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SanjanaGhosh
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Mehso-so

Picked up a book way way out of my comfort zone and domain, so I am definitely not the correct person to be critical of this read!

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Panpan

Having read a biography of Cleopatra VII and watched documentaries and movies, this fictional diary was definitely a let-down. Can‘t tell if it‘s disappointing because I‘m an adult or because I know so much about her life. It was mostly being stuck in Rome waiting for a Roman army to come back with her and her father to Alexandria to quell the peasant and sibling rebellions. The ending part with all the facts was more interesting.

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DebinHawaii
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#25Alive!

For today‘s #NewYrQuote I‘m going with Eleanor Roosevelt for New Year inspiration.

I don‘t know if it was in the tagged book but it seems like a good one.

KadaGul Love 😍 it. #Hello2025 🍀💜🌅💙🎆 9h
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Rome753
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"However, I should have to write another essay altogether to determine the point whether this is a real change and revolution in a man's nature, brought about by fortune, or whether it is rather the case that when a man is in power the evil that has been latent in him reveals itself openly."
-Plutarch, "Fall of the Roman Republic"

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mcctrish
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And just like that, hours and hours later, I‘m back in my regular reading spot for #hyggehour with Lark Rise to Boredom, a pink gin smash ( there is no dry January happening here) and an emptied bowl of potato chips for all of my hard work today #cheerstome

AllDebooks 😅 12h
Ruthiella “Lark Rise to Boredom” 🤣🤣🤣 I am actually enjoying it, but it‘s not Cranford. 11h
dabbe But what about the snuff? 😂 11h
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mcctrish @Ruthiella I was thoroughly spoiled by Cranford 11h
mcctrish @dabbe 🎶things can only get better 🎶 11h
MrT Had to read that for o level English back in the 80s, almost as much fun as The Siege of Krishnapore🥱 2h
mcctrish @MrT oh gosh, that would be torture now
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elijah.reibin
Ground Zero | Alan Gratz
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Pickpick

Ground Zero, created by Alan Gratz follows two parallel stories that is framed around the 9/11 attack during and after the incident. In 2001, a young boy named Brandon is trapped within the World Trade Center, also known as the Twin Towers, after the terrorist attack happened and tries to survive. In 2019, an Afghan girl named Reshima faces consequences on the ongoing war in Afghanistan from the result of 9/11. Through both characters experiences,

elijah.reibin the book follows the theme terrorism, survival, war, and the risk of their own lives through global conflict. Both characters show how even in tough situations, the only way to survive is to face conflicts, and I highly recommended this book if you like how the main character struggles to overcome obstacles to keep themselves alive. In the photo, it has the recharge of the twin towers, but the symbol throughout the book is the dust. 14h
elijah.reibin front of the page. Dust represents the aftermath of the destruction from the twin towers and the collapse of Afghanistan. The violence from Brandon‘s point of view represents the immediate chaos and the loss of purity, while Reshima‘s view on cruelty signifies the ongoing suffering and instability in her world after the 9/11 attack. Throughout the book, dust is the reminder of how the actions of one‘s enemies can affect the individual and society, 14h
elijah.reibin which lets us think of the outcome when violence can become a far-reaching problem. 14h
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OutsmartYourShelf
Young Stalin | Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Out of Churchill, Hitler, & Stalin, I know the least about Stalin so decided now would be the perfect time to read this first book in the two part series. How did Joseph Dzhugashvili from Georgia become the megalomaniac ruler of Russia & preside over millions of deaths of his own people?

OutsmartYourShelf Even from the start Stalin seemed to have innate confidence in his own abilities & judgment & a powerful personal charisma. This book deals with his life from his humble origins to just after Lenin took power. It's informative but it's very verbose & therefore the text seems very dense. It also seemed a much longer book than it actually was & there are lots of footnotes. 16h
OutsmartYourShelf Stalin comes across as a sociopath or even psychopath at times: manipulative, able to walk away from those he professed to love without a backward glance (including some of his own children), & an astounding lack of empathy with others. I'm thinking the second book will be very interesting. 4🌟

TWs: adult/minor relationships, animal death (moderate).
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Andrew65 Excellent 🎉🎉🎉 15h
PuddleJumper Nice! 13h
Librarybelle Montefiore‘s books all seem a bit verbose. I have a discarded library copy of this one to read some day: 13h
OutsmartYourShelf @Librarybelle Oh yes, I‘ve got that one too. 13h
dabbe Wowza. Those eyes just scream to me: psychopath. 😱😱😱 11h
DieAReader 🎉🤓Great!! 7h
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AVChrista
Mexico: A Novel | James A. Michener
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I believe this is my first James Michener novel, so let‘s see what all the hub-bub is about!

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lil1inblue
Assata: An Autobiography | Assata Shakur
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I could write essays about this book and why we need it at this exact point in time. Since there aren't enough characters, I'll simply say this. This is the best argument for prison abolition that I have ever read, and she never even mentions it.

What an incredible woman.

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MariaW
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As archaeologists and anthropologists we are arch-appropriators of material cultures. The objects we collect from ethnographic contexts, the artefacts we find in the earth, are no longer a part of the material culture to which they once belonged. From the moment of collection or discovery they become part of our material culture, our systems of cultural significance.