Familyhistorian's 2024 Reading Adventure - Part 9
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My name is Meg and this is a thread where I post about my reads and other adventures. I’ve been a member of the 75ers since 2013 and my personal library has grown exponentially ever since. The people around here are enablers and you are hereby warned.
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This year I want to concentrate on reading the books that I own and sending them on their way. (I can hope, can’t I?) I’m placing my Little Free Library and the stats of books culled higher in the list to bring it to my attention more often.
Little Free Library
Books culled in 2024
January - 10
February - 0 (reading my own books would have allowed some to be recycled)
March - 3
April - 6
June - 5
July - 14
August - 32
September - 4
October - 8
November - 4
Little Free Library
Books culled in 2024
January - 10
February - 0 (reading my own books would have allowed some to be recycled)
March - 3
April - 6
June - 5
July - 14
August - 32
September - 4
October - 8
November - 4
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I write about genealogy and history on my blog. Follow my blog posts as I embark on another year of exploring and writing about my ROOTs (the family kind). You can see my latest blog posts at: A Genealogist’s Path to History
I write about genealogy and history on my blog. Follow my blog posts as I embark on another year of exploring and writing about my ROOTs (the family kind). You can see my latest blog posts at: A Genealogist’s Path to History
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Challenges
Reading Through Time
Quarterly
January-March 2024: Prehistoric
April-June 2024:
July-September 2024:
October-December 2024:
Monthly
January: Janus
February: Aquarius & Amethyst - Perkins Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color with Chemistry by Tami Lewis Brown and Debbie Loren Dunn - DONE Mary Astor's Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936 by Edward Sorel DONE
March: Medicine & Epidemics - Medicine: A Graphic History by Jean-Noël Fabianai and Philippe Bercovici DONE
April: Characters with Disabilities - Blind Justice by Bruce Alexander DONE
May: International Labour Day - Truth in Advertising by John Kenney DONE
June: Wonders of the World
July: Vive la France
August: The Joy of Reading
September: Royal to the Bone
October: Adultery
November: Biographies & Memoirs
December: Reader’s Choice
2024 Nonfiction Challenge
January: Prize Winners – prizes off the beaten track
February: Women’s Work - Mary Astor's Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936 by Edward Sorel DONE
March: Forensic Sciences - The Inheritor's Powder: A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science by Sandra Hempel - DONE
April: Globalization
May: Wild Wild West
June: Middle Europe
July: Insect World
August: Being Jewish
September: Essays
October: Music, more music
November: Too Small to See
December: As You Like it or Political Biography
The War Room Challenge
MONTH - BY - MONTH IN THE WAR ROOM
JANUARY - The Ancients (Greeks, Romans etc) - Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece by Robin Waterfield DONE
FEBRUARY - The American War of Independence - The Other New York: The American Revolution beyond New York City, 1763 - 1787 edited by Joseph S. Tiedemann and Eugene R. Fingerhut DONE
MARCH - The War of the Roses - War of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones - DONE
APRIL - Wars of Religion
MAY - The Napoleonic Wars
JUNE - The English Civil War
JULY - Colonial Wars - Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard - DONE
AUGUST - World War Two - The Second World War in the Far East by H.P. Willmott - DONE
SEPTEMBER - The American Civil War
OCTOBER - American Follies (Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and the Gulf Wars)
NOVEMBER - World War One
DECEMBER - The Spanish Civil War
WILDCARD - Pick your own fight!
