Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It’s been hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, but I’m not sure if that blog is active anymore. Please enjoy this preview of what I want to read in the future! … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Alaric the Goth
History
Tudor Tuesday: The Thing About History
Welcome to Tudor Tuesday, an occasional blog series where I'll dive into the ocean that is the history of England's Tudor Dynasty, which ruled from 1485-1603. It's my favorite historical period, filled with dynamic people and events that prove that truth is stranger than fiction. I won't be writing one of these every week, because … Continue reading Tudor Tuesday: The Thing About History
Goodreads Monday: Sea People
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson Nonfiction/History 384 pages Published March 2019 by Harper From Goodreads: A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Sea People
Book Review: Labyrinth of Ice
Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition by Buddy Levy History 400 pages Expected publication: December 3, 2019, from St. Martin's Press Though we know now what the North Pole is like and have maps that show the shifting-- and melting-- polar ice caps in high resolution, we didn't always know … Continue reading Book Review: Labyrinth of Ice
Goodreads Monday: Laughing Shall I Die
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. Laughing Shall I die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings by Tom Shippey 368 pages Nonfiction Published in July, 2018 by Reaktion Books From Goodreads: Laughing Shall I … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Laughing Shall I Die
Rejected Princesses
From Goodreads: Blending the iconoclastic feminism of The Notorious RBG and the confident irreverence of Go the F**ck to Sleep, a brazen and empowering illustrated collection that celebrates inspirational badass women throughout history, based on the popular Tumblr blog. Well-behaved women seldom make history. Good thing these women are far from well behaved . . . … Continue reading Rejected Princesses
