This post is less about any history I've learned, and more about history I'd like to learn. I just read this article about a book that once belonged to 'Bloody Mary', Queen Mary I: A Collection of Maps Owned by England’s First Queen Spent Centuries Overlooked in a Family Library. Now, the Rare Volume Is on Sale for $1.6 Million So this led me down a little rabbit hole, reading about her. Clearly a fascinating, controversial, and tragic figure... Can you recommend a book about Mary I? Fiction or non-fiction. If it's non-fiction, it needs to be beginner level rather than scholarly — readable, not too detailed, and not too long 😂 Have you learned any interesting historical tidbits recently?

How long do you usually stick with a book before you decide to DNF (do/did not finish)?

The premise of Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke grabbed me: A tradwife social media influencer who wakes up one morning in the actual 1855! Enough of us are interested that we can make this work. I’ve bought a copy, but I’ll wait to read it until more of you have your hands on it. We’ll aim to discuss around the end of May. (Either by zoom or by text in here, we’ll see.) Apparently, if you have a paid Spotify account, it's available as an audiobook! It’s also on Audible. Article about the book: https://www.motherjones.com/media/2026/04/trad-wife-caro-claire-burke-yesteryear-hannah-neeleman-anne-hathaway/