It’s the perfect sort of book to snuggle up with under a quilt with a nice big mug of something warm during this dreary season of short days and depressing weather.
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Category: Book Reviews
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Here is a story worth reading for kids and grown-ups alike — and probably for grown-ups to read to their kids, though that recommendation is a little bit outside of my wheelhouse.
Continue readingNaturalist by Edward O. Wilson
We’ve had a copy of this one on our shelves for years. It’s considered a must-read in the science nonfiction genre. Somehow I never got around to reading it until this year.
Continue readingLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
To be honest, I was a bit intimidated by this book. In print, it’s about 960 pages. The audiobook I listened to was over thirty-six hours long; it took me a couple of months to finish. But it was worth it.
Continue readingThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
If you’re in the mood for some good old-fashioned spooky storytelling for Halloween, I can definitely recommend giving this one a listen.
Continue readingCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
I think I’ll add the sequels to this book to my to-read list — there are further nineteen of them!
Continue readingHealing a Divided Nation by Carole Adrienne
All in all, I think this is a comprehensive (albeit overly verbose, which is really saying something coming from me) summary of the American Civil War’s impact on modern medical practice.
Continue readingThe Fishermen and the Dragon by Kirk Wallace Johnson
When I first read the blurb, I was a little skeptical. How well could a single book encompass both environmental justice and racial justice? As it turns out, these stories are more intertwined than I’d expected.
Continue readingThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
I was really looking forward to reading this title for Classics Club, mainly because I previously read another book by the same author for the same reason — The Count of Monte Cristo, which I thoroughly enjoyed and count among my favorite books of all time.
Continue readingA Scientific Revolution by Ralph H. Hruban & Will Linder
I jumped at the chance to read an advanced copy of this book for review because of its collection of subjects. I am currently a librarian at an academic health science institution, not unlike Johns Hopkins; I am also an amateur hobbyist historian of sorts.
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