First, let’s all just acknowledge that we suddenly have ‘Summer Nights’ from Grease stuck in our heads now, OK? OK.
Continue readingSummer Days & Summer Nights edited by Stephanie Perkins
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Middlemarch by George Eliot
Well, if this is a novel for ‘grown-up people’ I don’t even want to grow up.
Continue readingIn the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall
I’m so glad I chose to read this because I feel like I learned quite a bit, and it made me hungry for more information about chimpanzees and other East African wildlife in particular.
Continue readingThe Romanovs by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Despite its impressive length — nearly 800 pages! — this is still a rather whirlwind tour of Russian history. After all, the Romanovs ruled the country for over 3 centuries, and any one of the tsar or tsarina’s lives would make for an interesting book alone.
Continue readingReady Player One by Ernest Cline
To be honest, I almost DNF’d this book before I even got through the first couple chapters. It starts off like just another teen dystopia, all doom and gloom and “energy crisis” this and “giant evil tech corporations” that.
Continue readingBacklist Love | A Particulary Useful Cookbook
Backlist Love is an informal series on “older” books that I hope you’ll find interesting. These aren’t so much reviews as quickie recommendations, so check out your favorite book review sources if you want more info.
Continue readingConsider the Fork by Bee Wilson
I don’t know about you, but I rarely ever give much thought to the basic technologies that facilitate (or complicate) my cooking and dining experiences. I mean, whoever actually does consider the fork? Bee Wilson, apparently.
Continue readingBacklist Love | Two Books About Genetics
Backlist Love is an informal series on “older” books that I hope you’ll find interesting. These aren’t so much reviews as quickie recommendations, so check out your favorite book review sources if you want more info.
Continue readingWizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind
My feelings about the whole thing changed in the last third or so of the book, where things took an abrupt turn for the worse.
Continue readingThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
My goodness, what a creepy and depressing piece of literature this is.
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