Happy Friday!
My chosen poem this week is by Henry David Thoreau born 12th July 1817 and died 6th May 1862. Thoreau was an American essayist, poet and philosopher.
Men Say They Know Many Things
Men say they know many things;
But lo! They have taken wings,-
The arts and the sciences,
And a thousand appliances;
The wind that blows
Is all that anybody knows.
Henry David Thoreau
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I will be honest my August TBR didn’t go very well and I only read one of the books I planned to read.
I will try better with my September TBR I promise!
I really hope I get to read some of these but I have just started Villette by Charlotte Bronte and i know that will take me quiet a while now I am back at work.
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My chosen quote today is by one of my favourite authors, Sir Terry Pratchett.
“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
Terry Pratchett
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August didn’t go as well July reading wise but I still managed to read 3 books. I bought a lot of books in August so I must get reading them all!
Statistics
Books
Pages: 480
Format Read: Hardback
Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲
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New book
Pages: 226
Format Read: Kindle
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New Book
Pages: 557
Format Read: Paperback
Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲
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Old Book
Goodreads Challenge: 41/50
Old Books: 1
New Books: 1
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Goodreads Monday is now hosted by Budget Tales Book Club. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading.
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I hope everyone has had a good start to September so far. I have had a busy day of taking my bedroom apart and putting it back together. I never knew getting a new rug would cause so much of a problem!
My chosen book to feature this week is one that has been on my TBR for a very long time but I needed to read the previous book in series before I get to this one. I can’t wait to get reading this as I just love the series.
Tiamat’s Wrath by James S. A. Corey
Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the alien ruins, the mysteries and threats grow deeper.
In the dead systems where gates lead to stranger things than alien planets, Elvi Okoye begins a desperate search to discover the nature of a genocide that happened before the first human beings existed, and to find weapons to fight a war against forces at the edge of the imaginable. But the price of that knowledge may be higher than she can pay.
At the heart of the empire, Teresa Duarte prepares to take on the burden of her father’s godlike ambition. The sociopathic scientist Paolo Cortázar and the Mephistophelian prisoner James Holden are only two of the dangers in a palace thick with intrigue, but Teresa has a mind of her own and secrets even her father the emperor doesn’t guess.
And throughout the wide human empire, the scattered crew of the Rocinante fights a brave rear-guard action against Duarte’s authoritarian regime. Memory of the old order falls away, and a future under Laconia’s eternal rule — and with it, a battle that humanity can only lose – seems more and more certain. Because against the terrors that lie between worlds, courage and ambition will not be enough…
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I hope everyone has had a good weekend so far. I have had a lovely weekend of reading chores, knitting and reading.
Blog Posts
Currently Reading
I just started reading this today and so far so good.
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Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.
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This week has involved a lot of book shopping and a preordered book arriving. I can’t wait to get stuck into reading them all. I went to my favourite bookshops in Bath this week and had one delivery from Waterstones.
Persephone Books
I’m not going to do pictures of these books because they all have the same cover and are never very clear in the pictures. My dream is to own the complete set of Persephone Books and one day read them all.
Mr B’s Emporium
I’ve seen some interesting reviews of the Great Eastern Hotel by Ruchir Joshi so I thought I would purchase it and give it a read. The book is huge so it will take me a while.
Unfortunately She Was A Nymphomaniac by Joan Smith looks like a very different history of Rome’s Imperial women.
Toppings and Company Booksellers of Bath
I always try and add another Alison Weir book to my collection and I am thoroughly looking forward to reading Elizabeth The Queen because Elizabeth is my favourite monarch.
Phoenicia Rogerson is a new author for me but I am looking forward to reading her version of Aphrodite.
She Played and Sang by Gillian Dooley looks like a fascinating read about Jane Austen. As a musician myself I am looking forward to reading about Austen’s love of music.
Waterstones
This was my preordered book. R. F. Kuang is a bit of an auto buy author for me so I am very excited to read her new book.
I can’t wait to get reading!
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Happy Friday Everyone!
My chosen poem this week is a new to me poet. Salena Godden (1969) is an English poet, author, activist, broadcaster, memoirist and essayist.
Courage is a Muscle
Courage is the muscle
we use when we speak,
if we're being talked over
and told we're too weak.
And when we get weary
and when it gets tough,
it's our united courage says -
Enough is enough.
Courage is the muscle
we work night and day,
to get equal rights
to get equal pay.
Our blood is taxed
our blood is shame,
our courage unites us
for we all bleed the same.
Courage is the muscle
we flex when we must,
courage is the muscle
for truth and for trust.
Courage is the muscle
we use when we speak,
if we're being walked over
and told we're too weak.
And when we get weary
we march side by side,
1000 years we're still marching
with courage and with pride.
Salena Godden
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It has been a busy summer for me so I thought it was time to do a This and That Thursday post.
Rhodes
For our summer holiday this year we went to Rhodes. We loved Kos when we went in 2023 so we thought it was time for another Greek island. We spent some time seeing the sights and some time by the pool reading loads of books.
Harvington Hall History Festival
I attended two of the events at the history festival this year. One by was Alison Weir and one by Tracy Borman. I also attended the book signings they kindly did at the end. The Harvington Hall cats were also in attendance but I wasn’t lucky enough to get a photo.
National Trust
We have also attended a few National trust places this summer. The first was a new one for us called Canons Ashby. Canons Ashby was a lovely Tudor property which was just like a maze. There were so many little staircases and little corridors I absolutely loved it.
Next was Waddeson Manor which was a return visit for us. It is definitely one of our favourite places to visit and they do a very nice afternoon tea as well.
We met my best friend at Charlecote Park last week and the weather was beautiful. We also had a great time helping my best friend’s son fill out the activity sheet where we had to work out whether certain things were ‘Tudor’ or ‘Not Tudor’.
Bath
We spent Bank Holiday weekend in Bath where we visited the Victoria Art Gallery and No. 1 Royal Crescent. I also did a lot of book shopping and eating of yummy food.
I am back teaching next week but this summer has been a lovely break with some great adventures. I am hoping that we will fit in more adventures around work.
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I hope everyone is having a good week so far. I have just returned from a trip to Bath which involved a lot of book buying so look out for my Stacking the Shelves post on Saturday.
My chosen quote this week is by the French born American diarist, essayist, novelist and writer of short stories Angela Anais Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell (1903-1977).
“Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.”
Anais Nin
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