Reading Through Time
Quarterly
January-March 2024: Prehistoric
April-June 2024:
July-September 2024:
October-December 2024:
Monthly
January: Janus
February: Aquarius & Amethyst - Perkins Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color with Chemistry by Tami Lewis Brown and Debbie Loren Dunn - DONE Mary Astor's Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936 by Edward Sorel DONE
March: Medicine & Epidemics - Medicine: A Graphic History by Jean-Noël Fabianai and Philippe Bercovici DONE
April: Characters with Disabilities - Blind Justice by Bruce Alexander DONE
May: International Labour Day - Truth in Advertising by John Kenney DONE
June: Wonders of the World
July: Vive la France
August: The Joy of Reading
September: Royal to the Bone
October: Adultery
November: Biographies & Memoirs
December: Reader’s Choice
2024 Nonfiction Challenge
January: Prize Winners – prizes off the beaten track
February: Women’s Work - Mary Astor's Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936 by Edward Sorel DONE
March: Forensic Sciences - The Inheritor's Powder: A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science by Sandra Hempel - DONE
April: Globalization
May: Wild Wild West
June: Middle Europe
July: Insect World
August: Being Jewish
September: Essays
October: Music, more music
November: Too Small to See
December: As You Like it or Political Biography
The War Room Challenge
MONTH - BY - MONTH IN THE WAR ROOM
JANUARY - The Ancients (Greeks, Romans etc) - Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece by Robin Waterfield DONE
FEBRUARY - The American War of Independence - The Other New York: The American Revolution beyond New York City, 1763 - 1787 edited by Joseph S. Tiedemann and Eugene R. Fingerhut DONE
MARCH - The War of the Roses - War of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones - DONE
APRIL - Wars of Religion
MAY - The Napoleonic Wars
JUNE - The English Civil War
JULY - Colonial Wars - Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard - DONE
AUGUST - World War Two - The Second World War in the Far East by H.P. Willmott - DONE
SEPTEMBER - The American Civil War
OCTOBER - American Follies (Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and the Gulf Wars)
NOVEMBER - World War One
DECEMBER - The Spanish Civil War
WILDCARD - Pick your own fight!
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List of books for challenges
RTT
January - March quarter: Prehistoric - Before Scotland
January: Janus - The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
March: Medicine & Epidemics - Medicine: A Graphic History -DONE
April: Characters with disabilities - Blind Justice - DONE
May: International labour day - Truth in Advertising - DONE
June: The Wonders of the World - Terracotta Warriors
July: Vive la France! - All Signs Point to Paris
August: The Joy of Reading - The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators
September: Royal to the Bone - The Windsor Knot
July - September Quarter Arthurian Britain - Arthur and the Kings of Britain
Nonfiction Challenge
January: Prize Winners �� prizes off the beaten track - The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley - A New York Times Notable Book and short listed for the 1994 Rhone-Poulenc Prize for Science Books
March: Forensics - Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed or
The Inheritor's Powder: A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science - DONE
April: Globalization - A Rabble of Dead Money: The Great Crash and the Global Depression 1929-1939
May: The Wild, Wild West - Wildcat: The Untold Story of the Canadian Woman Who Became the West's Most Notorious Bandit
September: Essays - Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing
The War Room Challenge:
March: The War of the Roses - The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors - DONE
April: Wars of Religion - The Passion of Anne Hutchinson didn't read due to post about it not being about war
May: The Napoleonic Wars - An Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer
September: The American Civil War - Captives in Blue: The Civil War Prisons of the Confederacy
Shared Reads
Razor's Edge with Mark - DONE
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham with Mark and crew in Nov
RTT
January - March quarter: Prehistoric - Before Scotland
January: Janus - The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
March: Medicine & Epidemics - Medicine: A Graphic History -DONE
April: Characters with disabilities - Blind Justice - DONE
May: International labour day - Truth in Advertising - DONE
June: The Wonders of the World - Terracotta Warriors
July: Vive la France! - All Signs Point to Paris
August: The Joy of Reading - The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators
September: Royal to the Bone - The Windsor Knot
July - September Quarter Arthurian Britain - Arthur and the Kings of Britain
Nonfiction Challenge
January: Prize Winners �� prizes off the beaten track - The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley - A New York Times Notable Book and short listed for the 1994 Rhone-Poulenc Prize for Science Books
March: Forensics - Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed or
The Inheritor's Powder: A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science - DONE
April: Globalization - A Rabble of Dead Money: The Great Crash and the Global Depression 1929-1939
May: The Wild, Wild West - Wildcat: The Untold Story of the Canadian Woman Who Became the West's Most Notorious Bandit
September: Essays - Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing
The War Room Challenge:
March: The War of the Roses - The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors - DONE
April: Wars of Religion - The Passion of Anne Hutchinson didn't read due to post about it not being about war
May: The Napoleonic Wars - An Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer
