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Purchased a #BlindDateWithABook today!
What nautical book will it be?!

This is a detailed story, taking you through every year of the war with a varied cast of characters. Some of the cast changes up throughout the book, and some are more well-rounded than others. Given the theatre of operations, there weren‘t many female characters. This would be a good pairing with HMS Ulysses, by Alistair MacLean.

There are many good series set on a boat in the historical fiction genre. One of my favourites is the Thomas Kydd series by Julian Goodwin, but it seems the least well know. Now there are 24 books in that series.

#ArtfulAugust #Boat

@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks @Eggs

At the height of Britain‘s maritime power, the French managed to commit an unbelievable amount of damage to the Brits traveling the Indian Ocean to reach British Indian colonies from the French base of #Mauritius. Unfortunately the “clash” didn‘t occur until well into the second half. There wasn‘t enough material it seems so the author gave an inordinate amount of background about Brits in India—in a very gossipy way. The French were almost ⬇️

My son is in Paris today and tomorrow for a school trip (photos he sent me today) so it seemed appropriate to post these for #foodandlit #France. Also, the Arc de Triomphe was mentioned in the tagged book while I was finishing it today when France‘s single maritime defeat of the British in the Indian Ocean was carved on the Arc de Triomphe. #Mauritius #readingafrica2022

A re-read: I‘ve gone through most of the Patrick O‘Brian books already, but this fits both #ReadingAfrica2022 for #Mauritius #Réunion, and #Booked2022 #Nautical, so I went back to it. A bit of a cheat because it doesn‘t really get into Mauritian culture at all, just conflict between France and England with these African islands as some of the many pawns. Not my favourite in the series, as others do get a bit more into culture and science.

It‘s time for some challenge updates! I‘m reading (listening to) the tagged book for #readingafrica2022 #Mauritius but also for #foodandlit #France. I‘m almost finished so then I‘ll have to pick from a lot of good books for France. I just shipped my son off to Europe for a school trip that will include a couple of days in Paris. So….hopefully I can post some photos when he gets back for #foodandlit

Audiocrafting. Four cards finished!! 12 more to go. This is a bit hard on my elbow recovering from surgery so I‘m taking many breaks.

I‘m audiocrafting making summery cards while listening to the tagged book. I will start to color next. Fun!! The van reminds me of Stranger Things. 😁