The tagged book was a stellar read in July and will certainly vie for one of my best reads of the year
#12booksof2024 @Andrew65
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The tagged book was a stellar read in July and will certainly vie for one of my best reads of the year
#12booksof2024 @Andrew65
I have read 7; currently listening 🎧 to The Wedding People and eBooking Irena Rey. I have The Safekeep ready for next audiobook and am on hold SOON for eB Beautyland. Intermezzo is #55 🤣 , Orbital #3, Ministry of Time #32, Blue Sisters #13, Colored Television #9, Bury Your Gays #6
#ToBLongList #ToB2025_LongList
Yeehaw! 🤠 Here we go with the mad scramble!
pickFor 50+ days, Constantinople defended itself and its 1200+ years of history as the eastern-most bastion of Christendom against the Turkish Ottomans‘ assault. This is a very detailed account of the siege and battle, and some of the aftermath. Sultan Mehmet was only 21 when he felled the city that had withstood many previous attempts. I suspect age aided his endurance. But he was also a young military genius and had extraordinary control of the ⬇️
The author of the tagged book describes the sources he most trusted to write this historical account of the siege and fall of Constantinople, Doukas being one of them. How crazy that Doukas‘s account stops mid-sentence!
“If there is any moment at which it is possible to recognize a modern sensibility in a medieval event, it is here in the account of reactions to the news of the fall of Constantinople. Like the assassination of Kennedy or 9/11 it is clear that people throughout Europe could remember exactly where they were when they first heard the news.”
I realize how inappropriate this is but in the chapter when Constantinople fell, I had to play this song. Now everyone will have this song stuck in your head. Sorry, not sorry. It is a good song.
#two4Tuesday Thanks @TheSpineView for the tag
1) Easy, stripes. I have some very nice work blouses with subtle stripes. Hard to imagine being subtle with spots
2) Tagged. Checked out from Libby. It‘s an interesting but slow read. I‘ll likely have to renew my loan
Constantinople in the early 15th century. It had declined quite a bit by then, especially after its sacking by the Venetians.
I‘m also reading this one for the #comfortreadathon. Just switching around what I‘m reading depending on my mood at any particular moment. @BookwormAHN
My next ebook. I read Cloud Cuckoo Land, which in part was about the siege of Constantinople, so this one looked good to me. So far, the writing style is excellent
pick4✨ With multiple POVs it was difficult at first to keep them all straight. They are in different time lines, and some I enjoyed more than others. I paid more attention the story lines I liked, but it‘s important to understand all of them when you get closer to the end. I have to say it was my favorite escape this week especially. #FoodandLit 🇹🇷 @Catsandbooks @Texreader
