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I love interesting end papers and maps! Two for one here:)

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#bookhaul number 3! This time two of them aren‘t for me, at least. From Munro‘s and Russell Books.

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#bookhaul … for the second day in a row. In my defence, I have more time to shop and stock up over the Summer. Winter is long, and needs lots of books.

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An apt description
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Today in phrases I never thought I‘d read…

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It took me a second to figure out why you would name a cat Sudoku.

9 lives. It has 9 lives.🤦‍♀️
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I like sermons. I like novels. I did not like this.
I was going to give this a so-so rather than a pan, because I acknowledge that this is not my normal genre, but I have read enough Christian fiction to know that this is not a good example of it. Between some problematic views, the preachiness, the two-dimensional characters, the tell-don‘t-show writing style, and more, this is one of the most irritating books I‘ve read in a while.

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As you can tell from my recent blast of quotes, I really liked this one. The author is a British Sikh journalist thoughtfully exploring the effects of imperialism on Britain after realising how little he was taught about the British Empire. Looking forward to reading the follow-up, Empireworld, soon.

Sorry for the angle of the photo; I‘m in that section of the book where it is hard to get the page to lie flat(ish) without cracking the spine of this borrowed book.

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“I am as much evidence of the fact that Britain once had an empire as the Maqdala Crown in the V&A, and if I have rather overemphasized my point here, it‘s because it needs to be. Britain has long struggled to accept the imperial explanation for its racial diversity. The idea that black and brown people are aliens who arrived without permission, and with no link to Britain, to abuse British hospitality is the defining political narrative…

This quote is from a section that is discussing looted artifacts, many of which aren‘t even displayed in the museums that ended up with them, but are strongly valued by the communities from which they came.

“But it takes greater courage to faithfully accomplish the daily, thankless tasks of everyday life for Him” #churchlibrarysummer

Apparently one of my students sees me as a super hero:)

…other people, when what they needed was a bit of moral pressure on themselves to ask: Why are we doing this at all? If we must have a war, is this really the best way of fighting it? Are these ‘sacrifices‘ (another convenient ‘religious‘ word; people spoke of ‘the final sacrifice‘, forgetting that in the Bible human sacrifice was condemned over and over again) the best way both of winning the war and of preparing ourselves (cont. in comments)

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#prettycover appreciation post! First few chapters are good, too:)

They…kept records of caring for the records. My librarian heart is happy🙂

Not quite #bookmail, but close! 😃 New skirt (with pockets) based on Anne of Green Gables, and I got to support a small Canadian business, Kaypop Art Studio (https://www.kaypopart.com/).

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I‘ve been annoyed by the poor editing throughout the book, but this is pretty bad. The climax of a?