Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 52 minutes ago

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I read 18 books in December: a mix of historical fiction, history, classics, romance, and children’s books. Let me know if you have any thoughts on any of these!

BOOKS READ:
- The Hollow Crown by Dan Jones
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare
- The Great Passion by James Runcie
- Briefly, a Delicious Life by Nell Stevens
- A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin
- Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin
- The Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy
- The Real Charlotte by Edith Somerville and Violet Martin Ross
- Claudine at School by Colette translated by Janet Flanner (Claudine #1)
- The Dream of the Celt by Mario Vargas Llosa
- The Handover: Dublin Castle and the British Withdrawal from Ireland, 1922 by John Gibney and Kate O'Malley
- Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles (The Will Darling Adventures #1)
- The Sugared Game by KJ Charles (Will Darling Adventures #2)
- Subtle Blood by KJ Charles (The Will Darling Adventures #3)
- The World at War
- The Bookshop on the Quay by Patricia Lynch
- The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
- The Binding by Bridget Collins
- The Imagination Chamber: Cosmic Rays from Lyra’s Universe by Philip Pullman

OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare
- Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death is the first book of the Granchester Mysteries by James Runcie
- Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
- Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude That Changed the World by Peter Moore
- Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
- Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
- The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen
- Some Experiences of an Irish RM by Edith Somerville and Violet Martin Ross
- Valiant Gentlemen by Sabina Murray
- The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by KJ Charles
- The Heart of the Antarctic by Ernest Shackleton
- The Betrayals by Bridget Collins
- The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials #3)
- La Belle Sauvage is the first book of The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman

VIDEOS MENTIONED:
- Priority Reads for the second half of 2022: youtube.com/watch?v=NywjlmooZug
- My Victorian Literature TBR for 2022: youtube.com/watch?v=jdKtDf_J9u0&t=417s
- Full book review of The Real Charlotte: youtube.com/watch?v=DXiFx0p_OVY

OTHER THINGS MENTIONED:
- Colette (film): imdb.com/title/tt5437928
- West Coast Rare Books, Westport, Co. Mayo (antiquarian bookshop): westcoastrarebooks.com
- His Dark Materials (BBC television series): bbc.co.uk/programmes

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