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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I thought it was time to show some of the books I have recently added to my ever growing TBR piles around the house.
The Words of Kings and Prophets by Shauna Lawless – I have the first book of the series and I plan on reading it soon so I thought I would buy the second one so I could read it straight after the first one.
Tudor England: A History by Lucy Wooding – You might have noticed that I am going through quite a Tudor phase at the moment. I’m also preferring nonfiction as well with my reading which is rather strange for me.
Queens of the Age of Chivalry by Alison Weir – Alison Weir is one of my all time favourite authors. I just can’t enough of her books.
Have you added any new books to your bookshelves recently?
The rules are answer the questions below and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you will read next?
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I hope everyone’s reading is going well so far this week. I’ve sadly slowed down a little with my reading this week but I am still plodding along.
What I am Currently Reading
The wonderful Jacey Bedford sent me this book for me to read and review and so far I am really enjoying it. It took me a while to get used to the world she has built but now I’m hooked.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
I thoroughly enjoyed Tudor Children and found it really interesting, I will be writing the review soon. The Ice Dragon I read in one sitting and it was quite enjoyable. Here is the review.
What I Think I will Read Next
I’m not sure why but I only really want to read hardbacks at the moment and I’m not sure why. Hence why my selection are all hardbacks that I own.
Please drop me a comment with your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.
The rules are answer the questions below and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you will read next?
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How is everyone’s week going? I’ve had rather an annoying week so far with work but hopefully things will settle down soon. One good thing is that I have been thoroughly enjoying my recent reads.
What I am Currently Reading
This is my first Nicholas Orme book and I am absolutely loving it. I’m finding out so many interesting facts and probably driving my husband mad by telling him them all.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
Two very interesting books. I found The Wolf-Girl, The Greeks and the Gods by Tom Holland a really interesting take on the Persian Wars.
What I Think I will Read Next
I’m still going for shorter reads but I’m not sure what it will be yet. I recently bought a lot of Tudor history books so I might be reading more of those.
Please drop me a comment with your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.
The rules are answer the questions below and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you will read next?
Hello!
I hope everyone is having a good week so far. I am still pushing ahead with my reading and I am really hoping I can make a dent in my Goodreads Challenge before I go back to school.
What I am Currently Reading
This is my first Tracy Borman book and I am really enjoying it. I love the different approach she has taken for writing about these two amazing women from history.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
I finally finished Babel, yay! It has taken me way too long to finish Babel but I kept taking breaks with it for some reason. Really enjoyed both of these books. Review for 111 Places in Bath that you Shouldn’t Miss is here.
What I Think I will Read Next
To be honest I have no idea what I will read next but here are a few potential contenders.
Please drop me a comment with your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.
Over the weekend I had a serious think about what books I would like to read in September. I think in September I will read shorter books as just recently I have been reading quite large books. I’m not sure whether to stay below 500 pages or 300 pages but I will wait and see what happens. I definitely don’t want anything over 500 pages!
Books I hope to read in September
Hopefully, I manage to read some of these books. I’m not great at sticking to a TBR so I never know how many if any I will manage to read in a month.
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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Happy Monday Everyone. I hope everyone has had a good start to the week. It has been a Bank Holiday weekend here in England and this has meant lots of reading for me.
My chosen book this week is by one of my favourite writers and historians, Alison Weir. I absolutely love Weir’s fiction and non fiction and can’t get enough of her books.
Young Henry began his rule as a magnificent and chivalrous Renaissance prince who embodied every virtue. He had all the qualities to make a triumph of his rule, yet we remember only the violence. Henry famously broke with the Pope, founding the Church of England and launching a religious revolution that divided his kingdom. He beheaded two of his wives and cast aside two others. He died a suspicious, obese, disease-riddled tyrant, old before his time. His reign is remembered as one of dangerous intrigue and bloodshed—and yet the truth is far more complex.
The King’s Pleasure brings to life the idealistic monarch who expanded Parliament, founded the Royal Navy, modernised medical training, composed music and poetry, and patronised the arts. A passionate man in search of true love, he was stymied by the imperative to produce a male heir, as much a victim of circumstance as his unhappy wives. Had fate been kinder to him, the history of England would have been very different.
