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I sing of arms and of the man, fated to be an exile, who long since left the land of Troy and came to Italy to the shores of Lavinium; and a great pounding he took by land and sea at the hands of the heavenly gods because of the fierce and unforgetting anger of Juno. #firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl

Recent acquisitions:

📖 Getting Started with Latin: Beginning Latin for Homeschoolers and Self-Taught Students of Any Age by William E. Linney
📖 Brian Boru: Emperor of the Irish by Morgan Llywelyn

#fREADom #UniteAgainstBookBans

❤️ Hugs from my daughter. Chocolate is also nice 🍫
❤️ ❤️ tagged. This trilogy has both platonic and romantic love.
@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday

#NewYearNewBooks #TitleThatBeginswithS
This has been on my TBR for years , I bought this lovely copy years ago , who knows when I will get around to reading it!

#missingperson #newyearnewbook While definitely not my favorite of her works, this “book in a box” is a singular reading experience. “Nox is a eulogy for Anne Carson's brother, Micheal. In 1978 he ran away to Europe to avoid going to jail. For the next 22 years he communicated sporadically with his family. Some letters and postcards with no return addresses and a handful of phone calls were all that Carson knew of her brother.”

Totally loving my new Loch Ness Monster bookmark my oldest gave me for Christmas. 💓📚

Stopped by the library to pick up a book my daughter had on hold, and ended up being distracted by the NEW ARRIVALS shelf. Ended up grabbing these two to dive into. I'd be lying if I didn't say I picked the Ovid purely because of this stupid, amazing, beautiful Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition cover! (And the blurb for the other one sounded way too trippy to pass up.)

#stacks

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Tingle

A surprisingly engaging read! A little dry for me in description of the military operations, but personal as to the individuals involved. It was also just one d—— thing after another for Caesar and the Romans. But for the most part, you knew Caesar would prevail, just how would he make it happen.

Side note - Ariovistus was a proper villain - his arguments back to Caesar were “oh snap”. 🤣 (I believe he appears in issue 4 of serial reader)

Happy National Hispanic Heritage month! #latinx #latin