The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 83

The Secret History of Christmas by Bill Bryson

Goodreads Blurb: Christmas is the single biggest annual event on the planet, a time for merry-making, over-indulgence, peace, goodwill, and the occasional family row. It’s as comfortable and familiar as a pair of old shoes and yet still glittery and exciting. But what do you really know about it? It’s stuffed full of traditions and rituals that most of us have been observing all our lives without having the slightest idea of where they come from.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: If you’ve ever been digging into your Christmas dinner and paused to think … wait why do we do this … then this is the book for you. And even for the sane amongst us it’s quite fun 🤩😁

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The Wee Writing Lassie and Ailish Sinclair present “Will the real Alexander please stand up?” – The Spotify Playlist

1. I’m so Excited by The Pointer Sisters

Because I was 😁

2. Loneliness by Putri Ariani

Alexander’s greatest fear.

3. Brother by Tyler Braden

Alexander’s closest family meme her.

4. Father Figure by George Michael

The Family Member he has the biggest trouble with.

5. You’re My Best Friend by Queen

Because she really is 😇⭐️

The Wee Writing Lassie and Ailish Sinclair present “Will the real Alexander please stand up?”

Alexander: Dancing with Fire

When Alexander turns eighteen, he learns that he has inherited a castle, the one that houses the dance school he attends, to be exact. He’s always wanted a do-over, a chance to fix the broken parts of himself and his life. Could this be it?

Instead of allowing the school to continue on as normal, Alexander throws the students and teachers out and claims the castle as his own.

At first he’s lonely. At first he’s hesitant. Will he have any friends left after this? The events of his uncle’s televised wedding at the castle prove that, while Alexander definitely still has friends, his broken ankle is actually the least damaged part of him.

Within the ancient castle walls, a world of dark family secrets is revealed. Join Alexander as he dances on the edge of sanity and survival, navigating through the flames of his turbulent past to forge a new future.

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Series on Amazon: https://mybook.to/castledancers

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 82

The Templar’s: The Secret History Revealed by Barbara Frale

Goodreads Blurb: Barbara Frale gives us an explosive, exhaustively researched history of the medieval world’s most powerful military order, the Templars. At its height, the Order of the Knights Templar rivalled the kingdoms of Europe in military might, economic power, and political influence. For 700 years, the tragic demise of this society of warrior-monks amid accusations of heresy has been plagued by controversy, in part because the transcript of their trial by the Inquisition-which held the key to the truth-had vanished.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: My brother once told me that the Templars were the inspiration – or at least part of the inspiration – for the Jedi in Star Wars. If that’s true, then I think those films could have been a lot weirder than they were 😁😂

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 81

Christmas Eve, 1914 by Charles Olivier

Goodreads Blurb: In 1914, the war which was to have been wrapped up by Christmas had – in reality – only just begun, as all sides entrenched themselves deeper into the Great War. Christmas Eve, 1914 follows one company of British officers as they rotate forward to spend their Christmas on the front lines, a mere 80 yards from the German guns. Upper- and working-class men and boys are thrown together into one trench and struggle to survive. Beyond the exploding shells and artillery, the merciless freezing cold, extreme hunger, and crushing exhaustion, these young men – both British and German – discover a miracle of grace, as enemies becomes friends and an impossible Christmas finally arrives.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Fuck. Just … fuck.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 80

Harry Potter: A History of Magic by Pottermore Publishing

Goodreads Blurb: The history of magic is as long as time and as wide as the world. In every culture, in every age, in every place and, probably, in every heart, there is magic.

Harry Potter: A History of Magic reveals some of the hidden stories behind real-world magic and explores some of J.K. Rowling’s magical inventions alongside their folkloric, cultural and historical forebears.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: An unbelievably fascinating look in the history of not only magic throughout the ages, but the formation of the Harry Potter world itself. I’d give it higher than five stars if I could ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🤩

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 79

From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi by Elizabeth Schaefer (Editor)

Goodreads Blurb: Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless Star Wars film featuring new perspectives from forty contributors.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: The Empire is very accepting of same-sex relationships. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, obviously it’s not, it’s just not what you’d expect from a Nazi inspired galactic empire.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 78

A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun by Jonathan Clements

Goodreads Blurb: This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: I want to be a Samurai, and other things I did not say when reading this book 📚🤩

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 77

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Goodreads Blurb: Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away…because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Yep, can see what everyone’s talking about with this book. Dragons and lots of sex – it’s like Game of Thrones, but like more. And thing is, those aren’t even the best parts 😻😸

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 76

House Atreides by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson

Goodreads Blurb: As Emperor Elrood’s son plots a subtle regicide, young Leto Atreides leaves for a year’s education on the mechanized world of Ix; a planetologist named Pardot Kynes seeks the secrets of Arrakis; and the eight-year-old slave Duncan Idaho is hunted by his cruel masters in a terrifying game from which he vows escape and vengeance. But none can envision the fate in store form them; one that will make them renegades—and shapers of history.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: And once again I enjoyed a book in this prequel series much more than I did the original Dune. Ah, hello pitchfork wielding mob, how I have missed you 😁

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 75

Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I by Kelsey Wilson-Lee

Goodreads Blurb: Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealised – and largely mythical – notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: A deeply engaging glimpse into the lives of women who history has mostly forgotten in favour of their Father and Brother.

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