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Grad School Is Hard, Reading Is Not
Hi guys, long time no talk! As I’ve mentioned multiple times previously as an excuse for not posting, I’m now in grad school. Things are getting highly chaotic, so this is not actually the best time to post. However, I didn’t post when things were less chaotic and now I’m avoiding grading my students’ assignments,…
Hot Tub Time Machine
One sub-genre of history I’ve accidentally found myself engaged in recently is that of the time traveler. These books ask, if you accidentally found yourself transported to this place and time in the past, how would you get by? It’s a fun question to consider, especially as a lot of the history we study is…
If You Like This… You’ll Love That (Pt. 2)
Hey you! Do you tend to go all-in on a topic once you start reading about it and then fall down the rabbit hole for weeks? I do. You know this about me. But perhaps your cup of tea is, for some reason, a topic other than shark-related disasters, naval disasters, or imperial exploration disasters.…
Let’s Talk About Death, Baby
It’s hard to look away from the morbid sometimes. The gruesome details catch your eyes and linger in your mind, no matter how much you want to forget. In movies, the talented SFX teams have come far from the days of using chocolate syrup as blood à la “Psycho”. Of course, that means death can…
If You Like This… You’ll Love That
You may have noticed by now that once I get hooked on a subject, I really get hooked. I dive in and try to read all the other books about it I can – as a very obvious example, the quasi-historical TV shows I get obsessed with and then the very real history books explaining…
Review: The Thursday Murder Club
Maybe it makes me a bit of a grandmother, but sometimes there’s nothing better than curling up with a murder mystery, a warm mug of soup (cream of chicken FROM THE CAN), and a cozy blanket – preferably also if it’s raining and you have cuddly pets nearby. I’m very particular about my coziness. Well,…
On Annotating
I’m excited to share that I’ve overcome a month and a half of writer’s block with an idea for a new post series… which will be launching soon! It’s just what you all wanted: revisiting the classics we all had to read in high school English classes, with a new (and hopefully more mature) perspective.…
Review: Atlantis and the Silver City
Hi there, readers. Bet you guys forgot about me, or assumed that I forgot how to write. But rest assured, I’m still hanging around, reading and not being inspired by anything I’ve read to write a review or listicle for mass consumption. However! That changed when I happened upon one of the most outlandish “non-fiction”…
Review: Dear Friend, From My Life I Write To You In Your Life
My dad told me the other day he tried to read one of my posts and it was too long so he gave up. Fine. This is a book review I had to write for a journalism class a few years ago, which had a word limit and my professor told me was a “pleasure…
Women’s History Month Reads – Deep Dives
Whewwww! We are really cutting it close to the end of the month here. That’s okay, there’s still time to sneak it in. You’ll recall from the previous Women’s History Month post that I am rather a fan of “listicle” books, much like the content on this site so far. That post focused on some…
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