Tag Archives: Non-Fiction

A Granite Silence – Nina Allan

Posted on 27/07/2025 by Roseanna

I don’t always take notes when I read; it’s usually a thing for when I start a book with the intention of reviewing it. But despite having absolutely no such intention with A Granite Silence – I picked it up … Continue reading →

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Three Collections of Reviews

Posted on 16/10/2024 by Roseanna

Reviewing the collected reviews of another reviewer is surely an act of supreme arrogance. Who, I wonder, the fuck am I to say “this is good, actually” or, worse, “this is bad, actually”? The same could, of course, be said … Continue reading →

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Period Piece – Gwen Raverat

Posted on 19/11/2019 by Roseanna

Another birthday present – and another one I’d never have picked up for myself but am really glad to have read. Although it had the downside of MAJOR NOSTALGIA. I had to intersperse it with reading something else because of … Continue reading →

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Sensible Footwear: A Girl’s Guide – Kate Charlesworth

Posted on 06/10/2019 by Roseanna

I… may not have blogged for ages because I got stymied writing this post. Graphic novels are hard. I have to think of art words to say. But no, I shall persevere, because the book is great and deserves to be … Continue reading →

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Testosterone Rex – Cordelia Fine

Posted on 17/08/2019 by Roseanna

I’ve been meaning to read this one for ages, but because I don’t actually read a lot of non-fiction (I read it a lot more slowly than I read fiction*), it kept getting put off and off. There are problems with gameifying … Continue reading →

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Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome – Lindsay C. Watson

Posted on 31/07/2019 by Roseanna

How the hell do I review an academic non-fiction book? I mean, really though. Because it fails on a lot of the metrics I’d normally use (it hardly has a compelling plot, after all) and well… it’s just so much … Continue reading →

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Unquiet Women – Max Adams

Posted on 28/04/2019 by Roseanna

I’ve actually been reading this for a while, but it’s a very pretty hardback I’ve not wanted to ruin by carrying around in my bag, so it’s been something I’ve been dipping in and out of at home, rather than … Continue reading →

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The Ten (Food) Commandments – Jay Rayner

Posted on 10/03/2017 by Roseanna

For bonus points, I actually won this book from Goodreads, having had Flatmate tell me repeatedly that I ought to read and he’d lend me his Kindle if he had to so I would. Nice when the world works out … Continue reading →

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The Origin of Teepees – Jonnie Hughes

Posted on 20/02/2017 by Roseanna

First point: groan at that pun title. It is terrible. Even I don’t approve. Second point: I was sold on reading this book (which I borrowed, so I haven’t given it any money) on the grounds that it was “totally … Continue reading →

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