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Kickstarter Book Review: Their Darkest Materials by Penelope Hemingway

April 8, 2020

This is one of the Kickstarter projects I backed last year when I was a little bit too obsessed with Kickstarter in general (I still check the site but I’m probably more interested in vintage teacups right now). Their Darkest Materials appealed to me because I’ve tried knitting and sewing but never really considered the… Read More Kickstarter Book Review: Their Darkest Materials by Penelope Hemingway

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Book Review: Murder by Candlelight by Michael Knox Beran

April 2, 2020

If you look at the cover, you’ll know the reason why I picked up this book. The synopsis pretty much sealed the deal – it promised to explain the history of why we’ve fallen in love with murder. To That End, Murder by Candlelight focuses on not one but five murder cases: The Radlett Murder… Read More Book Review: Murder by Candlelight by Michael Knox Beran

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Book Review: Butter by Elaine Khosrova

April 1, 2020

There isn’t a good reason for me to be shocked by the fact that butter has a book dedicated to it, given that I have multiple books dedicated to tea and that is also a food product, but I was surprised and very intrigued. I grew up eating margarine on toast but in the past… Read More Book Review: Butter by Elaine Khosrova

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Great War Fashion by Lucy Adlington

December 9, 2019

Do you know what I thought of when I read this book? Dressed, the podast about the history of fashion. And I was reminded that I prefer reading to listening, not least because you can insert pictures into a book. As the title says, Great War Fashion is about what the women of Britain war… Read More Great War Fashion by Lucy Adlington

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Paper by Mark Kurlansky

December 5, 2019

So this has been on my TBR list for a couple of years. I had pretty high hopes for this because I love histories that focus on one unexpected subject, but I found myself rapidly losing interest in this. I had thought that Paper would be a history of paper. However, it’s really more a… Read More Paper by Mark Kurlansky

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The Search for the Beautiful Woman by Cho Kyo

November 25, 2019

I stumbled across this book while browsing through Overdrive and knew that I was going to read it someday because it’s related to the World of Genji project I’m doing. I kind of put it off for a few weeks because it looked a bit intimidating, but I told Pan Pan about it and basically… Read More The Search for the Beautiful Woman by Cho Kyo

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The Ghost: A Cultural History by Susan Owens

October 30, 2019

I shouldn’t even have to explain why I borrowed this because I mean… the moment I saw this in Tampines Regional Library (cool library but on the other side of the world Singapore) I immediately picked it up and borrowed it. This isn’t a collection of ghost stories or a novel about ghosts – instead,… Read More The Ghost: A Cultural History by Susan Owens

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Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace by Nikil Saval

October 25, 2019

You cannot tell me that there’s a book about the history of the workplace and not expect me to read it – I may have given up on history after O Levels but I love reading about the history behind things we take for granted (if you have any book reccs, let me know!). As… Read More Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace by Nikil Saval

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She-Wolves by Helen Castor

October 21, 2019

I guess my UK-trip inspired interest in history is still continuing because I just finished She-Wolves by Helen Castor. After the death of Edward VI, England faced the prospect of female rule, something they considered unnatural. But as Castor shows, that wasn’t the first time England was in the hands of women. Before the Mary… Read More She-Wolves by Helen Castor

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Katherine Swynford by Alison Weir

October 16, 2019

After reading Anne Boleyn: A King’s Obsession, I decided that I should read one of Alison Weir’s nonfiction books ASAP, before I forget that I wanted to do so (so many books on my TBR list are languishing there because I did not read them ASAP). Katherine Swynford sounded interesting, especially since I know nothing… Read More Katherine Swynford by Alison Weir

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Tag: History

Kickstarter Book Review: Their Darkest Materials by Penelope Hemingway

Book Review: Murder by Candlelight by Michael Knox Beran

Book Review: Butter by Elaine Khosrova

Great War Fashion by Lucy Adlington

Paper by Mark Kurlansky

The Search for the Beautiful Woman by Cho Kyo

The Ghost: A Cultural History by Susan Owens

Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace by Nikil Saval

She-Wolves by Helen Castor

Katherine Swynford by Alison Weir