You know that moment when you think, “I should have been born in a different century!” and then you read a book about that era and it totally decimates your charming, rose-colored ideas about the time? Welcome to How to be a Victorian. In this 440-page chunkster, author Ruth Goodman shares incredible details on clothing…
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Review: No Biking in the House Without a Helmet
While most parents their age are long since done with such things, Melissa and Donny Greene seem to be stuck in a perpetual loop of elementary school plays and soccer games, carpools and graduation ceremonies. As their four biological children grew, the couple realized they weren’t ready to give up on parenthood. They decided on…
Review: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Working in a crematory is not a job many people would consider. But for a recent graduate with a degree in medieval history and a love of the macabre, it’s the perfect career. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory is Caitlin Doughty’s memoir about her years in the funeral industry,…
Review: As You Wish
Although it didn’t do well during its original 1987 release, the film The Princess Bride has been a cult classic for almost 30 years. It’s been replayed countless times and quoted even more than that (seriously, when is it not the right time to quote this film?). I myself have watched the film about a…
Review: The Private World of Georgette Heyer
Georgette Heyer wrote more than 50 novels and has been a beloved author for more than 90 years, but she kept her professional and personal lives so separate that for many years any real information about her as a person were inaccessible. The Private World of Georgette Heyer is the result of author Jane Aiken…