#NonFictionNovember2016 Non Fic Books 2016-10-16 | It's #NonFictionNovember2016 time! Yet again Olive (abookolive) and I will be hosting a non-fiction challenge throughout November to try and get more people picking up some factual books. You can join us for all 4 challenges or just choose one non-fiction book to get started with if you're very new to the genre.The challenges this year are:- NEW- FASCINATING- CONTROVERSIAL- IMPORTANTOlive's Video - youtu.be/yv0hbY74N2QThe goodreads group (goodreads.com/group/show/174090-nonfiction-november-2016)#NonFictionNovember2015 Playlist (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKjVEtd7fE0IqWl3Ux_aKBhK)#NonFictionNovember2016 Playlist (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKiXSF8TsDSLCQKUwggIpSlc)_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Where To Start With Julian Fellowes Non Fic Books 2020-01-13 | Today I’m running through the three novels of Julian Fellowes and which I think you should pick up first.Books Mentioned:*Julian Fellowes - Belgravia - Snobs - Past Imperfect
New Year, New Books Non Fic Books 2020-01-07 | Happy 2020 Everyone.Today I'm talking about the books I've been reading and the audiobooks I've been listening to since the new year began.Books mentioned:*Jane Mulvagh - Madresfield: The Real Brideshead*Anne de Courcy - The Viceroys Daughters: The Lives of the Curzon Sisters- Debs at War: How Wartime Changed Their Lives 1939-1945*Kate Chopin - The Awakening*Julian Fellowes - Past Imperfect
Non-Fiction November 2019: Recommendations and TBR Non Fic Books 2019-11-01 | It's Non-Fiction November time again. While I've fallen off the face of the planet recently I really wanted to jump on here and be a bit of a cheerleader for Non-Fiction and support Olive.1. True2. Voice3. Sport4. DesignOlive's Channel: youtube.com/user/olivejuice1026/videosOlive's Recommendation Video: youtu.be/Ywhitiq6WmkNon-Fiction November 2019 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKhLFAWuTLxr50SGXVTMD3IuBooks Mentioned:*Edith Holden - The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady* Alice Mills - Every Girl's Duty: The Diary of a Victorian Debutante (Edited by: Maggy Parsons)* Stuart Richards - Curtain Down at Her Majesty's: The Death of Queen Victoria in the Words of Those Who Were There*Jane MacNamee (ed) - In Her Element: Women and The Landscape, An Anthology*Clare Balding - Walking Home: My Family and Other Ramblings*Richard Holmes: The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science*Andrea Wulf - Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens*Ben Pentreath - English Decoration: Timeless Inspiration for the Contemporary Home*Lucy Worsley - Jane Austen at Home: A Biography* Kirsty McLeod - A Passion for Friendship: Sybil Colefax and Her Circle
What Ive Been Reading Since Ive Been Gone Non Fic Books 2019-06-27 | It's been forever so here's what has been going on in my reading life. Channels Mentioned:*Gail Carriger youtube.com/user/gailcarriger*Emily Cook (Arrrgh Schooling) youtube.com/channel/UC_CMPZURk62s-ZeTYyV5OUA Build Your Library Curriculum www.buildyourlibrary.comBooks Mentioned:*Gail Carriger - Prudence (Custard Protocol #1) - Imprudence (Custard Protocol #2) - Competence (Custard Protocol #3)*Shirley Hughes - Summer - Autumn*Eric Carle - The Very Hungry Caterpillar *Usborne Peep Inside - The Castle - Night Time *Dorothy L. Sayers - The Lost Tools of Learning - Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries)*Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise - The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home. *Susan Wise Bauer - The Story of the World: Volume 1:Ancient Times, From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor. *Roger McGough (ed) - Poetry Please: The Nation's Favourite Poems. *Emily Cook - A Literary Education: Adapting Charlotte Mason for Modern Secular Homeschooling *Bernard J. Nebel, Ph.D. - Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding: A Science Curriculum for K-8 and Older, Beginning Science Learners, 2nd Ed. Vol.1, Grades K-2*Thomas Wildgruber - Painting and Drawing in Waldorf Schools: Classes 1 to 8.
