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 start to March. I’ve had a busy day teaching but I managed some reading during my lunch break which was lovely.
What I am Currently Reading
I’ve made a big push with The Count of Monte Cristo this week. I am still really enjoying the book but it is quite a slow read. I started Diddly Squat yesterday and have nearly finished it. It is a really easy read and very funny.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
This was a reread for me and I absolutely flew through it. I am absolutely loving being back into the world of Dr Galloway.
What I Think I will Read Next
So many books to read and I have quite a few lined up for March. Hopefully, I manage to get a good number read this month.
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.
Hello!
I hope everyone has had a good Monday and start to the week.
My chosen book for my Goodreads Monday is one that has been on my TBR for quite a while but one I hope to read this year as part of my nonfiction challenge.
Jerusalem 1119. A small group of knights seeking a purpose in the violent aftermath of the First Crusade decides to set up a new order. These are the first Knights Templar, a band of elite warriors prepared to give their lives to protect Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land. Over the next two hundred years, the Templars would become the most powerful religious order of the medieval world. Their legend has inspired fervent speculation ever since.
In this groundbreaking narrative history, Dan Jones tells the true story of the Templars for the first time in a generation, drawing on extensive original sources to build a gripping account of these Christian holy warriors whose heroism and alleged depravity have been shrouded in myth. The Templars were protected by the pope and sworn to strict vows of celibacy. They fought the forces of Islam in hand-to-hand combat on the sun-baked hills where Jesus lived and died, finding their nemesis in Saladin, who vowed to drive all Christians from the lands of Islam. Experts at channeling money across borders, they established the medieval world’s largest and most innovative banking network and waged private wars against anyone who threatened their interests.
Then, as they faced setbacks at the hands of the ruthless Mamluk sultan Baybars and were forced to retreat to their stronghold in Cyprus, a vindictive and cash-strapped King of France set his sights on their fortune. His administrators quietly mounted a damning case against the Templars, built on deliberate lies and false testimony. Then on Friday October 13, 1307, hundreds of brothers were arrested, imprisoned and tortured, and the order was disbanded amid lurid accusations of sexual misconduct and heresy. They were tried by the Pope in secret proceedings and their last master was brutally tortured and burned at the stake. But were they heretics or victims of a ruthlessly repressive state? Dan Jones goes back to the sources to bring their dramatic tale, so relevant to our own times, in a book that is at once authoritative and compulsively readable.
Please drop me a comment if you have taken part in 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 is everyone’s week going? I have had a lovely day card making, reading and walking. I had to do some teaching this evening but I now don’t have any teaching till Monday so that is quite nice. Reading is still going well which is good.
What I am Currently Reading
I started Meditations by Marcus Aurelius today and so far I am finding it quite interesting. I spent all day yesterday and this morning reading The Count of Monte Cristo and I am still absolutely loving it.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
I knew I shouldn’t have reread The Pilgrim’s Progress but I honestly thought I might feel differently about the book after so many years. No such luck though, I will post my review soon. I reread The Crossing Places in a matter of a couple of days, I will be reading the next in the series once I have finished Meditations.
What I Think I will Read Next
As usual I’m never quite sure what I will read next but I have been enjoying having a slightly more structured reading with my TBR for each month.
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. My week has been rather busy so far but I am still managing some reading. I had an exciting delivery of crafting supplies today so I am hoping to take some time to do crafting during half term.
What I am Currently Reading
I am absolutely loving The Count of Monte Cristo but I must be honest I am not getting very well with The Pilgrim’s Progress.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
I flew through The Last Remains and if I hadn’t had to do this thing called work I would have probably read it in one day. My review for The Woman Who Would Be King is here.
What I Think I will Read Next
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.
Happy Monday!
I hope everyone has had a good start to the week so far. I will be honest I am desperate for half term as I am really starting to flag and this week seems busier than ever. When half term arrives next week I will be sleeping and reading and drinking my own body weight in tea.
My chosen book today is from one of my favourite series of books and one that I really want to complete reading.
Ruth Galloway has just returned from maternity leave and is struggling to juggle work and motherhood. When a team from the University of North Norfolk, investigating coastal erosion, finds six bodies at the foot of the cliff, she is immediately put on the case.
The problem with this series is I have read the books completely out of order so I am considering just starting at the beginning and rereading the books I have already read. It’s such a good series I don’t mind rereading some of the books.
