This book would have been so much more entertaining in the hands of an author like Mary Roach.
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Book Review: Lustful Appetites by Rachel Hope Cleves
What if I told you that a book about food and sex, two of the more enjoyable things in life, was actually kind of boring?
Brick & Mortar Book Bingo Activities
This year’s Brick & Mortar Winter Reading Book Bingo challenge included five squares to be filled with special bookish activities instead of reading books. Here’s what I did for each!
Book Review: Keep Going by Austin Kleon
This is my third read of Keep Going (more on that later). I read it when it first came out, then again during lockdown, and I recently felt like it was time to revisit it in the face of Trump and Musk’s fascist government and how it’s crushing a lot of people’s desire to make and share art.
Book Review: They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran
If you can handle a book that can be very gross, pretty scary, and deeply sad, definitely give this book a read.
Book Review: Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
Ultimately, Our Share of Night is another example of why I don’t give books a star rating. This is a clear book and reader mismatch.
Book Review: World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
I’ve come to really enjoy collections of short essays, in all formats. Whether it’s an ebook, an audiobook, or a print book, they’re a great way to fit in just a little bit of reading during a time where you might otherwise scroll social media.
Book Review: What We Lost in the Swamp by Grant Chemidlin
This is a “collection of poems that examines the many manifestations of green.” Well hey, that’s my kind of thing.
Book Review: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a general fiction book set on a current space station. It’s both grounded in reality, and completely alien from my daily experience.
Book Review: Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill
This is a very Kingfisher-esque book, while still having enough of its own character to not feel like a cheap knock-off.