I know I promised a second Women’s History Month post, and I’ll get there, but I’m feeling inspired so we’re going to tackle this topic first. As we’ve established, I am a big history nerd. My favorite genre of TV show or movie is “vaguely historical but also full of violence and romance” which, thankfully,…
Read more Text to Screen and Back – Books Behind Your Favorite Shows
Happy Women’s History Month! You might have heard the phrase “history is written by the victors,” and one place that’s quite evident is the presence of women throughout your textbooks. Women and other marginalized groups are often excluded from the narrative, either deemed unable to lead or hold positions of power like men, or relegated…
Read more Women’s History Month Reads – Illustrating Hidden Lives
Hi friends! Thank you all for your great engagement on my first-ever literary post on this blog. I’m back again for a follow-up to that article, this time tackling my favorite non-fiction reads instead of fiction. Let’s clarify a couple things before we hop into this post, though. First, these books did not necessarily come…
As I’ve been setting up this site, I’ve been reminded of many of the books I read since 2019 that simply slipped my mind. I read them, I enjoyed most, I marked them down in my reading tracker, and then promptly forgot everything that happened in them. I try not to waste time on bad…
Buying New Bookshelves 