What Ive Been Listening To | #NonFictionNovember2018 Non Fic Books 2018-11-28 | Recently I've been listening to many more audiobooks as it's a lot easier with two sproglets requiring me 24/7. This is what I thought about them.Lil's Review Video: youtu.be/eiZJpTkw3f0Books Mentioned:*Neil Ansell - The Last Wilderness: A Journey Into Silence*Lucy Worsley - Queen Victoria: Daughter. Wife. Mother. Widow. - Jane Austen at Home: A Biography*Lucy Siegle - Turning the Tide on Plastic: How Humanity (And You) Can Make Our Globe Clean Again - To Die for: Is Fashion Wearing Out the World?*Niki Brantmark - Lagom: The Swedish Art of Living a Balanced, Happy Life*Meik Wiking - The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well: The Danish Way of Live Well*James Hansen - Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth about the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity*Janice Hadlow - The Strangest Family: The Private Lives of George III, Queen Charlotte and the Hanoverians*Tracy Borman - Witches: James I and the English Witch Hunts*Tom Williams - Viking Britain__________________________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Bookworm Review | #NonFictionNovember2018 Non Fic Books 2018-11-28 | Today I'm finally back with a review for #NonFictionNovember2018... Lucy Mangan's memoir of childhood reading. Books Mentioned:*Lucy Mangan - Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading - The Reluctant Bride: One Woman's Journey (Kicking and Screaming) Down the Aisle - My Family and Other Disasters - Hopscotch & Handbags: The Truth about Being a Girl__________________________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
#NonFictionNovember2018 Announcement and TBR Non Fic Books 2018-10-20 | This year Olive (abookolive) and I are running #NonFictionNovember again to try and encourage as many people as possible to read more non-fiction. Please do join us, whether you fancy reading one piece of non-fiction or selecting something for each of the four challenges. Non-Fiction November Challenges, 2018:1. Past time/Pastime2. Self/Shelf3. Wander/Wonder4. Micro/MacroOlive's announcement video: youtu.be/fhnoeidwzHwBooks Mentioned:*Annie Gray - The Greedy Queen: Eating with Victoria *Lucy Mangan - Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading*James T. Costa - Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory*Neil Ansell - The Last Wilderness: A Journey into Silence__________________________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
What Ive Been Listening To Lately Non Fic Books 2018-07-04 | As I've not managed to read an entire book for months I thought I'd try out some audiobooks and this is what I thought of them.Books Mentioned:*Lucy Worsley - Jane Austen at Home: A Biography. Narrated by Ruth Redman.*Dan Jones - The Templars: The Rise and Fall of God's Holy Warriors. Narrated by the author.*Sian Evans - Queen Bees: Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars. Narrated by Carole Boyd.*Kathryn Hughes - Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum. Narrated by Jenny Funnell.*Peter Frankopan - The Silk Roads: A New History of the World. Narrated by Laurence Kennedy.*Janice Hadlow - The Strangest Family: The Private Lives of George III, Queen Charlotte and the Hanoverians. Narrated by Adjoa Andoh.*Jane Austen - Persuasion. Narrated by Juliet Stevenson.__________________________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
A Life Less Throwaway | Review Non Fic Books 2018-02-09 | Today I'm bringing you a review of a book that I've been waiting for quite some time as it's looking at stopping the flow of crap into your life rather than just chucking it all out.BuyMeOnce: uk.buymeonce.comTara Button: tarabutton.comBooks Mentioned:*Tara Button - A Life Less Throwaway: The Lost Art of Buying for Life*Marie Kondo - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: A simple, effective way to banish clutter forever*James Wallman - Stuffocation: Living More with Less__________________________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Februarys Book | #nonfichistoryclub Non Fic Books 2018-02-02 | A quick video announcing February's pick for the #nonfichistoryclub.Books Mentioned:*Tracy Norman - The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty*Lucy Inglis - Georgian London: Into the Streets__________________________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
