Page Count: 406 Rating: 4.5/5 REVIEW A powerful read with a message that will stay with me forever. Professor Roberts goes through these burials with intrigue and some storytelling but also warns about pitting the history in modern or preconceived boxes. It was very fascinating to see her talk about burials, lack of burials, andContinue reading “Ancestors by Professor Alice Roberts”
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Four Seasons in Japan by Nick Bradley
Page Count: 325 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW Such a beautiful story and a brilliant writing style. I was not as fussed about Flo’s story compared to the story that she is translating but I appreciated it enough for it to add to the story rather than detract from it. The only downside is the ambiguous endingContinue reading “Four Seasons in Japan by Nick Bradley”
A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St Clair
Page Count: 379 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW I enjoyed the worldbuilding in this one and the story of a Persephone wanting to live a normal life with an overbearing mother and Hades as a casino owning bargain striking god who isn’t bothered if people see him as evil as long as he can do his job.Continue reading “A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St Clair”
Artemis by Andy Weir
Page Count: 305 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW Such a good story about a well-meaning underdog and a small group of characters all knitted together. The setting of the Moon Base was something that I loved and how there was no fixed law and order due to the mishmash of people so there was a general socialContinue reading “Artemis by Andy Weir”
The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon by Stephanie Dalley
Page Count: 213 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW Informative and well-written with credible sources and a cohesive walkthrough to a well researched conclusion. Learning about Assyria was interesting as it is confirmed early on in the book that the Garden was never in The City of Babylon but a city of babylon (city of gates) which explainsContinue reading “The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon by Stephanie Dalley”
The Night and its Moon
Page Count: 579 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW This is a very well written fantasy with a very in depth world that Piper has created. I loved the set up about the two girls and how they are both part-fae but in very different ways and kept apart but crossing over. The different powers that Nox andContinue reading “The Night and its Moon”
Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries by Kate Mosse
Page Count: 388 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW A good book that has depth and breadth. I think that the listing of names but then going into detail of some in each section pairs off well to show how many women there are written out of history while highlighting how unique they all were. I also likedContinue reading “Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries by Kate Mosse”
An Immense World by Ed Yong
Page Count: 355 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW A wonderful book exploring senses that we ourselves can never full experience or appreciate but study to try and learn how animals like and observe their world though their umwelt. Yong leads you though a bunch of senses both common and uncommon, surprisingly rare and unexpectedly present. Sometimes humansContinue reading “An Immense World by Ed Yong”
My Hygge Home by Meik Wiking
Page Count: 271 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW This was a brilliant book and truly made me see my home in a different light – and my work environment as well. Just by doing little actions to make your house more cosy like having books downstairs or blankets over the sofa, or cups on display, and plantsContinue reading “My Hygge Home by Meik Wiking”
How to Train your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Page Count: 227 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW This is a wonderful feel-good story of the weedy kid becoming the hero and I love the idea of being able to talk to the dragons, the dragons themselves also having different personalities and one of the ‘tough’ characters seeing that brains not brawn is more helpful in certainContinue reading “How to Train your Dragon by Cressida Cowell”
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