Title: String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis Author: David Foster Wallace Dates read: 19/08/25 – 30/08/25 Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 (3.5 stars) Publisher: Library of America Number of pages: 138 Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction Subject or genre: essays, sports, tennis Book blurb: Gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector’s …
Cassie 
🦴 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 …
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 …
Book Review: Windswept by Annie Worsley
Title: Windswept Author: Annie Worsley Dates read: 26/06/25 – 28/07/25 Rating ⭐️⭐️3/4 (2.75 stars) Publisher: William Collins Number of pages: 305 Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction Subject or genre: memoir, nature Book blurb: A few years ago, Annie Worsley traded a busy life in academia to take on a small-holding or …
June Reading Wrap-up
Or: How Many Books Did I Start But Not Finish Because of Tennis? June wasn’t the strongest reading month I’ve ever had, and that’s okay. I only finished four books — which isn’t nothing, but when you’ve got twelve others in progress and a TBR that’s practically teetering… yeah, it …
🐺 From Fake Fiancés to Feral Instincts: Last Week’s Reads & What’s Next
Last week didn’t go the way I planned — and honestly? That might’ve been for the best. Instead of getting lost in mythology (Mythos by Stephen Fry) and cozy magic (Mosaics & Magic by Nancy Warren) like I intended, I fell headfirst into a small-town fake engagement (The Fiancé Dilemma …
April-May Reviews Roundup
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 …
Book Review: The Mini ADHD Coach by Alice Gendron
Title: The Mini ADHD Coach Author: The Mini ADHD Coach Dates read: 29/04/25 – 01/05/25 Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Publisher: Vermillion Number of pages: 204 Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction Subject or genre: adhd, psychology, self-help Book blurb: When Alice Gendron was diagnosed with ADHD aged 29, she knew she didn’t fit the …