The Embroidered Book | 
I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!
#ABookADay2023
What a coinkydink- I‘m reading about 10/22 on 10/22!
This is the date Marie- Antoinette‘s son, Louis- Joseph was born, 10/22/1781
Poor Marie Antoinette.
Bad omen:
The celebratory fireworks for her marriage to the future king of France (at age 15)
killed several by fires and trampling!
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/inside-the-worlds-deadliest-fireworks-acci...
I bought this book because of its beautiful cover. Serendipity would have me start reading it when I was Paris & that I can add it to my mini-émersion into the Hapsburg women that I was planning to start after my trip!
(and a touch of Romanov)
#MariaTheresa #MarieAntoinette #MariaCarolina
#MariaChristina
#Habsburg
How gorgeous is this cover?! 😍
pickI was thrilled that this novel won the Aurora Best Novel award last weekend. It's a historical fantasy novel that explores the lives of Marie Antoinette and her sister Charlotte, Queen of Naples and Sicily. I've read several of Kate Heartfield's novels and I love her writing!
#auroraawards
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
#RushAthon @DieAReader @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES
pickVery enjoyable - extremely readable. Alternative history centered on Marie Antoinette & her sister Charlotte in world/time when magic was very much real. Set in the late 18th century it sweeps you along like a Dumas or a Dickens - tons of characters (many of them real historical figures) along with drama, romance, intrigue & statecraft. We all know the ending for the Queen of France, but it all makes for a riveting journey along the way.
pick#fourfoursin22 embroidery (the title) @Lauredhel
I enjoyed this! It's been a while since I've read alternate history, so that was fun. A different portrayal of Marie Antoinette than I've encountered before (not just cause of the magic). If you like magic with your historical fiction, I recommend this.
Excited to start this one today from the library. What are you reading today?
pickToday has hurt my heart so I lost myself in a book. This was such a good read. I love all the historic details and the storyline woven between two sisters was so well done. This one has made it onto my keeper shelf. #blqsummerreadingchallenge #bluecover #chunksterchallenge
Y‘all I‘ve been waiting for this book for weeks! I‘m so excited to be able to finally have my hands on it. And it‘s sooooo pretty. #goldsborobooks are beyond beautiful! Starting to read it tonight!
My March Goldsboro book arrived today and I am absolutely floored by how gorgeous it is! 😍 Look at those blue marbled page edges! 😲 I think this might be my favorite one so far! And I've never heard of this book before but it looks amazing! Historical fantasy which is a sub genre I really enjoy! And it's huge! 650 pages! *sighs happily* Big books bring me such bliss! 💕📚💕 #goldsboro #goldsborobooks
Book mail! This is such a pretty book! I couldn‘t decide on the spine or sprayed edges. The top & bottom edges are sprayed a dusky blue & the side edge is a blue marbley design.
Can‘t wait to dive into the March #GSFF book!! It‘s a chonker.
❤️
pickGot this just because of the stunning cover.
It's about two magical sisters, the queens of France and Naples. Spanning from 1767 to the 1790s, how magic helped make and break each of the two kingdoms.
Enjoyed the writing very much. Very inventive for a historical fiction involving actual historical figures, and very well-researched.
What did you think, @TrishB?
pickI loved this. Entertaining blend of history, magic and fantasy/alternative telling. It did not feel like a chunkster and of course it still hurtled towards the end. Throughly enjoyed 😁
Really lazy Sunday.
Finished Miss Eliza's and made some crochet triangles for a blanket out of leftover yarns. Also, made some rhubarb compote.
Can't put down the tagged book, #GhostCat won't let me get up anyway. I managed to read half of it already. @TrishB
#CatsOfLitsy
#CrochetersOfLitsy #HookersOfLitsy
#LitsyCrafters @curiouserandcurioser @Catsandbooks
#quicklunchtimeread
I have a really unhealthy lunch from Greggs today 😁😁 but the book is good so far (only 30 pages in!).