January Reading Wrap Up Non Fic Books 2018-02-01 | Today I'm back with a look at the five non-fiction books I read in January. Sadly this month did not break the slightly 'meh' trend in my reading recently.#nonfichistoryclub review video: youtu.be/Aw__5zF3Ot4Books Mentioned:*Kim John Payne (with Lisa M Ross) - Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids*Pamela Druckerman - French Children Don't Throw Food (Also known as Bringing Up Bebe)*Jamie Cat Callan - French Women Don't Sleep Alone: Pleasurable Secrets to Finding Love*Lucy Inglis - Georgian London: Into the Streets*Mary Berry - Mary's Household Tips and Tricks: Your Guide to Happiness in the Home__________________________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Georgian London | #nonfichistoryclub Non Fic Books 2018-01-28 | So, the first #nonfichistoryclub wasn't the greatest success in my opinion. Let me know what you thought if you joined us!http://nonfichistoryclub.blogspot.co.ukBooks Mentioned:*Lucy Inglis - Georgian London: Into the Streets*Christopher Winn - I Never Knew That About LondonLucy Inglis's Blog: http://georgianlondon.com__________________________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Reading in 2017 and 2018 Non Fic Books 2018-01-02 | 2017 was an odd year for my reading so hopefully 2018 will be much better.Non Fic History Book Club:Announcement: youtu.be/3tLF5Bl1Yr4Blog: nonfichistoryclub.blogspot.co.uk Books Mentioned:*Lucy Inglis - Georgian London: Into the Streets*George Monbiot - Feral: Rewilding the Land, Sea and Human Life__________________________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Spinster | NonFictionNovember2017 Non Fic Books 2017-12-01 | A bizarre review today as I think the book didn't deliver on it's promises at all and yet I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.Books Mentioned:*Kate Bolick - Spinster: Making A Life of One's Own_______________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Goodbye #NonFictionNovember2017 Non Fic Books 2017-12-01 | Goodbye to #NonFictionNovember2017 and a massive THANK YOU to everyone who joined Olive and I, this year was such a success and it has made my heart so happy to see so many people picking up some non-fiction. Books Mentioned:*Mary Beard - Women and Power: A Manifesto (review: youtu.be/X2T3oAzEtBA) *Tania O'Donnell - A History of Courtship: 800 Years of Seduction Techniques (review: youtu.be/SH_zxSALth4)*Bill Bryson (ed) Icons of England (review: youtu.be/w9rLDCYJtyM)*Laurie Penny - Bitch Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults (review: youtu.be/KvdVf8GxhU0)*Holly Baxter and Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett - The Vagenda: A Zero Tolerance Guide to the Media*Kate Bolick - Spinster: Making A Life of One's Own (review: youtu.be/eEgWtwVmcuA)*Donna M. Lucey - Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas (review: youtu.be/jvZxIK6NtqM)*Robert MacFarlane - The Gifts of ReadingGoodreads Page: goodreads.com/group/show/174090-nonfiction-november-2017NFN Playlists:2017 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKi5_1W9Tu7nHoan3CpIPHZj2016 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKiXSF8TsDSLCQKUwggIpSlc 2015 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKjVEtd7fE0IqWl3Ux_aKBhK__________________________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Vlog | BBC History Weekend York Non Fic Books 2017-11-29 | On Saturday the 25th my Mum and I went into York to see four historians talk as part of the BBC History Weekend. As this is my third year going it didn't surprise me that it was absolutely fabulous once again.(I apologise about the volume difference, it's either silence or lots of noise I'm afraid)Books Mentioned:*Morgan Ring - So High a Blood: The Life of Margaret, Countess of Lennox *Helen Castor - She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth*Dan Jones - The Templars - The Plantagenets: The Kings who Made England*Annie Grey - The Greedy Queen: Eating with Victoria_Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Sargents Women | NonFictionNovember2017 Non Fic Books 2017-11-28 | Today I'm reviewing an absolute highlight of my November reading, a look at four of the women painted by John Singer Sargent. Also this has spawned a love of Sargent's portraiture in me which I'm now so obsessed by that I'd like another book looking at four more women he painted please!Book Mentioned:*Donna M. Lucey - Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas_______________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Bitch