This book.
My morning reading. #coffeeandbooks
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This book.
My morning reading. #coffeeandbooks
How many times in history did this happen? According to to the author, beginning with Reformation, libraries were decimated by varying religious groups, with the intention of burning “controversial texts.” There are lists of these books.available today.“ Femina” was the category that destroyed female texts were cataloged under. I am reading the into- so much to digest on every page!
1) hope to see the eclipse, but looks like it might be cloudy. on vacation the rest of the week I have no plans which is glorious.
2)coffee in the morning, water later in day.
3) I have tons of book marks which i do use, but often it‘s a found thing near me- tissue, mail, ribbon,etc.
4) current read is tagged.
Recent acquisitions:
📖 Caxton: The Description of Britain: A Modern Rendering by Marie Collins
📖 Imeall am Domhain: Walking at the Edge of the World by T.P. O'Conchúir and Aimee Ericson
#fREADom #UniteAgainstBookBans
pick“Thou hast only to follow the wall far enough and there will be a door in it.”
I really liked this, and would have loved it if I‘d read it as a kid. It‘s definitely historical fiction from a bygone era of children‘s literature: no overwrought emotional drama, no fraught explorations of human suffering, just a matter-of-fact focus on overcoming loss and moving forward by doing the best you can with what you have.
pickI listen to non-fiction to put me to sleep (I used to read, this is nicer.) But 1) It takes months to finish a book 2) there are sections I miss, regardless of “rewinding“
I recognized names & places, but had never really put things together. Listening to this gave me context and the ability to tie it all together for the first time.
One note: he has a verbal tick of drawing out “aaaaaand“ which can get annoying. But not a huge deal.
February BookSpin! My #BookSpin landed on one of my #192025 categories: a book from the 1920s-40s. I decided on The Door in the Wall, published in 1949 (which has been on my shelf for so long I don‘t remember when I bought it!). And my #DoubleSpin landed on Unraveling, from my #AuldLangSpine list. Looking forward to both of these!
pickSo first up this has been on my kindle for eons and I don‘t know why I ever bought it. Secondly I had hoped it would be my Jan #bookedintime but it‘s 200 years too late and thirdly it‘s one of the most grown up children‘s books I have ever read!! With all that out of the way I absolutely loved this story about a young girl with no family and limited prospects who as second chamber maid joins her widowed lady on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem ⬇️
pickThis had an enlightening summary of anti-Semitism in Europe up to the mid-20th century, followed by a sociopolitical analysis of the then contemporary (1938) position of Jews globally, increasingly overshadowed by Naziism and the far right, a sadly over-optimistic section on the possibility of peaceful coexistence of Jews and "Arabs" in Palestine, and a sadly prescient warning of what might be in the immediate future if Hitler remained in power.⬇️
"The addition to any country of a body of young, strong, active and industrious immigrants with the probability of a long life before them (as the [Jewish] refugees from Germany and Austria in the main are) is clearly an asset, particularly to a land which, like England, is faced with an imminent fall in population. As workers and consumers, moreover, they must add to its economic activity, rather than compete (as is generally imagined) in... ⬇️
