Page Count: 509 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW This is a superbly written book and truly fascinating and engaging with each person highlighted in the chapters given the same amount of weight, care, and dedication to detail. I love the inclusion of the many manuscripts mentioned within the book, illuminating some of the reasons as to whyContinue reading “The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscript Club by Christopher De Hamel”
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Paper Dragons – The Fight for the Hidden Realm by Siobhan McDermott
Page Count: 344 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW It is a really good read and a really interesting premise but I do wish that there had been more dragons as that is the title of the book and that there was more than one (tiny) paper dragon (that wasn’t a boat) came into play – especially whenContinue reading “Paper Dragons – The Fight for the Hidden Realm by Siobhan McDermott”
Lizzie & Belle Mysteries: Drama and Danger
Page Count: 349 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW A really good story of two Black girls in Victorian London doing their best to solve a case of attempted murder while the city seems to be working against them. The book handles racism and the slave trade with honesty and not using shock value. It is a goodContinue reading “Lizzie & Belle Mysteries: Drama and Danger”
Hands of Time by Rebecca Struthers
Page Count: 206 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW I have always loved old clocks and watches (even if I suck at owning them) and so this was a great read. I loved the contrast of the overall history of watch making mixed with the personal history of the author herself who is one of the only traditionalContinue reading “Hands of Time by Rebecca Struthers”
Northerners-A History by Brian Groom
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”
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”
Imagination Mansion 