First Line Friday is hosted by Carrie @ Reading Is My Superpower. The Friday 56 is hosted by Anne @ My Head is Full of Books while Freda @ Freda’s Voice is on hiatus. — First Line Friday where each week we share the first line of our current read(s) More than two millennia […]
Hi everyone! Today I’m sharing my favorite/best nonfiction books of all time. Most of them are ancient history related (no surprise there) but I managed to also throw in a self-help and WWII book. Let me know what you think! — The Women Who Would Be King | What Your Soul Already Knows […]
Welcome to the book blitz of Love Songs and Ferry Tales by Julie Farley. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway below to win a $25 Amazon gift card! — Love Songs and Ferry Tales Julie Farley Publication date: November 14th 2023 Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance Romance is what Ferry Tales are made […]
Nonfiction November is hosted by Based on a True Story, Volatile Rune, Adventures in Reading Running and Working from Home, She Seeks Nonfiction and Hopewell’s Public Library of Life. — Book Pairings Pair up a nonfiction book with a fiction title Nonfiction ↠ Women of Myth by Jenny Williamson & Gen McMenemy Fiction ↠ Elektra by Jennifer Saint […]
Title: The Death of Caesar Author: Barry Strauss Publication: March 22, 2016 by Simon & Schuster Genre: Nonfiction, History, Ancient History, Ancient Rome Find it on: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Blackwell’s | Google Play | Kobo | Waterstones Rating: 4/5★ Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate on 3/15/44 BC—the […]
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. — The Trojan Horse and Other Stories: Ten Ancient Creatures That Make Us Human by Julia Kindt Expected publication: February 29, 2024 by Cambridge University Press What makes us human? What, if anything, […]
Title: Rome and the Barbarians Author: Kenneth W. Harl Publication: July 8, 2013 by The Teaching Company / The Great Courses Genre: Nonfiction, History, Ancient History Find it on: Audible Rating: 3/5★ The history of the Romans and the “barbarians” they encountered as their mighty legions advanced the frontiers of Classical civilization has in large […]