I tried reading this book years ago and put it down after the first chapter and never picked it up again because I was bored by it. I remember very clearly that boredom was the reason. Now I wanted to try again and I genuinely don't know what was I on about, this is spectacularly fun.

is what I used to think when I was a teenager. I hated learning history because I was forced to memorise uninteresting things, and I hate uninteresting things. I always used to say, why are we looking back at the past and not more into the future?

Oh, how silly and simpleminded I was.

Snce then, I grew up to be an adult who is politically involved where I can, because everything is politics. Yes, even our entertainment. I failed to see that as a teen, but I don't beat myself up for it. I just have to make up the time. I grow to be someone proud of my roots, proud of where my ancestors were from, proud of myself.

Now, especially since I moved so far away from home I'm really interested in history. How humans lived, how places and cultures were born, how politics were always and constantly involved in every decision made up to this date.

I would love to read more non-fiction books, and I would love to start with history. I think the certain topics I would really love to learn most about would be: Southeast Asian history, Women, British Royal Family (not particularly in awe, but in what they have done), Capitalism, Industry, War, etc.

Please drop your recommendations for me to have a look at! I would appreciate it very much :)

Hello! With all the chatter about the new Odyssey movie, I thought it would be fun to make a post about adaptations of epics.

Do you have a favorite adaptation? Or one you think is underrated?

Which epic do you most want to see adapted into another form of media (picture book, movie, tv show, etc.)? (It doesn't have to be from this quest!)

If you could adapt any epic yourself (no limits on budget😉), what would it look like?

Looking forward to hearing your ideas😄

I want to try making a personal list of books to read that have at least one diehard fan. I'm looking for the book that you bring up when someone says they want to get back into reading. The one you don't think ever gets enough attention because something else in that genre became popular. The one where people say "that was a book?" after discovering a movie or tv show they enjoyed was based on a novel.

My list starts with Howls Moving Castle, my own personal choice, that I have actually recommended to anyone asking.

Hi! Looking for some of your favorite audiobooks or audiobook narrators! I love listening to them while I work or while I crochet or play video games.

Currently listening to Elphie which is narrated by Cynthia Erivo, and I have some audiobooks narrated by Katie Leung on my list, but I’m flying through them so I need more recs 😂