September: The American Civil War - Captives in Blue: The Civil War Prisons of the Confederacy
Shared Reads
Razor's Edge with Mark - DONE
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham with Mark and crew in Nov
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Books read in 2024
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Books read in September 2024
1. Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
2. In a Dark House by Deborah Crombie
3. The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
4. Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose
5. The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos
6. Where the Body Was by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
7. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
8. Murder at Half Moon Gate by Andrea Penrose
9. A Spinster’s Guide to Danger and Dukes by Manda Collins
10. To Hunt a Killer by Julie Mackay and Robert Murphy
11. Deep into the Dark by P.J. Tracy
12. Come Death and High Water by Ann Cleeves
13. Desperation in Death by J.D. Robb
1. Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
2. In a Dark House by Deborah Crombie
3. The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
4. Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose
5. The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos
6. Where the Body Was by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
7. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
8. Murder at Half Moon Gate by Andrea Penrose
9. A Spinster’s Guide to Danger and Dukes by Manda Collins
10. To Hunt a Killer by Julie Mackay and Robert Murphy
11. Deep into the Dark by P.J. Tracy
12. Come Death and High Water by Ann Cleeves
13. Desperation in Death by J.D. Robb
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Books read in October 2024
1. Think Twice by Harlan Coben
2. The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews
3. Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed
4. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
5. American Fly Girl by Susan Tate Ankeny
6. Death in the Spires by K J Charles
7. Murder at Kensington Palace by Andrea Penrose
8. Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings by Chrysta Bilton
9. Malice in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope
10. A Very Particular Murder by S.T. Haymon
11. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
12. Gentleman Jim by Mimi Matthews
13. The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman by Margot Mifflin
14. Earls Trip by Jenny Holiday
15. We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
16. Swift River by Essie Chambers
17. The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths
18. The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett
19. Desolation Canyon by P.J. Tracy
20. Game of Patience by Susanne Alleyn
1. Think Twice by Harlan Coben
2. The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews
3. Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed
4. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
5. American Fly Girl by Susan Tate Ankeny
6. Death in the Spires by K J Charles
7. Murder at Kensington Palace by Andrea Penrose
8. Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings by Chrysta Bilton
9. Malice in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope
10. A Very Particular Murder by S.T. Haymon
11. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
12. Gentleman Jim by Mimi Matthews
13. The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman by Margot Mifflin
14. Earls Trip by Jenny Holiday
15. We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
16. Swift River by Essie Chambers
17. The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths
18. The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett
19. Desolation Canyon by P.J. Tracy
20. Game of Patience by Susanne Alleyn
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Books acquired in 2024
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Books acquired in September 2024
1. How to Draw Modern Florals by Alli Koch
2. We Hereby Refuse: Japanese Resistance to Wartime Incarceration by Frank Abe and Tamiko Namura
3. Hamlet by SparkNotes
4. A Governess’s Guide to Passion and Peril by Manda Collins
5. The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp by Leonie Swann
6. Shades of Red by kc dyer
7. Dead Certainties by Simon Schama
8. Present Danger by Susan Anderson
1. How to Draw Modern Florals by Alli Koch
2. We Hereby Refuse: Japanese Resistance to Wartime Incarceration by Frank Abe and Tamiko Namura
3. Hamlet by SparkNotes
4. A Governess’s Guide to Passion and Peril by Manda Collins
5. The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp by Leonie Swann
6. Shades of Red by kc dyer
7. Dead Certainties by Simon Schama
8. Present Danger by Susan Anderson
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Books acquired in October 2024
1. She’s a Killer by Kirsten McDougall
2. The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel
3. The Lost Tarot by Sarah Henstra
4. all our ordinary stories by Teresa Wong
5. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
6. The Road to Heaven by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson
7. Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood
8. Woman of Good Fortune by Sophie Wan
9. Family Reservations by Liza Palmer
1. She’s a Killer by Kirsten McDougall
2. The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel
3. The Lost Tarot by Sarah Henstra
4. all our ordinary stories by Teresa Wong
5. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
6. The Road to Heaven by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson
7. Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood
8. Woman of Good Fortune by Sophie Wan
9. Family Reservations by Liza Palmer
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Happy number nine, Meg.
