February 19th-February 25th, 2023
The Sunday Post
The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted here @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead. Join in weekly, bi-weekly or for a monthly wrap up. See rules here: Sunday Post Meme
#21 Return to Love Nikki
Literally, everyday for the last five years or so, I have been playing Love Nikki, a dress up game. Last year there were grumblings and realization that Love Nikki was being horrible to American server but great to Chinese server. There was a boycott and I made a decision to stop participating playing Love Nikki for almost a year. Yesterday I decided to go back to Love Nikki and let me say that so little was done to the demands. Checking facebook page, the boycott was over. I am honestly sad because literally people went back to the game for mere crumbs...
My son's extra tooth is loose (thank goodness!). Today at synagogue he hung out with a friend, even going as far as sitting with him. In front of me anyways, this is the first time he actually sat with a friend. On Valentines Day, I simply got two "happy Valentines Day" wishes, and my son on Friday got a lot of candy. Next month he will turn seven, which I am in denial about...
Last Week On The Blog:
The Sapphire altar by david dalglish
the foxglove king by hannah whitten
This Week On The Blog: finished impossible to be human by Robert kalich
New Arrivals At svetlana's reads and views:
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Top Ten Tuesday
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
How it works:
I assign each Tuesday a topic and then post my top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join me and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.
You’ll find the schedule of upcoming TTT topics below so you can plan ahead. I’ll post a Linky here on the blog each week so you can link up your post (if you want). If you don’t have a blog, post your picks in the comment section below! Have tons of fun talking books and getting to know your fellow bloggers!
NOTE: If a weekly topic is listed as a “freebie”, you are invited to come up with your own topic. Sometimes I will give your topic a theme, such as “love”, a season, or an upcoming holiday. That just means that you can come up with any topic you want that fits under that umbrella.
You’re more than welcome to use the Top Ten Tuesday image I designed above (or any of my older/seasonal ones), or make your own that fits your site’s theme.
February 21: Favorite Heroines (or heroes, if you prefer!)
Pretty much a lot of them are fantasy.
1. Veronica Rosenthal: She's unconventional, lascvious, determined and extremely complex. She works as a reporter and often sees herself as a man.
2. Scarlett O'Hara: Despite her too questionable choices in the past, I have to admire her gumption and bravery in marching on to another day.
3. Heathcliff : Definitely an odd choice considering how much damage his choices cause him, but I think I like him mainly because its a heartbreak one can relate to.
4. Kalista: She has a lot of admirable qualities such as loyalty, bravery, and determination, and considering how her story ends, its a very heartbreaking heroine.
5. Malini: Beautiful, determined, a bit snobby and diplomatic, Malini is definitely a mistress of manipulation and resourcefulness, unafraid of doing what she can to get to her goals.
6. Alwyn Scribe: I only met him in one book, but already am looking forward to reading two other books. He is loyal, highly intelligent and has often gotten into trouble with what seems to be everyone. (PS: Anyone interested in an arm and a leg for the third book, which comes out in July 2023?)
7. Yala Komor: She is highly intelligent, resourceful, honorable and extremely loyal. It takes a lot of guts and intellect to survive and even thrive at a castle, but she does it in spades.
8. King Rao: Highly intelligent, sensitive and determined to overcome obstacles of his birth station, I definitely have to admire his drive, although he is easily manipulated by various women in his life.
9. Prince Mazen: While considered cowardly by other characters (even going so far as needing a disguise of someone else,) Prince Mazen definitely has other awesome personality quirks like loyalty, storytelling talent and naivety.
10. Orka: Brave, determined, a talented warrior and dedicated to her family, my heart definitely broke for her situation and I had to admire her drive to keep going.
Shelf Control
Welcome to Shelf Control — an original feature created and hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies.
Shelf Control is a weekly celebration of the unread books on our shelves. Pick a book you own but haven’t read, write a post about it (suggestions: include what it’s about, why you want to read it, and when you got it), and link up! For more info on what Shelf Control is all about, check out my introductory post, here.
