Author: Lark_Bookwyrm

A Bookwyrm’s Thanksgiving

There are so many bookish people and things I am thankful for!

Sunday Post – 11/24/2024

I visited a dear friend, baked banana bread, and spent too much time on social media.

Also, a look back at this week’s reading, reviews, and blog posts, plus the weekly book haul!

The Oldest Books on My TBR

The oldest books on my TBR list, by date of first publication.

Ivory Vikings, by Nancy Marie Brown (audiobook review)

I love history, especially British and European history, but the Vikings and their era have never been one of my main areas of interest. I knew comparatively little of the history of Viking Norway, Denmark, Greenland, and (most importantly for this book) Iceland. But Nancy Marie Brown’s Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them held my interest from start to finish.

Sunday Post – 11/17/2024

I’m feeling almost back to normal (physically, anyway.) I quit X and moved to Bluesky.

Also, a look back at this week’s writing, reading, reviews, and blog posts, plus the weekly book haul!

12 Books with Destinations in the Title

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is “Destination Titles”. I have picked 12 of my 5-star books that include a real or fictional destination in the title.

Dusk, Night, Dawn, by Anne Lamott

In Dusk, Night, Dawn, Lamott writes of giving and finding love, hope, courage, and forgiveness, even when we ourselves, like those we want to love and forgive, are messy, imperfect human beings. Written in 2020, during the pandemic, and published in 2021, the book touches on Lamott’s response to the many terrible things occurring in the world: climate change, wildfires, the pandemic, and the rising tide of authoritarianism