Here is the story of the private man. To his contemporaries, he was a great king, a legend in his own lifetime. And he left an extraordinary legacy—a modern Britain.
Please drop me a link with your Goodreads Monday and I will head over for a visit.
The rules are answer the questions below and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you will read next?
Hello!
How are you all this week? I seem to have got back into my reading more this week so hopefully this means I can start to catch up with my reading challenges.
What I am Currently Reading
I am thoroughly enjoying this book and I’m finding it so interesting. I have been to Bath quite a lot and have explored a great deal of it but this book has given me quite a list of places I would like to visit on my next visit.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
I finally finished The Trilogy of Cicero! I thoroughly enjoyed this book but I think I would have preferred to have read it in the three separate books rather than one massive book. I read Fireworks by Angela Carter afterwards as I was really craving a short read. Reviews will follow shortly.
What I Think I will Read Next
I’m not sure what I will read next but it will probably be a book on the shorter side as I am really craving shorter books at the moment after reading The Cicero Trilogy.
Please drop me a comment with your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.
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 the week so far. I had a lovely day visiting the Coalport China Museum and making some new bookmarks.
My chosen book to feature today is the second book in The Songs of Penelope series by Claire North. I had the dispatch notice for this today so I hope it arrives soon so I can get reading it.
In the palace of Odysseus, a queen lies dreaming . . .
On the isle of Ithaca, queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many years ago, her husband Odysseus sailed to war with Troy and never came home. In his absence, Penelope uses all her cunning to keep the peace—a peace that is shattered by the return of Orestes, King of Mycenae, and his sister Elektra.
Orestes’ hands are stained with his mother’s blood. Not so long ago, the son of Agamemnon took Queen Clytemnestra’s life on Ithaca’s sands. Now, wracked with guilt, he grows ever more unhinged. But a king cannot be seen to be weak, and Elektra has brought him to Ithaca to keep him safe from the ambitious men of Mycenae.
Penelope knows destruction will follow in his wake as surely as the furies circle him. His uncle Menelaus, the blood-soaked king of Sparta, hungers for Orestes’ throne—and if he can seize it, no one will be safe from his violent whims.
Trapped between two mad kings, Penelope must find a way to keep her home from being crushed by the machinations of a battle that stretches from Mycenae and Sparta to the summit of Mount Olympus itself. Her only allies are Elektra, desperate to protect her brother, and Helen of Troy, Menelaus’ wife. And watching over them all is the goddess Aphrodite, who has plans of her own.
Each woman has a secret, and their secrets will shape the world . . .
Please drop me a link with your Goodreads Monday and I will head over for a visit.
The rules are answer the questions below and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you will read next?
Hello! I hope everyone has had a good week so far. I have had a busy few days teaching and working on my Etsy so tomorrow I am looking forward to an adventure day.
What I am Currently Reading
I am still reading The Cicero Trilogy but I am very close to finishing. I will really miss this book as I absolutely love it but I am looking forward to reading something else as I have been reading this for quite a while now.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
I took a little break to read this book as I had been sent a copy by the author. Review will follow shortly.
What I Think I will Read Next
I am so behind with my book challenges so I think I will need to start reading some shorter books to try and catch up. Hopefully I will manage to catch up.
Please drop me a comment with your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.
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 the week. I have done some teaching and chores today but I have also managed some reading and a nice walk. I have also spent a lovely evening making some more Halloween bookmarks for my Etsy shop.
My chosen book today is a new release and one by one of my favourite authors. I really want to read this soon but first I need to go book shopping!
Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins.
A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix’s children’s school. Josie has been listening to Alix’s podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life.
Josie’s life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can’t quite resist the temptation to keep making the podcast. Slowly she starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it, Josie has inveigled her way into Alix’s life—and into her home.
But, as quickly as she arrived, Josie disappears. Only then does Alix discover that Josie has left a terrible and terrifying legacy in her wake, and that Alix has become the subject of her own true crime podcast, with her life and her family’s lives under mortal threat.
Please drop me a link with your Goodreads Monday and I will head over for a visit.
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