I’ve finished reading quite a lot of books lately and written the reviews for them but haven’t quite found my schedule with posting them. I’ve got reviews going back to books I finished in April that aren’t posted yet. So I figured I’d do some drive-by mini reviews just to …
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Book Review: How to be a Renaissance Woman by Jill Burke
Title: How to be a Renaissance Woman Author: Jill Burke Dates read: 30/03/25 – 21/04/25 Rating 3/5 Publisher: Wellcome Collection Number of pages: 338 Fiction or non-fiction: nonfiction Subject or genre: art, feminism, history Book blurb: Plunge into the intimate history of cosmetics, and discover how, for centuries, women have …
Stacking the Shelves #14
Stacking The Shelves is a meme hosted by Reading Reality all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, …
Sunday Reading Wrapup
What are you currently reading? M.T. Clanchy – From Memory to Written Record: England 1066-1307 47% read. I’ve said this before – this book was written to be written, not to be read. It’s utterly fascinating but it’s a serious slog DK Publishing – SuperSimple Chemistry 18% read. I picked …
Documentaries I’ve enjoyed (and a quick life update)
To catch y’all up, I’ve been in a lot of pain for the last couple of weeks. There have been calls to 111 – the NHS non-emergency line. There has been a visit to a Minor Injuries Unit. And I’ve had to register as a temporary patient at my partner’s …
June 2023 Reading Wrap-Up
I had quite the good reading month in June and finished 9 books Kaleb Cooper – The World According To Kaleb I am honestly not sure what the point of this book was. Other than to make money. Like most fans of Clarkson’s Farm, I utterly adored Kaleb but this …
April 2023 Reading Wrap-Up
I read 7 books in April which seems to be about my average in 2023 Jeremy Clay – The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton: And Other Singular Tales from the Victorian Press A collection of extraordinary, bizarre and morbidly funny stories from the Victorian press. There were farces and tragedies …
Weekly Wednesday Blogging Catchup & What I’m Reading Wednesday… On A Thursday
Between work and health and school and just… life in general, I am a stressed and struggling llama right now. I have been hiding in books this last few weeks, lots of reading but no spoons to do any writing about the reading. Hell, over the last two weeks, typing …
Some drive-by mini reviews
It’s been a while since I’ve done any mini-reviews (and, y’know, actually finished reading any books to write a review of) so here’s a little round-up of what I’ve been reading recently. I’ve DNFed two books in the last week: The first one was Kelly Ambers – Her First Collar: …
Stacking The Shelves #3
Stacking The Shelves is a meme hosted by Reading Reality all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, …