BlackDayinJuly

The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II | Edvard Radzinsky

#timbittunes #blackdayinjuly

It was a black day and a bloody day in July 1918 when the Bolsheviks murdered the Romanovs who they held imprisoned in Ekaterinburg. Just been listening to a podcast about this on BBC History - and I‘ve read the tagged book which was fascinating.

Cinfhen, TheKidUpstairs

peaKnit I so curious about this family as I am reading a fictional perspective by John Boyne

The House of Special Purpose

Butterfinger I just finished The House of Special Purpose. This looks like a good one to read next. 5y

Centique @peaknit @Butterfinger ooh that sounds good, I‘m stacking that one too now! 5y

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Eggs They are fascinating 5y

LeahBergen Good choice! 5y

Cinfhen Excellent choice! I‘m looking forward to reading the Boyne book @peaknit @Butterfinger 5y

Cathythoughts Sounds amazing 5y

Cathythoughts Yes @peaknit stacking The House of Special Purpose 👍🏻 5y

Crazeedi @Cinfhen it was really good 5y

Crazeedi @Cathythoughts you will like 5y

Crazeedi I've read several books on the Romanovs and last Tsar, very fascinating reads 5y

Crazeedi @peaknit it was good 5y

Cinfhen Thanks for the heads up @Crazeedi #SoManyBooksSoLittleTime 5y

TheKidUpstairs Fascinating history! 5y

peaKnit @Cinfhen @Centique @Cathythoughts I think I‘m going to read

Nicholas and Alexandra: The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty

peaKnit I want to learn more! 5y

Crazeedi @peaknit I read that one, I thought it was interesting 5y

peaKnit @Crazeedi glad to hear you thought it was interesting, I am hoping for the back story on this rabbit hole I am about to go down😊 5y

Cinfhen #pagecountphobia 🙄😳😱 @peaknit (edited) 5y

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LiterRohde

Them | Joyce Carol Oates

“Because we are poor, shall we be vicious?”

This quote opens the tagged book that starts in the ‘30‘s and ends with the Detroit riot. The quote is also a part of The White Devil by John Webster.

#TimbitTunes | 18: #BlackDayInJuly

📷: Made with Typorama

Cinfhen, TheKidUpstairs

Cinfhen I‘m intrigued!! Thanks for posting & sharing 🤓 5y

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GripLitGrl

Lightfoot | Nicholas Jennings

#TimbitTunes #blackdayinjuly
@Cinfhen @TheKidUpstairs
Located a highlighted page from the tagged book ☝ on Google.

Cinfhen Thanks for sharing. So interesting to read the story behind the lyrics 5y

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EadieB

Lightfoot | Nicholas Jennings

Day 18 - #blackdayinjuly #timbittunes

Black day in July
Motor city madness has touched the countryside
And through the smoke and cinders
You can hear it far and wide
The doors are quickly bolted
And the children locked inside
Black day in July
Black day in July
And the soul of Motor City is bared across the land
As the book of law and order is taken in the hands
Of the sons of the fathers who were carried to this land
Black day in July

Cinfhen, TheKidUpstairs

Suzze I lived in Detroit then. My brothers were a Detroit cops. It was a crazy tine for sure. 5y

KarynGood ❤️ 5y

Cinfhen Wow @Suzze I can‘t imagine what that must have been like. 5y

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Librarybelle

Gettysburg | Stephen W. Sears

#BlackDayInJuly times three, this is one of the myriad of books published about the battle that arguably turned the ties of the American Civil War. I‘ve yet to read Sears‘ book, but can say that I‘ve had to replace copies of it over the years in my library system (which is in Gettysburg, hence the extreme popularity). #TimbitTunes

Cinfhen, TheKidUpstairs

Cinfhen Definitely local history 5y

CoverToCoverGirl It would be amazing to live and work in area so steeped in such history. The Civil War has always fascinated me for so many reasons. I have been there and it really is hallowed ground. You can feel what occurred there. It‘s like stepping back in time. 5y

Librarybelle @CoverToCoverGirl It is amazing! There are times I stop on the sidewalk and take a deep breath and think about everything that happened. 5y

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TrishB

Fourth of July Creek | Smith Henderson

#blackdayinjuly #timbittunes
Been on my kindle 4 years, still not read.

Cinfhen, TheKidUpstairs

Cinfhen I think I read this one 🤨🤪 5y

Cinfhen Actually, I think I bailed on this one😂 5y

TrishB @Cinfhen it‘s not calling me!! 5y

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MicheleinPhilly I loved it! 5y

SamAnne I was mixed on this. I grew up in a rural community where this story could have taken place. And lived in north Idaho not far where the stories and incidents he is basing the story on took place. When I know the back story it often give me a more critical eye which is unfair. But if it seems melodramatic, it isn‘t. Sometimes when I tell stories from my childhood community it just sounds over the top. But it was real. 5y

TrishB @MicheleinPhilly @SamAnne thanks 👍🏻 5y

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arlenefinnigan

The First of July | Elizabeth Speller

#BlackDayInJuly #TimbitTunes @TheKidUpstairs @Cinfhen

Cinfhen Book looks good!! 5y

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jenniferw88

Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution | Michelle Moran

July 14th, 1789 was a #blackdayinJuly for France!

Anyone who has read this book will be impressed that when I went to take this picture I managed to open it on July 13th, 1789! It's a #chunkster @Cinfhen

#timbittunes @TheKidUpstairs

JennyM 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 serendipity 😊 5y

Cinfhen How many pages????? 5y

jenniferw88 @Cinfhen ok, it might not be as big a #chunkster as I originally thought - 446 pages! 5y

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Cinfhen 446 is still chunky but not super chunky 😉I could probably handle it 5y

jenniferw88 @Cinfhen it's better than one of my other current reads (which is on my Kindle, luckily!) - 772 pages!!!

Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley

Cinfhen Now that‘s a #chunkster 👆🏼 5y

AyaOfSiwa I liked that book. 5y

jenniferw88 @Cinfhen Goodreads page count lies!! It's 605 pages long!!! 5y

Cinfhen Oh wow!!! You were right!!!! 5y

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