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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. 2w
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 🎉🎉🎉 2w
PuddleJumper Nice! 2w
Librarybelle Montefiore‘s books all seem a bit verbose. I have a discarded library copy of this one to read some day: 2w
OutsmartYourShelf @Librarybelle Oh yes, I‘ve got that one too. 2w
dabbe Wowza. Those eyes just scream to me: psychopath. 😱😱😱 2w
DieAReader 🎉🤓Great!! 2w
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EadieB
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#October2024 #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024

I have read 5 books for October with 1 Bingo.

DieAReader 🤓👻❤️‍🔥 3mo
TheSpineView Fantastic! 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 3mo
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TheBookgeekFrau
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October Wrap-Up

Total read: 6
#BookSpin ✔️
#DoubleSpin ✔️
#MountTBR 5
DNF 1

#ReadAway2024

DieAReader 🤓❤️‍🔥👻 3mo
TheBookgeekFrau @DieAReader 🧡🎃🧡 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!! 3mo
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BarbaraBB
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#OctoberStats #OctoberWrapUp

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Prima Facie
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Earth
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tell Me Everything
I Who Have Never Known Men
For Reasons Unknown
Annie Bot
⭐️⭐️⭐️
American Psycho
Rejection
Blood like mine
Someone at a distance
Keep it in the family
City of the Lost
The Book Censor‘s Library
⭐️⭐️✨
Beautyland
⭐️⭐️
The extinction of Irena Rey

DNF
Victory City
Dead in Long Beach, California

sarahbarnes Looks like it was a great month! 😃 3mo
Cathythoughts Nice month 👏🏻 I have Prima Facie , I must pick it up. 3mo
BarbaraBB @Cathythoughts Please so, it‘s so good. 3mo
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BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes The first half was, the latter I struggled with some of them. But overall I can‘t complain 😀 3mo
Suet624 So many books!!! 2mo
BarbaraBB @Suet624 Yes. You can see that I went to Gladstone‘s for a few days! 2mo
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Hooked_on_books
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Here are my corresponding books for the numbers drawn for October. Two of the numbers are the same as September, so I get another crack at the ones I didn‘t read last month! #ReadYourEbooks

CBee Awesome! 4mo
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Hooked_on_books
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My list for October #ReadYourEbooks is the same as the one I never posted for September because, yup, I didn‘t read any from the list! I‘m ok with that. We‘ll see how I do this month!

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JackOBotts
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September was a slooooooow reading month for me…hoping my October #bookspin helps me get back in the swing.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4mo
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GinaKButler
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October‘s #bookspin list! I can‘t wait to see what you pick, @TheAromaofBooks 📚

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4mo
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candc320
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My spooky TBR is ready for #bookspinbingo!! This is my favorite time of year for reading (I love horror) so hopefully I can get through a lot of these!