“Journalists, as they say, write the first draft of history, and the first draft is the only one that most of the public remembers, not the more nuanced, better-informed one that comes after the dust has cleared.” This was one of the books that the library featured in Libby when I opened the app, and… Read More Book Review: The Revolution That Wasn’t by Spencer Jakab
So I impulsively borrowed this for the train ride home from Bordeaux but it turned out to have an unexpected connection to the city! Turns out that the trial (or trials) at the Center in this book were held there. The Bettencourt Affair is about Liliane Schueller Bettencourt, the daughter of the founder of L’Oreal;… Read More Book Review: The Bettencourt Affair by Tom Sancton
I’ve been listening to the Dark Histories podcast as far back as 2018, so for Christmas 2021, I decided to treat myself to a copy of Dark Histories Season 1! I only got around to reading it this year, but the year is still very young so I consider this book to have jumped most… Read More Book Review: Dark Histories Season 1 by Ben Cutmore
I’ve had this book on my TBR for quite some time, possibly because I really enjoyed his other book, The Devil in the White City (my Goodreads review); possibly because it’s got a link to Mrs McGinty’s Dead (my Goodreads review). Or maybe because of both these reasons. Thunderstruck is the tale of two men:… Read More Book Review: Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
I first heard about The Tudors in Love when Sarah Gristwood went on the Medievalist podcast. The book intrigued me, so I decided to check it out! As you can guess from the title, The Tudors in Love is about love and the Tudors. To be specific, it’s about how the concept of courtly love… Read More Book Review: The Tudors in Love by Sarah Gristwood
I heard about The Cult of We on Bookstagram, and since I have enjoyed the previous business-crime books that I read, I put this on my TBR list. And because my TBR list is a monster by now, I didn’t actually get around to this book until my finance professor assigned us a reading on… Read More Book Review: The Cult of We by Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell
“Throughout the centuries, lots of women have married princes. It is supposed to be the stuff that fairy tales are made of; a confection of dashing grooms and swooning brides and true love that conquers all. Needless to say, the reality was somewhat different.” From the introduction of The Wives of George IV Now that… Read More Book Review: The Wives of George IV by Catherine Curzon
I didn’t go to Slovenia with the intention of buying a book, but I don’t think anyone is surprised that I have! Especially since books are a huge deal in Slovenia – one thing I remember from the free walking tour is that the figure in the square is not a general but a poet… Read More Book Review: Slovenology by Noah Charney
I opened NetGalley for the first time in a long time and stumbled across this book. Perhaps it’s because I moved to a new country alone this year, but something about the book caught my eye and compelled me to read it. In The Loneliness Epidemic, Susan Mettes uses data from the Barna Group to… Read More Book Review: The Loneliness Epidemic by Susan Mettes
A friend of mine talked about this book and it sounded interesting so I decided to check it out! There Is No Good Card For This is a book about how we can respond (and why we should respond) when someone we know meets terrible circumstances. The book is divided into three parts: why we… Read More Book Review: There Is No Good Card For This by Kelsey Crowe and Emily McDowell