This week I’ve settled into two very different but surprisingly complementary reads: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley A time travel novel unlike any I’ve read before—bureaucratic, witty, and threaded with a deeply humane look at displacement, love, and the complicated weight of history. Bradley’s writing is sharp, layered, …
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Book Review: False Value by Ben Aaronovitch
Title: False Value (Rivers of London #8) Author: Ben Aaronovitch Dates read: 10/08/25 – 17/08/25 Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 (3.5 stars) Publisher: Gollancz Number of pages: 420 Fiction or non-fiction: fiction Subject or genre: contemporary, crime, fantasy, mystery Book blurb: Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts …
Currently Reading: ticking clocks and code-bound curses
Last week, I had grand plans for Frankenstein and False Value, but my brain waved a white flag. Mental health-wise, I just wasn’t in the headspace for Shelley’s heavy storms or Aaronovitch’s magical noir, so I pivoted to something gentler: Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood and A Thousand …
🦴 What Lies Beneath: Why I’m Fascinated by Burials and Bones
There’s something about bones. Maybe that sounds morbid, maybe it is morbid, but I don’t think I’m alone in the quiet fascination that settles in when a burial site is uncovered. When a skull is lifted from the soil. When archaeologists brush back the earth from a femur that last …
6 Books That Unearth the Past
There’s something irresistible about peering into the past – not just through textbook timelines, but through the soil, the bones, the stories buried with them. After finishing Ancestors by Alice Roberts, I found myself drawn to other books that don’t just tell history, but dig it up. Here are six …
Books set in the Wars of the Roses
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to …
Currently Reading: experiments, ethics, and eldritch code.
Currently Reading: experiments, ethics, and eldritch code. I’ve accidentally themed the week around science gone rogue — one Victorian, one very modern. ⚡ Frankenstein – the original tale of grief, ambition, and what happens when you play god with science. Mary Shelley’s gothic classic is just as devastating and electric …
Reset & Refresh: Expanding the Vibe of This Book Blog
Hello, friends! If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you might have noticed it’s mostly been a space for book reviews and the occasional themed weekly link-up. I love those, and I’ll absolutely keep sharing them when the topics inspire me. That said, I’ve been struggling with consistency …
📚 July Reading Wrap-Up: Books, Goals, and Jannik Sinner’s Perfect Forehand
July felt like one of those months where everything blurred at the edges – warm days, wonky sleep, unfinished to-do lists… but also: finished books! Some excellent reads! And Jannik Sinner winning Wimbledon, which absolutely deserves its own category of joy. Honestly? The sheer glee of watching him lift that …
Book Review: Ancestors by Alice Roberts
Title: Ancestors Author: Alice Roberts Dates read: 20/05/25 – 28/07/25 Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5 stars) Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Number of pages: 446 Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction Subject or genre: history, science Book blurb: An extraordinary exploration of the ancestry of Britain through seven burial sites. By using new advances …