It is perhaps a testament to how books can hype up a trip that when I saw the listing for 87 Micklegate, I knew that I had found our accommodations for our time in York. I had been reading The Service of the Dead by Candace Robb and was in a pretty medieval York state… Read More Staying in a Medieval House: My Review of 87 Micklegate, York
As a souvenir of my time in York, I bought this book, The Birth of the Chocolate City, from where else but York’s A Chocolate Story. I really enjoyed the exhibition and I love chocolate so I was eager to learn more about York’s chocolate history. The Birth of the Chocolate City traces the chocolate… Read More The Birth of the Chocolate City by Summer Strevens
I had a moment of panic when I googled York and found out that despite my self-proclaimed sweet tooth, I didn’t even know that York had the title of “chocolate city”. I didn’t even know that there was an attraction named York’s Chocolate Story. But once I heard of this attraction, I knew that we… Read More My Visit to York’s Chocolate Story
“We’re not getting any more scones and clotted cream. Our vacation is less than three months away and we need to build anticipation for the trip.” Famous last words from my dad. Unsurprisingly, we caved and got more scones and cream about a month before we left. Perhaps that’s why we only managed to visit… Read More Afternoon Teas Around the UK
My hold for A Twisted Vengeance came while I was in the UK, so I managed to read this while actually visiting York! While I didn’t manage to wander around, book in hand, reading this while in a Tudor-period house made the book come alive and made me fall more in love with the series… Read More A Twisted Vengeance by Candace Robb
Some time back, I read The Service of the Dead and really enjoyed it. So I decided to continue, but since the second book was unavailable, I decided to read The Apothecary Rose, which is the first book in the Owen Archer series and also by Candace Robb. Like The Service of the Dead, The… Read More The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb
When I saw the Lost Yorkshire Fairytales project on Kickstarter, I knew that I had to back it. I really enjoy folk tales, fairy tales, and mythology, and I haven’t read much (if any) from Yorkshire. So to fill the gap in my knowledge, I decided to pledge enough for the finished book and the… Read More Forgotten Yorkshire Folk and Fairytales by Andrew Walsh
I heard about Candace Robb and her books on the Medievalist podcast, where she appeared to talk about medieval mysteries. Since I love mysteries and I’m visiting York later this year, I knew that I had to read her Kate Clifford series, which are set in medieval York! The Service of the Dead is the… Read More The Service of the Dead by Candace Robb
Ever since one of my friends in Britain sent me a picture of Yorkshire Tea’s Biscuit Brew, a tea that’s supposed to taste like tea and biscuits, I’ve been wanting to try it. Since I had relatives visiting England, I asked them to help me bring back: FIVE BOXES. This was definitely not intentional. I… Read More Yorkshire Tea’s Biscuit Brew