am really curious about that book, I loved the Terra Ignota series and loved even more see Ada Palmer (and Jo Watson) conversation in my town, she is funny and full of the kind of weird knowledge that I enjoy. 2mo
julesG @catsuit_mango I haven't read her fiction yet, but the non-fiction (first two chapters) is good so far 2mo
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julesG
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Addition to the #YellowNFShelf.

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julesG
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Thanks for the tag @RaeLovesToRead

A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister

The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris

Stiff by Mary Roach

Also see #YellowNFShelf 😁😁

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

dabbe Love Mary Roach! #s 1 and 2 on the TBR. Thanks for sharing! 💚💙💚 13mo
RaeLovesToRead Ooh! I have the sex one! I have quite a lot of sex ones to be fair haha 13mo
random_michelle Another Mary Roach fan!

I enjoyed Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation which is about evolutionary biology.
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monalyisha Not putting Mary Roach on my list hurt my heart a little. Glad (and not at all surprised) to see that she‘s being represented without me! 13mo
julesG @RaeLovesToRead It's an interesting topic. 13mo
julesG @random_michelle @monalyisha - I have most of Roach's books, but not read all of them yet. 🙈 13mo
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julesG
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Pickpick

Full of information, anecdotes and pictures. This was interesting, sometimes eye-opening and definitely funny. I like Lister's humour.

#YellowNFShelf

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julesG
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Someone recently asked why I wouldn't shelf a novel with a yellow spine with the other yellow books. I explained the #YellowNFShelf and we got talking about books and linguistics and swearing. 😁

Today I started the tagged book (bought a copy two years ago 🙄🙈) and was reminded of Wordslut (and a buddyread with @squirrelbrain), which is how the #YellowNFShelf came into being.

As for the tagged book, it has a much more satisfying explanation ⬇️

julesG about "cunt" and it's linguistic demise. Lots of examples of how well the word did in history, with numeric evidence. ?? 14mo
squirrelbrain Oh, you love a good swear word, don‘t you?! 14mo
julesG @squirrelbrain I was behind the door when they handed out "prim and proper" ?? And swear words are just more interesting (for a linguist) than (prim and proper) verbs. 14mo
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julesG
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#BookReport

Finished reading
📚the two latest additions to the #YellowNFShelf - 🌟🌟🌟(both)
📚Ashley Poston's + Jasmine Guillory's Novellas - 🌟🌟🌟(both)
📚Other Plans (McGarry Stateside book 4) - 🌟🌟🌟🌟
📚Curves for Days - 🌟🌟🌟
📚The Tainted Cup - ARC - 🌟🌟🌟🌟✨
📚Lawful Interception - 🌟🌟🌟✨
📚Relight My Fire - re-read because the ARC had bits missing and I wanted to see the final book - 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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julesG
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What's better than #BookMail? Books arriving months after I ordered them and had already forgotten about.

Addition to the #YellowNFShelf - it has lists.

Photo bombed by #GhostCat because how can I even think about giving the book more attention than her.

#CatsOfLitsy

TheBookHippie 💛 lol !!! But what a face 🙃♥️ 1y
batsy Aww, that's cute! 😼 1y
AmyG Awww ❤️ 1y
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Gissy 😻Those eyes 💙 1y
Crazeedi She's so sweet, aren't kitties the best? And mine always tries to read with me, lol 1y
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1y
AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 1y
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 1y
TNbookworm 😻 1y
MemoirsForMe 😻😻😻 1y
PaperbackPirate 😻😹 1y
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julesG
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#BookReport

Finished

The Second Chance Year - ARC
Why is Nothing Ever Simple? - reread
The Ordeal of the Haunted Room - reread
The Mountain in the Sea - #AuldLangSpine
The Lady Thief of Belgravia - ARC
Rich People Problems
Anne Boleyn - #AuldLangSpine

Started

Perplexing Paradoxes - ARC
Never Wagers with a Wallflower - ARC
A National Trust Miscellany - #YellowNFShelf
Fugitive Telemetry - GraphicAudio ed.

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julesG
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#BookMail

A new addition to the #YellowNFShelf

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