Not Actually Series

15 November 2024

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I recently read The Mapmaker’s Wife which was a really good book and I recommend it. But the title annoyed me. I feel like I’ve read a ton of books titled “The Someone’s Wife”. And there’s reasons for that. The historical reasons why women get regarded as an adjunct of their spouse and the injustices of that are also the reasons why those titles make for good stories that are enjoyed by women who nowadays would never regard themselves as an adjunct. It’s a commentary on how society sees women, not on how women see themselves.

And then I remembered that when I was moving all my book reading data over to this version of my website I was being amused by how many collections of book titles I found that looked like series titles but weren’t. I decided it was about time I collected that data together.

So I’ve made the Not Actually Series page that pulls out books with similar patterns of titles but where the books are by different authors.

The Someone’s Wife series currently consists of

  • The Doctor’s Wife by Brian Moore
  • The Mapmaker’s Wife by Hannah Evans
  • The Photographer’s Wife by Suzanne Joinson
  • The Salaryman’s Wife by Sujata Massey
  • The Senator’s Wife by Sue Miller
  • The Soldier’s Wife by Joanna Trollope
  • The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

and there are many other series on the page itself which will stay updated as I read more books matching the titles. In fact I feel like I’m going to end up browsing the library shelves for books that will make more not-actually-series for me!

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BG Stats 4 x 4. Play count: 2: For Sale; 2: Kingdomino; 1: Age of Innovation; 1: Teotihuacan: City of Gods; 1: Wyrmspan; 1: The Taverns of Tiefenthal; 1: Istanbul; 1: Kavango; 1: 7 Wonders; 1: Incan Gold; 1: Space Park; 1: A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King; 1: Fluxx.

October's New Board Games

1 November 2024

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BG Stats 5 x 5. Play count: 3: Arkham Horror: The Card Game; 2: Kingdomino; 1: Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory; 1: Puerto Rico; 1: Agricola; 1: HUANG; 1: Doggerland; 1: Everdell; 1: Foundations of Metropolis; 1: Obsession; 1: Redwood; 1: La Isla; 1: It's a Wonderful World; 1: Streets; 1: Potato Man; 1: Century: Spice Road; 1: Harmonies; 1: Spring Cleaning; 1: Xylotar; 1: Faraway.

September's New Board Games

9 October 2024

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21 September 2024

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August's New Board Games

5 September 2024

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July's New Board Games

1 August 2024

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BG Stats 4 x 4.
  Play count:
  1: Ark Nova;
  1: Distilled;
  1: Viscounts of the West Kingdom;
  1: Moon;
  1: The Castles of Burgundy;
  1: Forest Shuffle;
  1: Secret Hitler;
  1: Cascadia;
  1: Port Royal;
  1: 7 Wonders: Architects;
  1: Kingdomino;

June's New Board Games

1 July 2024

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BG Stats 5 x 5.
    Play count:
    2: Trio;
    1: My Father's Work;
    1: Voidfall;
    1: Caylus;
    1: Galactic Renaissance;
    1: HUANG;
    1: Lacrimosa;
    1: London (second edition);
    1: Forest Shuffle;
    1: The Great Split;
    1: Portal of Heroes;
    1: Tokaido;
    1: Cascadia;
    1: Harmonies;
    1: Oh My Goods!;
    1: Kingdomino;
    1: SCOUT;

May's New Board Games

7 June 2024

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15 May 2024

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BG Stats 5 x 5.
  Play count:
  2: Carnegie;
  2: Kodama: The Tree Spirits;
  2: Nmbr 9;
  2: Sunset Over Water;
  1: The Isle of Cats;
  1: Whistle Mountain;
  1: Clank!: Catacombs;
  1: Moon;
  1: Everdell;
  1: Ra;
  1: Red Rising;
  1: San Francisco;
  1: It's a Wonderful World;
  1: PARKS;
  1: Portal of Heroes;
  1: Quadropolis;
  1: Century: Spice Road;
  1: Skyjo;

April's New Board Games

1 May 2024

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