Page Count: 336 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW This book started off fascinating and ended depressing. However that is just unfortunately reflects the history of the North of England. We had a temporary boom of relevance with the Industrial Revolution but that didn’t last long and even that brought slums rather than riches. It was depressing toContinue reading “Northerners-A History by Brian Groom”
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Sacred Britannia by Miranda Aldhouse-Green
Page Count: 235 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW It is fascinating to learn about the amount the amount of blurring of the cultures and religions of Rome ad Britain and how the introduction of Latin and literacy allowed for at least some hint of local British deities to be remembered by descendants of this land. The mergingContinue reading “Sacred Britannia by Miranda Aldhouse-Green”
Deck the Hall by Andrew Gant
Page Count: 314 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW Some of the jargon in this book went a bit over my head as I am not a professional musician but the history and the folkloric segments of how songs grow and evolve as well as the history of carols and churches was fascinating. I also enjoyed the senseContinue reading “Deck the Hall by Andrew Gant”
The Patriarchs – How men came to rule by Angela Saini
Page Count: 249 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW It was a fascinating read and I enjoyed reading the individual stories of how some places were more gender-balanced and how some had matriarchs instead of patriarchs. It is interesting to find out that the place where the ‘West’ bases most of its values as the creator of democracyContinue reading “The Patriarchs – How men came to rule by Angela Saini”
The Notebook – A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen
Page Count: 380 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW This was such an interesting book to read. As a chronic user of notebooks myself, it was so fascinating to find out where the idea of the notebook came from, who made it popular and what functions it has been used for since. Roland Allen’s writing style is educationalContinue reading “The Notebook – A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen”
What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami
Page Count: 180 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW So this is a reread for me and I love it just as much every time that I read it. I love how, no matter whether the book is fiction or non fiction, Murakami’s writing style keeps the same unique voice and tone that I love him for. TheContinue reading “What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami”
Flowers of Emptiness by Sally Belfrage
Page Count: 240 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW It was a very interesting book about the world of gurus in India that (mostly) Western people lose themselves in. It talks of a woman who sees these soul searchers completely ignore the issues of the world and how they seem to abandon normal lives to live in thisContinue reading “Flowers of Emptiness by Sally Belfrage”
Men without Women by Haruki Murakami
Page Count: 228 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW This one is a re-read for me but I absolutely love Murakami’s writing style and his casualised weirdness. My favourite of the stories in the collection is Kino but I love all of them. He is poetic and interesting and dives into the bizarre while making it sound likeContinue reading “Men without Women by Haruki Murakami”
Helgoland by Carlo Rovelli
Page Count: 168 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW Informative and poetic, Rovelli has such a beautiful way of writing that inspires and enchants me, reigniting my love for science and knowledge. It gave me an existential crisis bit never before has my perception of reality and meaning been shattered so lyrically. I may lay off physics forContinue reading “Helgoland by Carlo Rovelli”
The Penguin Book of Exorcisms by Joseph P. Laycock
Page Count: 287 Rating: 2/5 REVIEW The context around each exorcism was interesting and some of the more modern ones that had a lot of details but on the whole, it gave really vague information – which for older ones makes sense – but they also made fun or debunked things in what read asContinue reading “The Penguin Book of Exorcisms by Joseph P. Laycock”
Imagination Mansion 