SPOILERS!!!
Thoughts and notes about the books I am reading. My entries are not book reviews but just my personal thoughts and opinions about what I'm reading at the moment. The entries obviously contain SPOILERS.
Friday, 28 February 2025
New Book - Bailén - Episodios Nacionales 4 - by Benito Pérez Galdós (Pages 1- 57)
First Published: 1873
In the last book we left Gabriel and Celestino imprisoned and a death sentence hanging over them.
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Sunday, 23 February 2025
What's In Your Surname? 2 - The end (Pages 49 - end)
RATING: GOOD
The book was interesting and educational, but I have to say that I found the last part tedious.
Saturday, 22 February 2025
New Book - What's In Your Surname? by William Lewis (Pages 1 - 49)
First Published: 2010
In this book we learn the origins of British surnames, and through the origin we learn about some historic facts in Britain
Monday, 17 February 2025
Dressing Queen Victoria 2 (Pages 44 - 169)
Victoria suffered from typhoid and why she was very sick, her mother and Sir John Conroy tried to make her sign a document making him secretary and her mother regent even after she is eighteen. Victoria refused.
Sunday, 16 February 2025
New Book - Dressing Queen Victoria by Sylvia Barbara Soberton (Pages 1 - 44)
First Published: 2017
This is a biography of Queen Victoria as well as a reference to her sense of fashion throughout her life.
Saturday, 15 February 2025
The House Between Tides - Facts
The novel takes place in two timeframes: 1945 and 2010. And the set for the action is an island on the Hebrides. The Hebrides are an archipelago off the west coast of the Scottish mainland. The islands fall into two main groups, based on their proximity to the mainland: the Inner and Outer Hebrides.
Sunday, 9 February 2025
Pride and Prejudice - Facts
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was published in 1813. Pride and Prejudice has consistently appeared near the top of lists of "most-loved books" among literary scholars and the reading public. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, with over 20 million copies sold
Friday, 7 February 2025
Sunday, 2 February 2025
Saturday, 1 February 2025
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