Doctrine | NonFictionNovember2017 Non Fic Books 2017-11-27 | My feminism-bent continues during #NonFictionNovember2017 with Laurie Penny's new feminist essay collection.Laurie Penny's Blog: http://laurie-penny.com/blogThe essay that inspired me to buy this book: longreads.com/2017/11/07/the-unforgiving-minute/amp Books Mentioned:*Laurie Penny - Bitch Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults_______________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Baby Non-Fiction | NonFictionNovember2017 Non Fic Books 2017-11-22 | If you're a non-fiction fan can you really resist buying your kids non-fiction books? I'm so excited for when littley's older and we can have all the wonderful rebel girls / inspiring women kids books that are coming out now. If you have any recommendations please leave them down below!Irene Chan's Instagram: instagram.com/cenerieBooks Mentioned:*Dawn Michell - 100 First Words*Ruth Spiro, Illustrated by Irene Chan - Baby Loves Aerospace Engineering - Baby Loves Thermodynamics* Jill MacDonald - Solar SystemGoodreads Page: goodreads.com/group/show/174090-nonfiction-november-2017NFN Playlists:2017 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKi5_1W9Tu7nHoan3CpIPHZj2016 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKiXSF8TsDSLCQKUwggIpSlc 2015 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKjVEtd7fE0IqWl3Ux_aKBhK_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Best Friends | Non-Fiction Recommendations | NonFictionNovember2017 Non Fic Books 2017-11-19 | As I had Beckie here I couldn't help but press her into another video, this time chatting about some non-fiction books.Chatting about Beckie's Book: youtu.be/ReW3nIpeUQg Books Mentioned:*Alison Weir - The Six Wives of Henry VIII*Richard Holmes - The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science*Simon Sebag Montefiore - Jerusalem: A Biography - The Romanovs: 1613-1918*Laurie Penney - Bitch Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults*Mary Beard - Women & Power: A Manifesto*Alison Weir - The Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox*Rachel Tretheway - Mistress of the Arts: The Passionate Life of Georgina, Duchess of Bedford*David Olusoga : Black and British: A Forgotten History*Donnay M. Lucey - Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas__________________________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
A History of Courtship | Love | NonFictionNovember2017 Non Fic Books 2017-11-17 | And I'm back with an actual book review, this time 'A History of Courtship' which was kindly sent to me by Pen & Sword.Goodreads Page: goodreads.com/group/show/174090-nonfiction-november-2017NFN Playlists:2017 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKi5_1W9Tu7nHoan3CpIPHZj2016 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKiXSF8TsDSLCQKUwggIpSlc 2015 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKjVEtd7fE0IqWl3Ux_aKBhK_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Meet the Author | Warfare and Weaponry in Dynastic Egypt | NonFictionNovember2017 Non Fic Books 2017-11-14 | In which you all get to meet my lovely best friend who has WRITTEN A BOOK. Seriously cool.Deshahsheh Scene: archaeologyonlinejournal.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/2.pngBooks Mentioned:*Rebecca Dean - Warfare and Weaponry in Dynastic Egypt (Buy here: pen-and-sword.co.uk/Warfare-and-Weaponry-in-Dynastic-Egypt-Hardback/p/12898) _______________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Icons of England | Home | NonFictionNovember2017 Non Fic Books 2017-11-11 | Now onto something actually on my TBR: my first 'Home's choice, an essay collection looking at people's icons of England.CPRE: The Campaign for the Protection of Rural EnglandBooks Mentioned:*Bill Bryson (ed) - Icons of EnglandGoodreads Page: goodreads.com/group/show/174090-nonfiction-november-2017NFN Playlists:2017 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKi5_1W9Tu7nHoan3CpIPHZj2016 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKiXSF8TsDSLCQKUwggIpSlc 2015 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKjVEtd7fE0IqWl3Ux_aKBhK_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Women & Power | Scholarship | NonFictionNovember2017 Non Fic Books 2017-11-09 | As is fairly typical I started off NonFictionNovember2017 with a book that wasn't on my TBR, Mary Beard's new book containing two speeches she has made on 'The Public Voice of Women' and 'Women and Power'.Books Mentioned:*Mary Beard - Women & Power: A Manifesto*Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - We Should All Be Feminists*Jackie Fleming - The Trouble With WomenGoodreads Page: goodreads.com/group/show/174090-nonfiction-november-2017NFN Playlists:2017 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKi5_1W9Tu7nHoan3CpIPHZj2016 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKiXSF8TsDSLCQKUwggIpSlc 2015 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKjVEtd7fE0IqWl3Ux_aKBhK__________________________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Where Do I Start With Non-Fiction? | NonFictionNovember2017 Non Fic Books 2017-11-07 | I truly believe there's non-fiction out there for everyone. If you're intimidated by non-fiction, haven't enjoyed it so far or are unsure of where to begin then this video is for you!_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
October Reading Wrap Up Non Fic Books 2017-11-01 | Rounding up all of my non-fiction reads from this relatively disappointing month for non-fiction which has been thoroughly overshadowed by my #Victober fiction choices. Hopefully #NonFictionNovember2017 will pick things up somewhat!Books Mentioned:*George Mikes - How to be a Brit*Evelyn Lord - The Hell-Fire Clubs: Sex, Satanism and Secret Societies*Stephen Taylor - Defiance: The Life and Choices of Lady Anne Barnard*David Waller - The Magnificent Mrs Tennant: The Adventurous Life of Gertrude Tennant, Victorian Grande Dame*Alice Miles - Every Girl's Duty: The Diary of a Victorian Debutante. Edited with a commentary by Maggy Parsons*Sophie Campbell - The Season: A Summer Whirl Through the English Social Season
#NonFictionNovember2017 TBR and Recommendations Non Fic Books 2017-10-26 | It's that time of year again: Non-Fiction November! This is the third year Olive and I are hosting this challenge to try and encourage you to read more fiction. There are four specific challenges but you can do only one or many more... the aim is just to focus on reading some non-fiction during the month of November.Challenges:- Scholarship- Substance- Love- HomeOlive's (abookolive) Video:youtu.be/bG01KIi0NxcGoodreads Page: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...NFN Playlists:2017 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKi5_1W9Tu7nHoan3CpIPHZj 2016 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... 2015 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...My TBR:*Love - Robin Dunbar - The Science of Love and Betrayal*Home - Bill Bryson (ed) - Icons of England and Lucy Worsley - Jane Austen at Home: A Biography*Substance - Kathryn Harkup - A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie*Scholarship - Isobel Grundy - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the EnlightenmentRecommendations:*Jane MacNamee - In Her Element: Women in the Landscape. An Anthology. youtu.be/m9DkrqATZbk*Simon Armitage - Walking Home: Travels with a Troubadour on the Pennine Way youtu.be/ABWldCjNwAw*HRH The Prince of Wales - On the Future of Food*Sarah Gristwood - Perdita: Royal Mistress, Writer, Romantic*Deborah Yaffe - Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom youtu.be/t4eWQBqSGnU*Hallie Rubenhold - Lady Worsley's Whim: An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal and Divorce*Thomas Penn - Winter King: The Dawn of Tudor England*Venetia Murray - High Society in the Regency Period: 1788-1830*Adrian Tinniswood - The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House in Between the Wars youtu.be/x73Ze0F3pAw*Rebecca Dean - Warfare and Weaponry in Dynastic Egypt pen-and-sword.co.uk/Warfare-and-Weaponry-in-Dynastic-Egypt-Hardback/p/12898_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
#NonFictionNovember2017 Non Fic Books 2017-10-12 | It's that time of year again: Non-Fiction November! This is the third year Olive and I are hosting this challenge to try and encourage you to read more fiction. There are four specific challenges but you can do only one or many more... the aim is just to focus on reading some non-fiction during the month of November.Challenges:- Scholarship- Substance- Love- HomeOlive's (abookolive) Video: youtu.be/-y71FArwMNQGoodreads Page: goodreads.com/group/show/174090-nonfiction-november-2017NFN Playlists:2017 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKi5_1W9Tu7nHoan3CpIPHZj2016 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKiXSF8TsDSLCQKUwggIpSlc 2015 - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKjVEtd7fE0IqWl3Ux_aKBhKBooks Mentioned:*Paul