Rainy Day Reads

I have a general interest in history so I thought this one sounded like fun. And it is! As the title says this book explores the lies taught in American high schools. It takes a number of high profile different topics like Columbus, racism, the government etc. and delves deeper into them, shoeing what is taught in schools and why that's not the truth. for instance Columbus is mostly revered as the discoverer of America and has his own day of celebration, but there are a lot of things he did during this "discovery" that are never taught in the schools. Like enslaving the local peoples he met, bringing plagues to the Americas and all round not being the great guy history sets him up to be. The book also looks at WHY these topics are taught like this, when for some of them at least we very well know that that is not the truth of what happened. I found this aspect really interesting too, because who controls history and why do they spin it the way they do? It's hard...

I've seen a few people on Booktube do this, and I thought it was a fun idea. Sometimes it's fun to see how people feel about books before they're done with them, if they change their minds or if the book is consistent all the way through. I am currently reading 3 books; "Mistborn" by Brandon Sanderson, "Winter Rose" by Patricia A. McKillip and "Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James W. Loewen. I've wanted to start the Mistborn series for a while and I am finally getting around to it. I've only read a very few chapters so far, but I am really enjoying it. Lately I have been struggling to find some fantasy that interests me, so I am very happy that this book seems to be able to do the trick. "Winter Rose" came to me as part of a swap in a big pile of books. The blurb sounded interesting enough, but I am more than halfway through and I still don't know how I feel. It's about a young woman/girl, Rois, who lives with her f...