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The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English by Hana Videen
4.5
Old English provides me with pure joy - I miss studying it. Dipped in and out of this a bit (I don't read non fic very quickly) but it did just give me a lot of "wynn-dream". Very rigorous and technical while also being very readable. Many a fun tangent into biblical history or Tolkien which ALSO made me very happy. Maybe I should do that MA after all...
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
5.0
I always forget how much I love P+P until I re-read it. So so good!
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan
4.0
I enjoyed this quite a lot more than expected. Fascinating period of history, very well written, compelling characters.
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
3.0
This book was not what I was expecting - not a lot of time in the bookshop! Didn't really vibe with the style and characters, but it was a fun cosy read nonetheless.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
4.0
Beautiful prose and setting. Victor Frankenstein is a lil bitch. Walton says to the monster "you throw a torch into a pile of buildings; and even they are consumed you sit among the ruins and lament the fall." This is VF through and through...
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry
4.0
Love love love how much SF explains the relevance/etymology/use of Greek myths in the canon. Written in quite a fun way too, although I'm not keen on all of his interpretations of the myths.
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg
2.5
This was okay, but speeches are better watched for a reason, and putting them all in one place makes them repetitive. Definitely did leave me a bit more fired up about climate action though.
The Aeneid: Translated by Shadi Bartsch by Virgil, Shadi Bartsch
3.0
SB's translation is beautiful. That said, the first half felt like an Odyssey rehash and the second half like an Iliad rehash. I wanted to read more of the interesting stuff - end of the Trojan war, and Dido.