Today’s treble T is books we hope Santy Clause leaves, or bookish wishes in general. The compulsory gift-giving is my least favorite part of Christmas, at least when small children aren’t involved – especially when absurd scenarios like adults taking turns giving each other gift cards surfaces. Those things are a scam, in my opinion – some of them don’t even let you wipe the card, so you have to be careful about what you buy so that you use up as much of the gift amount as you can. Anyhoo, I’m going to list the last ten books I added to my Goodreads wanna-read shelf, starting from most recent and working backwards. A couple of these were added not by me, but by goodreads when I entered giveaways for them. I don’t add books to this list often – my mental TBR is bigger and far more hazy – and it’s funny to look back and see my Roman history mood from the late summer be replaced by a mid-19th century history mood that reigns at present.
But first, a tease!
Tuesday Teaser
When [Stephen Douglas’] mother remarried Gehazi Granger in late 1830, she moved to his upstate New York home, accompanied by seventeen-year-old Stephen, who entered Canandaigua Academy.There, Douglas made lasting friendships rooted in mischief, including furtive poetry recitations enlivened by whiffs of nitrous oxide.
To say that Stephen Douglas lived and breathed politics is to make apt use of a stale cliche. He scheduled his wedding for the narrow window between the 1856 election and the opening of a new session of Congress — after courting his Adele Curtis on the campaign trail. – ARGUING UNTIL DOOMSDAY
(1) The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828, Lynn Hudson Parsons
(2) Arguing Until Doomsday: Stephen Douglas, Jefferson Davis, and the Struggle for American Democracy, Michael E. Wood
(3) A Generation at War: The Civil War Era in a Northern Community, Nicole Etcheson
(4) Storm Tide, Paul Doiron. (Hey! A non-history title!)
(5) Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire, Katja Hoyer
(6) The Crossroads, CJ Box.
(7) Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America’s Revolutionary Era , Mike Bunn
(8) A Rome of One’s Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire, Emma Southon
(9) Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greece , A. H. Robin Waterfield
(10) The Eagle and the Lion: Rome, Persia and an Unwinnable Conflict, Adrian Goldsworthy
Reading Freely 
Hope you enjoy these when you get to them!
Thanks!
I do actually periodically check your recently added books on Good Reads….. Not that I need to look for new ideas, but you never know. For fun I might post something later on the last 10 (or so) books added to my Wish List…. [muses]
Do you use it? I shudder to think of the size of your potential GR list and the cross-pollination…XD
No. It would take me FAR too long to update it. I still can’t bring myself to *count* my physical TBR never mind LIST them…. [lol]
I feel the same way about gift giving for adults. Most of us don’t need anything, I’d reckon.
Hope you enjoy these books. Merry Christmas and thanks for stopping by.
I don’t love forced gift giving either, but will occasionally surprise people! Have you ever won a Goodreads giveaway??
Once or twice, maybe, but it’s been YEARS.
I personally go back and remove the Goodreads Giveaways from the list, when I remember to – I think this is how my Goodreads TBR ended up being so extremely out of hand.
I am not so big on the adults giving each other gift cards, but children, they need books books books 📚
Yes! I’m expecting a grand-nephew on Christmas day itself, so next year will be fun. 🙂
I hope your Grand Nephew makes his arrival a Christmas one. 💚❤️💚
Thanks! We had family Christmas early just in case!
My husband and I like to do “family gifts” for adults (like our parents and siblings), and generally focus on the kids in our families. We love giving books and when people gift books to our kids.
I hope you receive all of these!
Interesting list. I hope you get a few of these and enjoy them.
Stuck in there amongst your serious-sounding historical novels/nonfiction is a book by CJ Box. Ha! Good for you! Happy holidays.
It’s his upcoming release next year!
I hope you enjoy reading these when the opportunity arises.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/2026-releases-to-get-excited-about/
I keep Goodreads lists because I cannot trust my mental TBR AT ALL. My memory is the worst! I hope you enjoy all these when you get to them. Merry Christmas!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Our extended family does a Secret Santa among the adults, it works well 🙂
Thanks for sharing your TTT list