Good morning, dear reader of this post, my friend! Happy Wednesday! How are you? I do wish you the best. I hope you are okay. I am also okay. This Monday evening I have attended an excellent masterclass, about beauty, ugliness and architecture. It was insightful, and enjoyable, all in all, a good way to spend my evening. I had to take coffee as to make myself awake, it worked like a charm! I hope I can talk some more about this experience soon, for now, I wanted to quickly mention I finally decided what book I will read next! Actually, at the end of the day, I picked up two books, one on audio, the other on the ebook format. After the demise of that Prussian one I was reading before, I am very happy to be disposed again.
Of course, I have my criticisms over the audio book, I am not sure if I will keep on reading it... After reading the book by Lady Antonia Fraser on Marie Antoinette, and also the Caroline Webber book as well, it is extremely hard to top those off. And yet, I found one that talks about Marie on the political level, which means, the meddles on affairs of state and so on. I found, so far, the book to be quite dry... It has not said anything spectacularly new, and the things he says, I don't like his tone of writing. It is frustrating, she is my favorite historical figure, but alas, there are not enough actually good books about her. To be fair, as I said, it is hard to too Lady Antonia Fraser's great one, or the Caroline Webber one, either.
The other one is about Maria Teresa, Holy Roman Empress and Sovereign of Austria, mother of Marie Antoinette, or Antoine, as she was born. I was always interested in this remarkable monarch, but never had the chance to find a book about her. Well, now, looking for it, I found two I am interested of, including the one I got, that I am reading... I haven't proceeded much, I don't know if I can two books up, and specially because this one is huge.
I think I've read around 9 books in total this year! I think this is very nice. I trust it is way above the average of the common brazilian. The ones that can actually read, if they reach 1 book a year, it would be a net positive for them. And yet, I read 9! And quality books, too, such as the remarkable biography of Lady Thatcher, those three volumes were amazing to go through, and I'd do it again, though I most likely will not, because they can put you at the edge of my seat, and to be in such state in such a huge series of books is, really, not that pleasant...
Is it too early to start the posts of wrapping up 2023? Ah... I have Christmas to enjoy, first, I must be getting ahead of myself. I understand my hurry, as this year was, in many monents, truly terrible. But, is it terrible at this precise moment? I think overall this last few weeks have been tranquil. Of course, I get sad and frustrated over one or other thing, they can cause me to cry. But, when I look at a Christmas tree filled with santas, I can't help but to smile, a gentle and welcoming reminder I've made it! One must pray, of course, for a happy, or at least, not as devastating, 2024. But things at their times.
Speaking of times... it is the one to wrap this post up. I talked about books, the season, and the passing of the year. I think, for today, that sums it up well. Of course, you should not worry, as I should return soon with more thoughts and ideas and so on... when, exactly? It depends on my mood. If I can write something by tomorrow, I should and hope I can do it. If not, then I will be back most likely on the weekend! Until then, there is a lot of world out there, Barnaby!
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