Please drop me a comment if you have taken part in 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 you are all having a good week so far. Today has been a rather long day work wise. I’ve had students throw tantrums, students tell me ridiculous excuses for not practicing and students try and tell me that a piece I set them to practice for homework was not in the book. I do love it when an 8 year old tries to tell me I have no clue what I am doing.
Anyway back to the reading.
What I am Currently Reading
I am still trying to read at least a chapter a day of The Count of Monte Cristo but I have decided I can’t read it in bed anymore, this is due to the fact I fell asleep whilst reading and nearly gave myself a black eye when I dropped the book on my face. No reading in bed has slowed the progress somewhat for The Count of Monte Cristo. The Woman Who Would Be King is a great read but I must admit I do find Cooney a bit repetitive at times. I find myself saying ‘you have already told me this why are you telling me again?’.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
Nothing! This is really bad as I usually I have at least one book finished.
What I Think I will Read Next
I need to get a move on with my reading as I have got rather bogged down with my current reads and would love to get reading some other books.
Please drop me a comment with your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.
The topic today is a freebie which is very exciting as I have never taken part in a Top 5 Tuesday on a freebie day. I decided to choose classics that I plan to read this year because I am trying to read a Classic book off my Classics Club List ever month.
So here are the books I plan to read in 2023.
Some of these are quite hefty books but I really hope I get to read them this year. I am really looking forward to reading Cecilia by Fanny Burney after seeing a documentary by Lucy Worsley where she talked about this book in detail. I suspect Bleak House will take me quite a while to read though.
When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil join an expedition organized by the US Navy to hunt down and destroy the menace. After months of fruitless searching, they finally grapple with their quarry, but Aronnax, Conseil, and the brash Canadian harpooner Ned Land are thrown overboard in the attack, only to find that the “monster” is actually a futuristic submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by a shadowy, mystical, preternaturally imposing man who calls himself Captain Nemo. Thus begins a journey of 20,000 leagues—nearly 50,000 miles—that will take Captain Nemo, his crew, and these three adventurers on a journey of discovery through undersea forests, coral graveyards, miles-deep trenches, and even the sunken ruins of Atlantis. Jules Verne’s novel of undersea exploration has been captivating readers ever since its first publication in 1870, and Frederick Paul Walter’s reader-friendly, scientifically meticulous translation of this visionary science fiction classic is complete and unabridged down to the smallest substantive detail.
Please drop me a comment if you have taken part in Goodreads Monday and I will head over for a visit.
I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I have had a busy day with my Etsy store putting new products on the store and getting orders ready to post on Monday.
This year due to my challenges I am trying to be a little more structured with my reading but also leaving room for some mood reading as well. Every month I plan to read at least one non-fiction book, one Ancient Roman or Greek text, one Persephone book and one book off my Classics Club list.
So here are the books I plan to read for February.
Non- Fiction Read
This has been on my wish list for ages and when I had it for a Christmas present I decided I had to read it ASAP. I have actually started reading it and so far I can’t put it down.
Ancient Greek or Roman Text
This is actually on my Classics Club list as well but I am going to try and read another book off my Classics Club list this month as well.
Persephone Book
I really want to read this or at least start it this month as it is rather a large book.
Classics Club List
I’ve been sorting through some of my books recently and found my copy of this so I have left it out ready to read this month. I also have a beautiful antique copy of this book at my parents house which contains some stunning engravings but for now it will stay safely at my parents house till I get some proper bookshelves.
So those are my planned reads for this month whatever time I have left in the month I will devote to my mood reads.
I hope you have some good books planned for February.
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 have had rather a trying day at school today so I am looking forward to curling up with my book later.
What I am Currently Reading
I have fallen a bit behind with my aim of reading a chapter of this a day so today during my lunch break I made an effort to try and catch up and I am really enjoying reading it. I think I will stick to reading just this book for a few days and see how it goes.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
I finished this book this morning and I must admit I am quite pleased I finished it as I found this a really hard slog of a read.
What I Think I will Read Next
I am trying to be more structured with my reading this year so I am trying to keep up with my planned reads each month but also allowing myself some mood reads as well. I plan to read The Woman Who Would Be King as my nonfiction book this month.
Lady Book Dragon 