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Everything I read in March 2019

A lot happened this month so I didn't read quite as much as I did in February. I did try to include some poetry again this month but not as much as I'd planned to. I managed to fit in two nonfiction books, the first history book in a while and one on natural disasters, I always loved volcanoes at school which prompted me to pick it up. Hope you enjoy finding out my thoughts! Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII, Gareth Russell, 3.75 Stars This was one of the better biographies on Catherine Howard, some struggle to balance the little that we have on Catherine with the world around her. A little hard to get into a first, opening with the fall of Thomas Cromwell, after a while, it reads fairly easily. It charts Catherine's life from her childhood to her execution, using several sources as it goes. A useful introduction to Catherine Howard but can be a little dry in places. Becoming, Michelle Obama, 5 Stars A really inte...