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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Is it a shameful to admit that I’ve never before read Little Women? At least not that I can recall – it may have been one of those books that I started and put down in my youth. Still, I’ve seen both of the ... more >
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Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? Who invented soap? This madcap adventure across ancient history uses everything from modern genetics to archaeology to uncover the geniuses behind these and other world-changing innovations. Who invented the wheel? Who told the first joke? ... more >
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The Right Sort of Man: A Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery by Allison Montclair In a London slowly recovering from World War II, two very different women join forces to launch a business venture in the heart of Mayfair—The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. Miss Iris Sparks, quick-witted and impulsive, and Mrs. ... more >
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She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor This book was a bit dense for flighty me, but it was also a very absorbing and informative history of the four women who attempted to sort-of-kind-of rule England before Elizabeth I. Those women were the Empress Matilda, who ... more >
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At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft I’ve made it a habit over the past six years to try to read a “classic horror” novel around Halloween, starting with 2013’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and going up to last year’s The Fall of the House of Usher. Most ... more >
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Read and reviewed: The Hidden Heart, Jane Steele, Play to Win, Wives and Daughters and Jamaica Inn A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage I was looking for a light-ish but informative non-fiction read, and this seemed like it would fit the bill. It ... more >
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