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The Sunday Post is a chance to recap the past week, talk about next week, tell you what I’m reading, and share news. It’s hosted by The Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Readerbuzz, and Book Date.

The Sunday Post #315

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In My Reading Life

Mission accomplished! I finally finished reading The Life Of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir. It's exactly what it says on the cover. It's a biography of Queen Elizabeth I, who ruled England in the late 1500s. It was . . . fine. I guess. It took me an entire month to read because I kept falling asleep.

Queen Elizabeth was an interesting person because she really wanted to rule England. She refused to get married and share power with a husband. Judging by how much the people she ruled loved her, she was a successful queen.

Her biography, however, was a complete slog to get through. It's basically a nonstop string of male advisors pushing European princes at Elizabeth and trying to force her to get married and produce male heirs. If it's that tedious to read, I can't imagine how annoying it was to live through. I felt bad for Elizabeth.

I wish the author had spent more time focusing on other parts of Elizabeth's life, but maybe we don't have historical records of that stuff. I don't know.

Also, I have to comment on how melodramatic people's letters were in the 1500s. The letters are cringeworthy. I laughed. There's nothing like watching a man profess his undying love for a queen he's never met. People in the 1500s need to calm down.

After Elizabeth, I desperately needed a short book to read, so I picked up Lulu And The Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst and Lane Smith. It's an adorable children's chapter book about a spoiled brat named Lulu who wants a brontosaurus for a pet. When she finally locates a brontosaurus, the dinosaur flips the script and tries to make Lulu the pet. I love Lulu's grumpy personality and how she learns to be kinder and less demanding over the course of the story.

This is a hard book to review because I'm about 30 years too old for it. The humor didn't do much for me. I'll have to read it to Baby Brooklyn and see what she thinks. I suspect she'll love it.

In The Rest Of My Life

Five things that made me happy last week:

1. If you've been on the blog before, then maybe you've seen me rant about Facebook and how their algorithm is destroying society. Well, for complicated reasons, I was forced to create a Facebook page. Nooo! I was irritated at first, but I can use it for happy bookish things. If you want to be Facebook friends, I'll figure out how to friend you back. Here's a link to my page.
2. Oh, and Instagram. My goal is to actually use it and post more often in December.
3. Christmas decorations! I've slowly started decorating my bookshelf and office. It's looking festive in here.
4. Christmas cookies. And caramel popcorn. And chocolate. The Christmas sweets are slowly trickling into my life and quickly getting eaten by me.
5. Who watched Wednesday on Netflix? I was slightly confused by the show because it mentions not whitewashing history, but then it does exactly that at times. Other than the confusion, I loved it. It's fun.

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