Monthly Wrap-Up | April 2024

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A summary of the books I read in April 2024. #booktube #historathon2024
BOOKS DISCUSSED
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Women Troubadours by Meg Bogin
- Norse America: The Story of a Founding Myth by Gordon Campbell
- The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World - and Globalization Began by Valerie Hansen
- When the Dead Rise: Narratives of the Revenant from the Middle Ages to the Present Day by Christian Livermore
- Robert the Bruce: King of Scots by Ronald McNair Scott
- Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World by Johanna Katrin Fridriksdottir
- The Saga of the Volsungs/The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok trans. by Jackson Crawford
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Комментарии : 18

@GentleReader01 Месяц назад

I listened to the audiobook of Jackson’s translation of the Saga of the Volsungs. He did the reading, and is a pleasure to listen to. An afternoon and evening very well spent.

@revenantreads Месяц назад

It’s great to hear him read so you can get the most likely historical pronunciations.

@NicholasOfAutrecourt Месяц назад

This is sort of tangential to the "Norse America" book, but several years ago, I read something called "The Lamp of Experience: Whig History and the Intellectual Origins of the American Revolution" about how supposedly a lot of the founding fathers took inspiration from the history of what happens to the Angles and Saxons. Really unusual thesis, but it made a really solid argument. Also just finished up the part in the Dan Jones Plantagenet book about the Battle of Bannockburn. Didn't realize what a routing it was for the English.

@revenantreads Месяц назад

That thesis sounds interesting. And yeah, it seems that Robert Bruce made a career of humiliating the English.

@BookBlather Месяц назад

What a great month! I really enjoyed reading handmaid‘s tale with you… your insight definitely improved my experience. I really need to read some of these sagas…. Can’t believe I haven’t, considering how much I love the Vikings show. 😜. Accurate or not, I absolutely loved Braveheart… One of my favorite movies of all time.

@revenantreads Месяц назад

Braveheart is still a fun movie! And yes, I’d definitely recommend checking out some sagas. They open up a fascinating world.

@RaynorReadsStuff Месяц назад

Great wrap up. You had a really good month. You always find such interesting history books and I like the sound of the Women Troubadours. Really enjoyed The Valkyries and The Saga of the Volsungs. Fab video😊

@revenantreads Месяц назад

Thanks so much, Debs!

@MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Месяц назад

Nice wrap up! Added some titles to my TBR. I’ve been struggling with the book I chose for this stretch of Historathon. It’s a bit more dry than I thought it would be and I just can’t get stuck in. 😅

@revenantreads Месяц назад

Nonfiction history can be minefield of dryness at times.

@HammamAlsalem-lx5zo Месяц назад

I really wish to be able to read that many books. Like your videos

@revenantreads Месяц назад

Thank you! I don’t usually get to that many books in a month.

@TriumphalReads Месяц назад

I've never heard of the conflict over discover between catholics and protestants lol, that's about as petty as it gets haha

@revenantreads Месяц назад

Petty is a great word for it 😂

@jamesv.miller8391 Месяц назад

New here I do have The Year 1000 and Robert The Bruce the latter of which led me to an old monastery chronical which was interesting reading I enjoyed the video

@revenantreads Месяц назад

How cool!