pickThis was my #DoubleSpin for November, and I'm glad I finally read it. I'm now caught up on the #Outlander books and am only awaiting the final season of the show and the final book in the series. Perhaps I'll try something from the “Methadone List.“ But first, I need to read my #BookSpin book for the month.
pickWhat a tome this is - a thoroughly enjoyable one, though. I always love finding out what these characters have been up to. Some time travel plus lots of things going on which are too numerous to mention. There is a very sad moment so don‘t forget your hankie!😢. I can‘t wait to read book nine and then I would imagine there‘ll be a quite a wait until book ten is finished, the final instalment. I shall be so sorry to say goodbye to Jamie & Claire.
pickI haven't given up trying to catch up! 😂 I did this on audio since that's all I could get on Libby. If, like me, you struggle with the Edmund/Fannie relationship of Mansfield Park, this might be a fun read for you. It's an irreverent take on the original, but if you know this going in, it helps. Elizabeth and Darcy make a few appearances in this, too, revisiting their roles from Pride and Premeditation. #JaneAustenThenandNow @Crinoline_Laphroaig
pick“God has great plans for you. But He cannot give you greater than what you desire for yourself.”
This is the story of Jessie Redmon Fauset (April 27, 1882 – April 30, 1961), who basically kicked off the glorious Harlem Renaissance and helped such writers as Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen and more. She was also a magazine editor, a published novelist, and lover of W.E.B. DuBois of the NAACP.
so-soThis was between a so-so and a pick for me. The writing was good and the story kept me interested, I just didn‘t totally love it.
so-soTycho Brahe: glutton, tyrant, star gazer, genius, friend to alchemists & fortune tellers. Private island. Prosthetic nose. Weather. Lots of weather. Trans. 2023
20 “the most illustrious noseless man of our time.”
43 “I have discerned the secrets of the universe from this soup tureen of a country during the brief and rare moments when the lid was raised and heaven could be espied.”
104 “We are created from the same fire as these distant lights.”
pickI never knew the story behind King Henry VI and his mental illness. The women of this era were really treated poorly, and yet some were really brave. #Read2025 @DieAReader
My last book read for #37by37Readathon @MatchlessMarie
pickAnother super-belated review—I read this back in August.
This is Heyer, so of course it was a delight. Ancilla, companion-governess and “too old” to consider romance (28) didn‘t factor “the Nonesuch” into her plans… The two leads are as likable, witty, and intelligent as Ancilla‘s spoiled charge, Tiffany, is annoying. The misunderstanding in the middle is far too easily resolved, but I liked the characters too much for me to be put off by it. ⤵️