Langford - A Polite and Commercial People: England 1727-1783*Deirdre Le Faye - Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels*Robert Halsband - The Life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu*Chris Woodford - Atoms Under the Floorboards: The Surprising Science Hidden in Your Home*Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Everything*Kat Arney - Herding Hemingways Cats: Understanding How Our Genes Work*Katie Hickman - Courtesans*Antonia Fraser - Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King*Gill Paul - Love Stories: The True Love Stories Behind the Silver Screen*Lucy Worsley - Jane Austen at Home: A Biography*Bill Bryson: At Home: A Short History of Private Life*David Olusoga - Black and British: A Forgotten History_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Review | How Not to be a Boy Non Fic Books 2017-10-02 | After seeing Simon from SavidgeReads mention 'How Not to be a Boy' I couldn't resist picking it up even thought it's not my normal thing at all. Simon's Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCBWnfrLiYSQtfgRVhWxCQ8ABook Mentioned:*Robert Webb - How Not to be a Boy_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Fiction Reads Non Fic Books 2017-09-11 | A little chat about the Fiction books I've been reading, am reading and want to read. Somehow I managed to forget Ashley Weaver's short story 'Intrigue in Capri' and new novel 'Essence of Malice'.In the future I'll be reviewing fiction on a separate channel (Whisky & Wodehouse youtube.com/channel/UC36-XhDAcMSHJIef2LOWdMA) so please do pop over and say hi!Congratulations to Karen of KarenReads (youtube.com/channel/UC_6rjMFppHe-6HwFIENX7dg) for winning the copy of 'Celebrating Pride and Prejudice'.Instagram Mentioned:DG Rampton - @fortheloveofjaneaustenBooks Mentioned*Jerome K. Jerome - Three Men in a Boat*Horace Walpole - The Castle of Otranto*DG Rampton - Artemisia*Milly Johnson - The Yorkshire Pudding Club - A Spring Affair*Rosie Thomas - Iris and Ruby*Evelyn Waugh - A Handful of Dust - Brideshead Revisited*Kathleen Tessaro - The Flirt*Elizabeth Chadwick - The Summer Queen - The Winter Crown - The Autumn Throne*Georgette Heyer - Regency Buck_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Austen August | Review | Little Miss Austen Non Fic Books 2017-08-27 | Today I'm finishing off my 'Austen August' with a mini-review of the Little Miss Austen board books by BabyLit. Which I may have bought well in advance of the little'un's first birthday. Books Mentioned:*Jennifer Adams (illustrated by Alison Oliver) - Sense and Sensibility: An Opposites Primer - Emma: An Emotions Primer - Pride and Prejudice: A Numbers Primer - Romeo and Juliet: A Numbers Primer_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Austen August | Review | A Rambling Fancy Non Fic Books 2017-08-25 | Continuing on with Austen August I'm reviewing an odd little book following along in the footsteps of Jane Austen.Books Mentioned:*Caroline Sanderson - A Rambling Fancy: in the footsteps of Jane Austen_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Austen August | Review | Among the Janeites Non Fic Books 2017-08-21 | Continuing along with my Austen August I'm reviewing an exploration of the Janeite phenomena and 'Jane' has become more than just an author to so many people.Books Mentioned:*Deborah Yaffe - Among the Janeites: A Journey through the World of Jane Austen Fandom_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Austen August | Happily Ever After: Celebrating Pride and Prejudice Non Fic Books 2017-08-17 | Continuing my Austen August I have a review video of Happily Ever After, an exploration of Pride and Prejudice by Susannah Fullerton. With a surprise sneaky little giveaway in there too!Books Mentioned:*Susannah Fullerton - Happily Ever After: Celebrating Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice - Celebrating Pride and Prejudice: 200 Years of Jane Austen's MasterpieceGiveaway: Please leave a comment below with your favourite P&P character and why. If you're under 18 please get your parents'/guardians' permission as I will need your address if you win. Worldwide entry. I will pick a winner by random at the end of August._________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Austen August | Review | Cover to Cover Non Fic Books 2017-08-09 | Continuing my Austen August I'm reviewing a perfect gift for any Janite in your life. Margaret C. Sullivan is the editor of the successful AustenBlog (austenblog.com)Book Mentioned:*Margaret C. Sullivan - Jane Austen Cover to Cover: 200 Years of Classic Covers_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Austen August | Which Austen Next? Non Fic Books 2017-08-03 | To start off with my 'Austen August' I thought I'd have a quick chat about where I'd recommend starting (or going to next) with Austen. Where did you start with this wonderful author?Books Mentioned:*Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey - Persuasion - Pride and Prejudice - Sense and Sensibility - Mansfield Park - Emma_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