Want to join in? Shelf Control posts go up every Wednesday. See the guidelines at the bottom of the post, and jump on board!
Title: Liberty Tavern
Author: Thomas Flemming
Published: 1976
Length: 543
What it’s about (synopsis via Goodreads):
The Heart of Liberty, a New York Times bestselling novel by Thomas Fleming, has been hailed as "The Gone with the Wind of the American Revolution."
Told from the perspective of James, "Jemmy" Kemble, writing for his grandchildren, the opening of the book reads, "Let me caution in strictest terms against publishing what I write. The nation is not ready to face the truth about itself that an honest story of the Revolution must mirror."
Kemble thus recalls the great event of his life - the upheaval that created the United States of America. His honest story unflinchingly depicts the panic and cowardice, the greed and brutality that were part of the war for independence. It also celebrates the Americans who struggled to cope with the chaos of a war most of them never wanted.
Fleming expertly blends his fictional characters with the great men of the Revolution - George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Sir William Howe - as well as a host of other vivid characters. With a historian's insight and a novelist's skill, Fleming has produced a panorama that vividly recreates and matches the complexity and drama of America's first war.
How and when I got it: January 21st, 2021. I definitely have an interesting story behind this book: I first saw it in a goodwill when I was in college possibly in early '10s, but I decided not to pick it up. However, I remembered description and summary, and I had quite a hard time finding it over the years. Eventually when I saw the description "Revolutionary War Gone with the Wind," I managed to finally get my hands on it.
Why I want to read it: It sounds pretty interesting.
What do you think? Would you read this book? And if you’ve read it, do you recommend it?
Please share your thoughts!
Books from Backlog
Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks.
If you would like to join in, please feel free to enter your link, link back to this post, and then spend some time visiting some of the other posts.
This week’s neglected book
Book Title: Western Europe in the middle ages 300-1475
Series: N/A
Publisher: McGraw Hill Publishers
Genres: Non-fiction, history, Medieval Ages, education, christian history
Pages: 608
Format: Print
Source: Was a textbook for my Medieval Ages class. I got it on January 12th, 2011
Summary:
A chronological presentation of Western Europe in the Middle Ages, this work provides the political, religious, intellectual, and economic history of the time. It includes the historiography and coverage of medieval society and women.
Why did I add Western Europe in the middle ages 300-1475 to my bookshelf? I was always fascinated by medieval ages and I hope this book will teach me a lot about it.
What are your thoughts? Have you read this book? Would you recommend it?
Let's Talk Bookish
February 24: Are reading goals worth it? (Aria)
Prompts: We’re two months into 2023 – how are you feeling about your reading this year?
I really hope I'm doing okay with reading. Although I don't set number goals, I end up setting up book goals, or books I want to read this year, and I hope to accomplish some of them.
Do you have a yearly reading goal?
Numbers? Not really. But something like I want to read this book and that series? Oh yeah I do.
Do you think that those kinds of goals help you to feel motivated to read more books, or just causes stress?
I think it causes stress in my case because it takes fun away from reading to be honest. At the same time, I do discover a lot of awesome reads and authors because I have to read them for reviews.
If you set yearly reading goals, when and why did you start setting them?
Probably when I felt that I was getting a little too away from books I wanted to read for fun.
Would you consider reading without aiming for a number?
I think I do. Sometimes its fun to see how many books I can read per year, but at the same time I have to understand that circumstances change.
If you don’t set reading goals, why not?
Too much pressure for me that's why.
Stacking the Shelves
Book Titles I got this week: (if available)
Planned Reviews: (If available. Use pictures):
I was amazed by The Foreign Girls when I read it some time ago. I enjoy thrillers set in Italy.
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Nice looking books. Please let me wish your son and early Happy Birthday! Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteScarlett O’Hara was very brave for sure!
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I've not read any of the books your heroines come from but I'm glad you liked them!
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I'm glad your son is making friends! I don't usually bother with reading goals, but this year I really want to read all the books on my TBR shelf. They've been sitting around for too many years.
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