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Kerry

Hello! I live in London, and I like reading about history, travel and literature. I also like good non-fiction about things I don't know about yet, and adventures.

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Reading Challenge 2025

139 BOOKS

Currently reading

Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens - Sofka Zinovieff
Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens
Sofka Zinovieff
Escape Routes: Control and Subversion in the 21st Century - Vassilis Tsianos, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Niamh Stephenson
Escape Routes: Control and Subversion in the 21st Century
Vassilis Tsianos, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Niamh Stephenson
Introducing Fascism: A Graphic Guide - Litza Jansz, Stuart Hood
Introducing Fascism: A Graphic Guide
Litza Jansz, Stuart Hood
Women, Travel Writing, and Truth - Clare Broome Saunders
Women, Travel Writing, and Truth
Clare Broome Saunders
Progress: 37 %
Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers - J.K. Rowling, Emily Walcker, Jean-François Ménard
Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers
J.K. Rowling, Emily Walcker, Jean-François Ménard
Progress: 10 %

Favorite books

I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey - Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad
White Hart, Red Lion: The England of Shakespeare's Histories - Nick Asbury

Recently added

The Country of the Pointed Firs - Sarah Orne Jewett
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré
Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens - Sofka Zinovieff
Today
November
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Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens - Sofka Zinovieff
Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens
Sofka Zinovieff
Escape Routes: Control and Subversion in the 21st Century - Vassilis Tsianos, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Niamh Stephenson
Escape Routes: Control and Subversion in the 21st Century
Vassilis Tsianos, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Niamh Stephenson
Introducing Fascism: A Graphic Guide - Litza Jansz, Stuart Hood
Introducing Fascism: A Graphic Guide
Litza Jansz, Stuart Hood
Women, Travel Writing, and Truth - Clare Broome Saunders
currently reading
Women, Travel Writing, and Truth
Clare Broome Saunders
Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers - J.K. Rowling, Emily Walcker, Jean-François Ménard
currently reading
Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers
J.K. Rowling, Emily Walcker, Jean-François Ménard
October 2015
16
read and rated
Helen Of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore - Bettany Hughes
finished reading:
Helen Of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore - Bettany Hughes
Helen Of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore Bettany Hughes
October 2015
14
reviewed:
This was really surprisingly lovely, and the second to last chapter made me cry on the Tube! It's a series of vignettes, whic...
The Country of the Pointed Firs - Sarah Orne Jewett
read and rated
The Country of the Pointed Firs - Sarah Orne Jewett
finished reading:
The Country of the Pointed Firs - Sarah Orne Jewett
The Country of the Pointed Firs Sarah Orne Jewett
October 2015
08
updated shelf
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism - Marina Warner Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling Hotel Florida: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil War - Amanda Vaill Travels with Myself and Another: A Memoir - Martha Gellhorn
finished reading:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré
started reading:
The Country of the Pointed Firs - Sarah Orne Jewett
The Country of the Pointed Firs Sarah Orne Jewett
September 2015
30
currently reading
Women, Travel Writing, and Truth - Clare Broome Saunders Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens - Sofka Zinovieff Escape Routes: Control and Subversion in the 21st Century - Vassilis Tsianos, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Niamh Stephenson Introducing Fascism: A Graphic Guide - Litza Jansz, Stuart Hood
September 2015
28
started reading:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré
September 2015
27
started reading:
Women, Travel Writing, and Truth - Clare Broome Saunders
Women, Travel Writing, and Truth Clare Broome Saunders
September 2015
24
finished reading:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J.K. Rowling
September 2015
20
started reading:
Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens - Sofka Zinovieff
Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens Sofka Zinovieff
September 2015
19
finished reading:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K. Rowling
started reading:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K. Rowling
started reading:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J.K. Rowling
September 2015
18
started reading:
Escape Routes: Control and Subversion in the 21st Century - Vassilis Tsianos, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Niamh Stephenson
Escape Routes: Control and Subversion in the 21st Century Vassilis Tsianos, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Niamh Stephenson
September 2015
17
finished reading:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J.K. Rowling
September 2015
16
started reading:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J.K. Rowling
September 2015
15
finished reading:
Hotel Florida: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil War - Amanda Vaill
Hotel Florida: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil War Amanda Vaill
started reading:
Helen Of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore - Bettany Hughes
Helen Of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore Bettany Hughes
September 2015
13
read and rated
Sorcerer To The Crown - Zen Cho
finished reading:
Sorcerer To The Crown - Zen Cho
Sorcerer To The Crown Zen Cho
September 2015
12
finished reading:
Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore - Stella Duffy
Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore Stella Duffy
started reading:
Introducing Fascism: A Graphic Guide - Litza Jansz, Stuart Hood
Introducing Fascism: A Graphic Guide Litza Jansz, Stuart Hood
finished reading:
Travels with Myself and Another: A Memoir - Martha Gellhorn
Travels with Myself and Another: A Memoir Martha Gellhorn
started reading:
Sorcerer To The Crown - Zen Cho
Sorcerer To The Crown Zen Cho
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