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21/01/2022

Read, If You Like: Non Fiction Edition

Happy new year! I don’t usually gravitate towards non fiction, but there are a handful I’ve read over the last couple of years that I’ve really enjoyed, so I thought I’d share them here. As usual, you can find them on my Bookshop.org recommendations. Read The Importance of Being Interested, by Robin Ince (2021), if… Continue reading

Books, Read If You Like

'Be the Change: a Toolkit for the Activist in You' by Gina Martin, 'Pandora's Jar' by Natalie Haynes, 'Real Life Money' by Clare Seal, 'The Importance of Being Interested' by Robin Ince, book blogging, book recommendations, book reviews, Indifferent Ignorance, non fiction book recommendations, winter

31/12/2021

Things from 2021 that I liked and you might like

Happy nearly 2022! I don’t love those look-at-my-great-year posts, so I thought I’d do one talking about some of the lovely things I’ve come across this year: Roman mosaics turned up in Rutland and they’re super duper old and super duper cool The Magnus Archives wrapped up with a truly epic finale Time Team is… Continue reading

Books, brain chat

15/10 Foundation, Frankenstein, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Måneskin, Queenie, reading in 2021, Roman mosaics in Rutland, RSPB, Six of Crows, The Importance of Being Interested, The Magnus Archives, Time Team, We Rate Dogs

30/11/2021

Read, If You Like: a Variety of Greek Mythology Books

I began this post when the Ever Given was still stuck in the Suez, but better late than never (which is the attitude you should take with your Christmas present deliveries, eh). I was hoping to read Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey this year to add it to the list, but then I went… Continue reading

Books, Read If You Like

'A Thousand Ships' by Natalie Haynes, 'Pandora's Jar' by Natalie Haynes, 'The Silence of the Girls' by Pat Barker, 'The Song of Achilles' by Madeline Miller, Emily Wilson's translation of 'The Odyssey', Greek mythology, Greek mythology books, Indiferent Ignorance, mythology, Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics, non fiction about Greek mythology

08/05/2021

Pre-Empting Burnout and Turning Off the Internet for a Bit (except not here, here is nice)

This time a month ago I wrote about feeling like we were all living in the Nine of Wands. I still do, but the end is in sight. Or if not sight then it’s around the corner and down the road a bit. My diploma is almost finished. This stage of lockdown is almost finished.… Continue reading

Books, brain chat

Call Down the Hawk, easing out of lockdown, getting your eyebrows waxed for the first time since Christmas, Mister Impossible, nine of wands, No. 1 Reader's Club, taking a holiday, taking a social media break, The Raven Cycle