I'm sure you have now heard about WWW Wednesday (even I know about it), but to recap, this is what it entails - you must post about three books: What you most recently finished reading What you are currently reading What you will read next Here are mine! What I recently finished reading: Young and… Continue reading WWW Wednesday, 19th April 2017
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Upcoming Reads and Reviews, April 2017
Upcoming reviews I am pleased to say I have finally finished reading Gareth Russell's wonderful book about Catherine Howard, Young and Damned and Fair. It took me about a month to read, which is a long time for me, but it was so worth it. I am now planning a blog post about it in… Continue reading Upcoming Reads and Reviews, April 2017
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WWW Wednesday, 1st March 2017
I've only participated in WWW Wednesday once before, and that was ages ago, so I felt like giving it another try. The idea is to post three things: What you most recently finished reading What you are currently reading What you will read next Hence 'WWW'! So here goes: What I recently finished reading: The Handmaid's… Continue reading WWW Wednesday, 1st March 2017
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New affiliate: Blackwell’s
I am pleased to announce that I am now part of the affiliate programme for Blackwell's! Blackwell's are one of my favourite bookshops and the Oxford branch (just up the road from me) is an institution. The downstairs section, know as the Norrington Room, is the largest single room selling books in the world (!) and… Continue reading New affiliate: Blackwell’s
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Looking back on the books of 2016
This is another overdue blog post, but one that I've really been looking forward to writing. I read 31 books in 2016, of varying quality, but overall it was a good reading year. I tried to branch out, accepting a total of eight review copies from publishers - which is a lot for me these… Continue reading Looking back on the books of 2016
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Most Anticipated Upcoming Books
I try to read a mixture of old and new books, and often find myself reading 'new' books some time after they come out, purely because I always have so many books I want to read that I rarely get to read things when they are really new. Often I just get to look at… Continue reading Most Anticipated Upcoming Books
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Upcoming reads and reviews
I'm focusing purely on reading at the moment, and I know it'll be a week or so until my next review - so in the meantime I thought I'd share a 'preview' of what's coming up, both in my reading and here on the blog. I am about to finish reading the third book in… Continue reading Upcoming reads and reviews
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I Need Recommendations!
I do indeed. Specifically for my feminism/women reading list. I have recently compiled reading lists of the books I most want to read out of the huge list I have on GoodReads, and realised that I actually don't have that many on feminism/women/gender. This is an area that I find fascinating and I feel like… Continue reading I Need Recommendations!
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New Affiliate Announcement: Wordery.com!
Just a quick note to say I am now an affiliate for the amazing Wordery! I shop there quite a bit as I don't always have time to get to Waterstone's or Blackwell's and I refuse to buy books from Amazon - and Wordery are just as efficient, have a wide selection of books, and… Continue reading New Affiliate Announcement: Wordery.com!
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Exploring Academic Publishing
As you may know, I work in Editorial at Routledge, an academic publisher. I work mostly on the Classical Studies list, which I love, and right now I am in Edinburgh for the Classical Association conference - my very first business trip. This is the first job I've had in academic publishing (before I'd only… Continue reading Exploring Academic Publishing
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