Day 1: The best book you've read this year.

I know I've mentioned Deathless already and it's genuinely a fabulous book and definitely the best I've read this year. I fangirled about it over here.

I definitely can't pick it again, so I'm going to pick a close second.

Caesar's Wives: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire
by Annelise Freisenbruch

This book was such an enlightening read. I was so sick of reading about men in history and that's the main reason I picked it.

MINDBLOWING OKAY.

Besides the book The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir, I've never read about women in history written this way. You really see how cunning and manipulative and intelligent these women can be. You see how they were so limited by their times. You see how so much and yet nothing has changed.

If you want to read a book about how pivotal women are in ancient history, this is it. I loved this book and if you enjoy reading history, I think this would be a great book for you.