Week in Review #22

This week I read ten books.

52. Scarlet. A.C. Gaughen. 2012. 287 pages. [Source: Library] [YA Fiction, YA Historical, YA Romance, 5 stars]

• Read this if...
• You enjoy Robin Hood adaptations
• You enjoy historical fiction with some romantic elements

53. The Peepshow: The Murders at Rillington Place. Kate Summerscale. 2024/2025. 320 pages. [Source: Library] [true crime, adult nonfiction, 4 stars]

Read this if...

• You enjoy adult nonfiction, true crime
• You enjoy books about journalism and ethics

54. The Girls in the Picture. Melanie Benjamin. 2018. 448 pages. [Source: Review copy] [5 stars, adult fiction, adult historical fiction, Golden Age Hollywood, silent films]

Read this if....

• You enjoy historical fiction with real people
• You enjoy books about early Hollywood
• You enjoy silent films
• You enjoy stories about friendship

51. Leo the Late Bloomer. Robert Kraus. Illustrated by Jose Aruego. 1971/1994. 32 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, picture book]

Read this if....

• You enjoy picture books
• You enjoy children's classics

52. Board book: Mog and Me. Judith Kerr. 1984/2025. 16 pages. [Source: Library] [board book, 3 stars]

Read this if...

• You enjoy board books
• You enjoy classic children's books

53. Our Gorgeous Baby. (Board book). Smriti Prasadam-Halls. Illustrated by Eve Coy. 2025. 24 pages. [Source: Library] [board book, babies, 5 stars]
Read this if...

• You enjoy board books
• You enjoy books about babies

54. Can't Stop Kissing That Baby. K.L. Going. Illustrated by Fiona Lee. 2025. [Source: Library] [3 stars, picture book]

Read this if...

• You enjoy books about babies
• You enjoy picture books

55. The Peddler of Puddles. Beth Ferry. Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld. 2025. 48 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, picture book]
Read this if...

• You enjoy Beth Ferry's books
• You enjoy picture books

56. Thunderland. Maggie Edkins Willis. 2025. 40 pages. [Source: Library] [picture book, 3 stars]

Read this if...

• You enjoy books about storms
• You enjoy picture books

45. The Pursuit of Elena Bradford. Ann H. Gabhart. 2025. 352 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, Christian fiction, historical romance, 1840s]

Read this if...

• You enjoy Christian fiction
• You enjoy Christian romance
• You enjoy Christian historical

Century of Viewing, week 22

 1910s

• 1917 Coney Island. Buster Keaton short with Roscoe Arbuckle. Set at an amusement park of sorts, a somewhat fickle girl comes between three guys. I enjoy this one so much! Buster Keaton gets a job as a life guard at one point.

2020s

• 2020 Hamilton. This is the year the filmed show appeared on Disney +. It is a musical about Alexander Hamilton....and Aaron Burr....and perhaps the general politics of Early American history.
• 2022  536 AD: The Worst Year in History? I have a strong feeling this one was filmed a good bit earlier than 2022...but this is when the video was uploaded onto YT. This is part of a catastrophe series--I haven't seen the others--and it is examining various theories to see if 536 AD truly was the 'worst' in the dark ages. Volcano. Crop failures. Plagues and disease. Starvation. Etc.
• 2025 Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror. A Netflix documentary about the Oklahoma City Bombing on April 19, 1995. 
• 2025 I am still watching to the Karen Read retrial.

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