Well that‘s April done, a much better reading month.
26 books read, 7 physical books, 8 ebooks, 11 audiobooks. Close to 10,000 pages read and 328 pages on average a day.
Water and Earth by John Boyne
No Sweet Sorrow by Denzil Meyrick
None of this is True by Lisa Jewell
Devil You Know by Neil Lancaster
Murder on the Clyde by Daniel Sellers
A Stranger in the Family by Jane Casey
Stop Them Dead by Peter James
I got up to date on 5 series.
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Brotherless night
A trace of sun
Christ on a bike
River east river west
The last thing to burn
Mrs Caliban
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The vacation
Luister (Dutch)
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The maiden
Mrs S
And then she fell
What‘s left of me is yours
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Nightbloom
DNF
The wren, the wren
The wild laughter
The future
pickThis is a history of conspiracy theories centered on the United States, from the founding to the war on terror. It is highly disturbing, interesting and amusing, entertaining even, to see the lengths and mental acrobatics humans will go to in order to make sense of their world in a way which plays to their pre-established fears. While it‘s focused on the US, that‘s not to say that US culture produces more conspiracy theories than any other.
pickI would recommend this book for skeptical conspiracy theorists- lol. I loved it. It was hard to believe and unsettling but all true. Although the subject matter was dark, the author brought humor in which I liked. I did find it a bit hard to follow at times, but overall a great book. Give it a read!
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Well friends, there is only a week left of March! What even! I'm not going to lie, I've been way more into playing Stardew Valley this week than reading, so maybe a new list is what I need to spice things back up 😂 If you're interested in spinning along for April, it's time to think about your lists. Looking forward to seeing what everyone is hoping to read!!
More books than in January. Also, 20+ episodes of therestishistory.pod.com podcast.
Favourites:
📘The List
📘Word Puppets
📘One Puzzling Afternoon
📘Good Material
📘The Curious History of Sex
📘The Book of Doors
📘Exception to the Rule (novella)
📘The Tainted Cup
📘Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge
📘Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone
Re-read:
📘Relight My Fire
📘Fugitive Telemetry
pickInteresting book that interviews and spends time with several different types of conspiracy theorists. The book has been around over 20 years—this is a slightly updated edition. Interesting to see how things have changed and also stayed the same. Ronson finds some humorous and interesting people to listen to and he looks into their claims as best he can. I enjoyed it.
so-soAudiobook for January. Not sure what to think, but it was much more on the conspiracy than I wanted, but it was interesting learning about the three secretive nondisclosure global groups of power players and discussions of historical development and international policy. Some quasi-espionage investigative journalism stories included. It was both super detailed with lists of members and big picture, without really providing needed clarity.
During the month of January I read 17 books. I will say it was a successful reading month, I enjoyed all the books read except one that was “so-so”. Best books:
The Snow Child;
The Guernsey Literary& Potato Peel Pie Society
Once there were Wolves
The Great Alone
Come With Me
Enjoyed
Lady Susan
Northanger Abby
Edinburg Twilight
Oscura Es La Noche
A study in Scarlet Women
Elevation
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