I hope and trust that I am not too early to intrude.
I hope and trust that I am not too early to intrude.
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>14 PaulCranswick: Hi Paul, I've almost got the welcome mat out but feel free to come in!
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Happy new one!
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Happy new thread, Meg!
23quondame
Happy new thread Meg!
>1 Familyhistorian: What an inviting prospect. I do sometimes wish for a colorful fall, but not enough to accept the associated winters.
>1 Familyhistorian: What an inviting prospect. I do sometimes wish for a colorful fall, but not enough to accept the associated winters.
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>16 Ameise1: Hi Barbara, thanks re the autumnal colour photo and the new thread wishes.
>17 figsfromthistle: Thanks Anita!
>18 jessibud2: Hi Shelley and thanks!
>17 figsfromthistle: Thanks Anita!
>18 jessibud2: Hi Shelley and thanks!
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>19 msf59: Hi Mark, it wasn't until I was setting up my new thread that I was reminded of the shared read of The Painted Veil. Is that still on for November? Thanks re the topper and the new thread.
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>20 katiekrug: Thanks Katie!
>21 BLBera: Thanks Beth. It's nice to see the fall colours. Those are in a park so planted for maximum effect.
>22 richardderus: Thanks Richard!
>21 BLBera: Thanks Beth. It's nice to see the fall colours. Those are in a park so planted for maximum effect.
>22 richardderus: Thanks Richard!
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>23 quondame: Hi Susan, thanks re the thread and the picture of fall colours. Actually, the winters here tend to be more damp than cold. We like it when the snow stays up in the mountains.
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196. The London Bookshop Affair by Louise Fein
It was the ‘60s and Celia was working in an out of the way London bookshop and dreaming of a more exciting life. Not that her parents would let her do much. But then the bookshop was sold and the new owner kept her on and gave her a raise. The extra money was what she needed to take a course to get on with her life but, as she got involved with the protest movement against nuclear armament and a new man came into her life, she started to wonder what was really going on.
The London Bookshop Affair was a story of espionage, secrets and hidden pasts and Celia was easy to root for.
It was the ‘60s and Celia was working in an out of the way London bookshop and dreaming of a more exciting life. Not that her parents would let her do much. But then the bookshop was sold and the new owner kept her on and gave her a raise. The extra money was what she needed to take a course to get on with her life but, as she got involved with the protest movement against nuclear armament and a new man came into her life, she started to wonder what was really going on.
The London Bookshop Affair was a story of espionage, secrets and hidden pasts and Celia was easy to root for.
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Happy New Thread , Meg!
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197. Murder at Queen's Landing by Andrea Penrose
In my next read in the Wexford & Sloane series, Murder at Queen’s Landing involved the sphere of finance. Dubious dealings threatened Lord Wrexford’s friend, Sheffield, as well as Lady Cordelia and her brother, Lord Woodbridge. It was interesting learning about the world of finance in that era as well as seeing how Lady Charlotte was getting used to her elevated status and finding out how to use it to her advantage.
In my next read in the Wexford & Sloane series, Murder at Queen’s Landing involved the sphere of finance. Dubious dealings threatened Lord Wrexford’s friend, Sheffield, as well as Lady Cordelia and her brother, Lord Woodbridge. It was interesting learning about the world of finance in that era as well as seeing how Lady Charlotte was getting used to her elevated status and finding out how to use it to her advantage.
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My Monday's are usually full of meetings and this was no exception. First there was an in-person meeting at 10:00 am followed by 2 Zoom meetings. The first one went over long so I hurried home, powered on my computer and was waiting for it to completely start up when the power went out. Not a huge surprise given how windy it was out but frustrating anyway because anything else I wanted to do involved using a computer. Of course, there was always reading but after a while I decided to walk over to the mall. They had power over there.
