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A weighty tome
A recent acquisition got me wondering, ‘Of all the books that I own, which one is the heaviest?’
Book Review: The Sword of Midras by Tracy Hickman and Richard Garriott
If you’re looking for the usual fantasy fare, then this will fit the bill in an inoffensive and diverting enough way.
Book Review: The Language of Food by Dan Jurafsky
If you’ve ever wondered about the relationship between macaron, macaroon, and macaroni, then this is the book for you.
Book Review: Digger Unearthed by Ursula Vernon
I enjoyed every single nibble of this work and was sad when it was finally over.
Book Review: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Jack Zipes
If you like the comparative literature thing, or folk tales, then you’ll probably enjoy this book.
Book Review: Rethinking Thin by Gina Kolata
A valuable work that I want to hand to everyone who mentions they’re on a diet
Book Review: Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
It’s a Nnedi Okorafor book. Of course I enjoyed it.
Book Review: Set Phasers on Stun by Steven Casey
This book was a great read. I’m glad I got to it more than ten years after my initial deep dive into failure.
Book Review: How to Slay a Dragon by Cait Stevenson
It’s obvious that the author really knows her stuff and is capable of writing an engaging book, but this one was too burdened by her trying to make her writi...
Book Review: The Seed Detective by Adam Alexander
There are people whose interests intersect more closely with the author’s botanical inclination who will enjoy this book. I found myself largely bored and le...
Book Review: So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane
The story is fine, but the pacing really didn’t work for me.
Book Review: Move the Body, Heal the Mind by Jennifer Heisz, PhD
A good read and a lot of good current science about the many ways that the body and mind cooperate to keep everything operating well.
Book Review: Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky
From the very start, this book put me off. Even the ending was disappointing, except that it signified that I was nearly done reading the thing.
Book Review: To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
It’s a thoughtful piece of work and, while it doesn’t shy from difficult situations and questions, I feel it’s an optimistic one as well.
Book Review: The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris
If you enjoy well-researched books about the history of science, don’t pass this one by. Just maybe don’t read it after eating.
Book Review: Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari
This book still had me asking myself a lot of questions for which I still don’t have answers that I feel I probably should find.
Book Review: Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 195
Title: Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 195 Author: Various ISBN: n/a
Book Review: Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics by Dan Harris, Jeff Warren, and Carlye Adler
If you’ve been considering trying meditation—to help you focus, or sleep, or alleviate stress, or whatever—but are turned off by the new age/religious/etc re...
Book Review: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
I hope the author fell as deeply in love with the world as the rest of us did and can’t help but explore it in more books and stories.
Book Review: The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling by Stephen Denning
I have to assume that this book is a good fit for some people, but I am not one of them.