Finished reading: Queer Georgians by Anthony Delaney 📚
A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers and Homemakers
A truly eye-opening history of gender and sexual non-conformity in the long 17th century. As stated in the last lines of the book:
“Together, these histories remind us that even when the odds are stacked against us we survive - and that given our tenacity - we may thrive yet. Each one of us, shoulder to shoulder with the other; nobody left behind.”
Finished reading: After the Siren by Darcy Green 📚
I absolutely loved and devoured this book. It made me laugh, and several times, made me cry with joy. Oh and good lord the sex is hot.
20 years of LibraryThing
A very Happy 20th Birthday to LibraryThing and congratulations to everyone who has made this happen - Tim, the team, and all of the readers and users who have been part of the community for the last 20 years.
I joined LibraryThing in April 2006, and in my first month I added 423 books (mostly history books). I’ve now catalogued 2681 books (1259 of which are tagged ‘history’), so my tastes have broadened!
You can access my personal Library here: https://www.librarycat.org/lib/jeremybakernz
Thank you LibraryThing, for everything. You are a key tool in enabling my obsession!
Finished reading: Deep House by Jeremy Atherton Lin 📚
Sexy and intellectually challenging. What a love story!
New coat Love this new coat from Mandatory.
Rising up
Majoribanks Street, Mt Victoria, Pōneke.
(Street is pronounced “Marsh-banks” and was named after Stewart Marjoribanks (1774 – 1863), a wealthy wine merchant and ‘Whig’ M.P in the British House of Commons; who never visited New Zealand).
Finished reading: Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance by Bronwen Everill 📚
Good overview of the misunderstandings and incorrect assumptions that have blighted Western economic interventions in Africa.