For the Love of Classics | Tag Video Non Fic Books 2017-05-10 | A brief aside into fiction with the 'For the Love of Classics' Tag, created by Ange (Beyond the Pages) and Yamini (TheSkepticalReader). I love classics so let's get stuck in!Original videos:Ange: youtu.be/j54X5J6PMt8Yamini: youtu.be/2UkCPWoFtjoBooks Mentioned:*Hilary Mantel - Wolf Hall*Jane Austen - Persuasion - Pride and Prejudice*Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone (Alma Classics)*Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Wordsworth Classics)*F. Scotts Fitzgerald - Great Gatsby*Bram Stoker - Dracula*Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights*Gaston Leroux - Phantom of the Opera*Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited*Virgina Woolf - A Room of One's Own*Frances Hodgeson Burnett - The Secret Garden*Lousia May Alcott - Little Women - Good Wives - Little Men - Jo's Boys*Evelyn Waugh - Vile Bodies*Dorothy L. Sayers - Whose Body?*Josephine Tey - The Daughter of Time_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
January Fiction Wrap Up Non Fic Books 2017-02-09 | Today I'm discussing the six fiction books I read in January (that weren't the 17 Regency Romances that I read while I was in hospital!).Books Mentioned:*Joan Didion - Play it As It Lays*Sylvia Townsend Warner - Lolly Willowes*Elizabeth George - A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley #1)*Ashley Weaver - Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames #1)*Anne Fortier - Juliet*Kathleen Tessaro - The Debutante - The Perfume CollectorWhile I wasn't going to summarise each of the 17 Regency Romances I read they were all great fun and the authors I read were (in volume consumed order!) Rose Gordon, Courtney Milan, Christi Caldwell, Catherine Gayle and Cheryl Bolen._________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
January Non-Fiction Wrap Up Non Fic Books 2017-01-31 | My monthly non-fiction wrap up where the year started incredibly poorly but, thankfully, has since picked up somewhat.Books*Anne Sebba - That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor*Erin Blakemore - The Heroine's Bookshelf: Life Lessons from Jane Austen to Laura Ingells Wilder*Samantha Ellis - How to be a Heroine: Or What I've Learned from Reading too Much - Take Courage: Anne Bronte and the Art of Living*William Dalrymple - In Xanadu: A Quest_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Announcement and Question Time Non Fic Books 2017-01-14 | So things are going to be changing around here and I'd love for your feedback on how you'd like me to move forwards._________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Review | Mistresses of Cliveden Non Fic Books 2017-01-09 | Happy New Year Everyone! My first video this year is a review of Natalie Livingstone's 'Mistresses of Cliveden', a look at 5 women linked to Cliveden House and their scandalous lives.Books Mentioned:*Natalie Livingstone - The Mistresses of Cliveden: Three Centuries of Scandal, Power and Intrigue in an English Stately Home_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Review | The Plot: A Biography of an English Acre Non Fic Books 2016-12-21 | Today I'm back with a review of Madeleine Bunting's history of a single acre of the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors where her father, a sculptor, built a remote chapel.Victoria's Channel (Eve's Alexandria): youtube.com/channel/UCi542B3twFEbcDZ8z2VgJXgBooks Mentioned:*Madeleine Bunting - The Plot: A Biography of an English Acre - Love of Country: A Hebridean Journey_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Review | A Christmas Cornucopia Non Fic Books 2016-12-07 | I'm feeling a bit 'bah-humbug' this year as I just have so much else going on so I couldn't resist reaching for 'A Christmas Cornucopia' to try and get myself a little bit more in the mood for this festive season.Books Mentioned:*Mark Forsyth - A Christmas Cornucopia: The Hidden Stories Behind our Yuletide Traditions - The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
