Welcome to Litsy!

I have a fun variety of books to read for #MonthlyNonfiction2025 this month!

Ten Birds That Changed the World for #Naturalitsy @AllDebooks

Bad Feminist for #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

Blackbeard the Pirate for #BookedInTime @Cuilin

"... it's all very well planning what you will do in six months, what you will do in a year, but it's no good at all if you don't have a plan for tomorrow."
I thought this was fine. I waited too long to read it and it has won so many awards, it could never live up to the hype.
Overall I love how readable it was, and even with 739 Thomas's it was easy to keep track of who was who, credit to Mandel that is no easy feat.
Do I think Cromwell needed?

Maybe my best month ever? 22 books! A few minor holidays and less schoolwork really make a difference! #bookspinbingo @thearomaofbooks

6 Bingos!
12 Audiobooks
4 Nonfiction (2 memoirs)
4 Graphic Novels (YA and MG)
7 Middle Grade
2 #bitsychunkster #chunksterchallenge @amiable
✅ #shardlakebr @dabbe
✅ #litsyscifibookclub @thespineview
✅ #bookedintime @cuilin

I really like Alison Weir but this for me fell a bit flat. Perhaps it‘s because the story adds nothing new to my knowledge of the time and compared to some of the other novels I have read it felt a little fast and at time perfunctory. Henry is a complex character and I feel like we never really see that complexity #bookedintime @Cuilin

#weeklyforecast
Finishing the tagged today
ARC - One Day Everyone Will Have Been Against This
Overdue at the library -need to start I Cheerfully Refuse
#BookedInTime & #25in25 starting Wolf Hall

Completed this book for #BookedinTime (Tudor England). I enjoyed the writing style and the story. Although I‘m not sure if I‘m invested enough in the character of Shardlake to continue on with the series. Maybe I‘m a bit curious to see how he fares now that his rose-colored glasses about Cromwell and the Reformation have been removed.

@Cuilin @dabbe

#BookedInTime Tudor England January 2025
@cuilin @dabbe

I have mixed feelings about this month's selection. It's an extremely well researched novel, with some interesting details of Queen Elizabeth's rein. However, I felt it was too long and repetitive. They talked about how Elizabeth did not want to get married, and how she held off all her suitors, over and over again.

#FirstLineFridays
 @ShyBookOwl

#BookedInTime
@Cuilin @Dabbe

Jessie Childs draws Henry Howard for us, complete with his strengths as and weaknesses, neither hero nor villain. And in so doing she illustrates the terrifying times of Henrican England. Henry VIII‘s tyranny, paranoia, megalomania, and hubris are all too familiar in our age. An appropriate read just prior to the upcoming inauguration.#bookedintime @Cuilin

#BookedInTime @Cuilin

In February we head out into the wild seas and against all rational advice we search for pirates. 🏴‍☠️
Q1. How is the Tudor times going?
I read Dissolution and loved it. Cromwell made an appearance.
Q2. Do you have a book in mind yet for Pirates?
I‘m bringing a list to the library, Libby.

Answers in the comments. As always, everyone is welcome.