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When lacking an audio book option, does anyone else read aloud to themselves? For some reason I do in my Americanized British accent lol.

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#LiteraryCrew: our next #buddyread title is this nonfiction book by de Courcy - perfect for#NFNovember! Discussion will take place on November 30th.
All are welcome to join! This is a low key buddy read. @Librarybelle posts periodic checkins during the month, along with the discussion questions on the last of the month. Please let her know if you wish to be added or removed from the tag list.
2025 voting starting soon.

#LiteraryCrew : Our next #buddyread title is this nonfiction book by de Courcy—perfect for #NFNovember ! Discussion will take place on November 30th.

All are welcome to join! This is a low key buddy read. I post periodic checkins during the month, along with the discussion questions on the last of the month. Please let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the tag list.

Thanks for the 2025 suggestions! I‘ll get voting ready very soon!

History book club book for November. So of course I‘m starting early. And yes I know hindsight is 20/20… but have you ever read a history book and just spent 70% of the time shouting WHY?!?! and the remaining 30% googling the words used?

Because historically, people in power were big dumb.

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November‘s #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead is a first: a nonfiction! This is an account of the women who left Britain in search of husbands and adventure in India in the late 19th century.

Read at your own pace. I will post periodic checkins throughout the month. Discussion questions will be posted November 30th. Please let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the tag list!

November‘s #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead is a first: a nonfiction! This is an account of the women who left Britain in search of husbands and adventure in India in the late 19th century.

Read at your own pace. I will post periodic checkins throughout the month. Discussion questions will be posted November 30th. Please let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the tag list!

And don‘t forget to submit title suggestions for next year!

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. ? ?

The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were part of the British Empire from 1892 to 1976. The Gilberts include #kiribati and the Ellice Islands became #tuvalu, so I‘m using this book for both prompts for #readingoceania24.

Arthur Grimble was sent to the islands in 1914 as a colonial administrator and I was worried that the book would be very ‘colonial‘ but, although there were a few concerning tales, it seems as though he became very respected ⬇️

Starting in 1982, Simon Winchester traveled to the remaining parts of the UK outside the British Isles, from Tristan da Cunha to #Bermuda to the Falkland Islands (arriving there at a very interesting time). Aspects of this book are super interesting, but the book is ultimately flawed by relying so heavily on the British viewpoint and ignoring that of the locals.

#ReadingAmericas2023

Phew 😮‍💨 It‘s taken me many many weeks to get through this chunkster, at almost 900 pages it was very dense but so interesting and I felt like I learned a lot I didn‘t know about the British empire. The author made it easy to understand and broke it up nicely so the chapters weren‘t too long. A depressing read at times but I‘m glad I read about an important part of history which we don‘t get taught in school but should