#NonFictionNovember2016 Wrap Up Non Fic Books 2016-12-02 | November has flown by and we're now into December so it's time for my #NonFictionNovember2016 wrap up. #NonFictionNovember2016 Giveaway Winners are:Runwright ReadsAlisya EdwardsOlive's Channel (abookolive) - youtube.com/channel/UC6wKgH6YIKKfNX9-EN0dxIAVictoria's Channel (Eve's Alexandria) - youtube.com/channel/UCi542B3twFEbcDZ8z2VgJXgBooks Mentioned:*Fiona Reynolds - The Fight for Beauty: Our Path to a Better Future*Sara Read - Maids, Wives, Widows: Exploring Early Modern Women's Lives, 1540-1740*Jens Muhling - A Journey Into Russia*Meik Wiking - The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well*Carl Sagan - The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark - Cosmos*Madeleine Bunting - The Plot: A Biography of an English Acre - Love of Country: A Hebridean Journey*Tracy Chevalier - Burning Bright - Remarkable Creatures*Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves - Under a Pole Star*Rosamunde Pilcher - The Empty House*Theresa Thomlinson - A Swarming of Bees#NonFictionNovember2016 Playlist - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKiXSF8TsDSLCQKUwggIpSlc#NonFictionNovember2016 Goodread's Page - goodreads.com/group/show/174090-nonfiction-november-2016_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
#NonFictionNovember2016 | Fascinating Non Fic Books 2016-11-20 | Here we are for week 3 of #NonFictionNovember2016 and I'm proving that I cannot even stick to a single month's TBR. So, instead of a review of 'Serving Victoria' I have a review of 'Maids, Wives, Widows' instead.Books Mentioned:*Sara Read - Maids, Wives, Widows: Exploring Early Modern Women's Lives, 1540-1740*Kate Hubbard - Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household#NonFictionNovember2016 Goodreads Group: goodreads.com/group/show/174090-nonfiction-november-2016#NonFictionNovember2016 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKiXSF8TsDSLCQKUwggIpSlc_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
#NonFictionNovember2016 | Important Non Fic Books 2016-11-14 | 'The Fight for Beauty' was originally my Controversial choice but since reading it I've bumped it up to my Important choice as it is something I highly recommend everyone reads.Books Mentioned:*Fiona Reynolds - The Fight for Beauty: Our Path to a Better Future_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
#NonFictionNovember2016 | New Non Fic Books 2016-11-06 | I'm starting off my #NonFictionNovember2016 with my 'New' choice: A Journey into Russia, a travelogue through Russia with a generous dose of history and culture thrown in.Book Mentioned:*Jens Muhling - A Journey into Russia (Translated by Eugene H. Hayworth)#NonFictionNovember2016 Goodreads Group: goodreads.com/group/show/174090-nonfiction-november-2016#NonFictionNovember2016 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKiXSF8TsDSLCQKUwggIpSlc_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
TBR and Giveaway | #NonFictionNovember2016 Non Fic Books 2016-10-20 | So we're back again for #NonFictionNovember2016 and today I'm bringing you my TBR.Our 4 challenges are:1. New2. Fascinating3. Controversial4. ImportantOlive's TBR and Recommendations - youtu.be/---zoKmokYE#NonFictionNovember2016 Playlist - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuTjBBknbKiXSF8TsDSLCQKUwggIpSlc#NonFictionNovember2016 Goodreads Page - goodreads.com/group/show/174090-nonfiction-november-2016Books Mentioned:*Jens Muhling (translated by Eugene H. Hayworth) - A Journey into Russia*Kate Hubbard - Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household*Fiona Reynolds - The Fight for Beauty: Our Fight for a Better Future*Carl Sagan - The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
Review | Bluestockings Non Fic Books 2016-10-13 | Today I'm looking at a book which made me really angry for all the best reasons as it is all about the first women to attend university in England.Books Mentioned:*Jane Robinson - Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education - A Force to be Reckoned With: A History of the Women's Institute (review video: youtu.be/XoWRlZn_jzI)_________________________________________________Find Me Elsewhere:Instagram: @nonficbooksTwitter: @nonficbooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/nonficbooksEmail me: nonficbooks@gmail.com
