After reading Babel, my short assessment is that it’s a good book, but it’s not a great book.
Category: Book Reviews
Book Review: Our Kindred Creatures by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
The rise of the animal rights movement in the United States seems like an interesting topic, but the somewhat dry, detached writing style and a mid narrator for the audiobook made this a slog.
Book Review: Gin: A Tasting Course by Anthony Gladman
Sometimes it’s nice to just sit down and write an uncomplicated review where I don’t have to analyze why a book didn’t work for me, or try to convert my absolute delight into coherent words.
Book Review: All About Love by bell hooks
I’ve put off writing this review for weeks because I don’t want to be the bad feminist who says she didn’t enjoy reading bell hooks.
Book Review: Bad Dog by Harlan Weaver
Our ideas of what makes a good life for a dog are often based on our ideas of what makes a good life for a human, and those in turn are often based on white supremacist, patriarchal, and capitalist ideas.
Book Review: A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock
As you might have guessed from the title, A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock is about Frankensteining up a monster out of plants and mushrooms.
Book Review: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
I think this book is really approachable, because Oluo uses accessible language, her real-life experiences, and examples of how we can be better.
Book Review: Pinocchio (abridged) by Carlo Collodi
I’ve never read the entire original Pinocchio. I’ve watched the Disney movie, and I seem to recall reading some excerpts or short versions of the original story, and I had heard that the full thing was a lot weirder and darker than the Disney movie (as is usually the case), but friends, I was not prepared for how weird and dark it was.
Book Review: Non-Binary Lives Essay Collection
If you’re looking for a few dozen snapshots of some of the different ways to be non-binary and the various experiences that can come with it, then check out Non-Binary Lives, edited by Jos Twist, Ben Vincent, Meg-John Barker, and Kat Gupta.
Book Review: Projections by S.E. Porter
Projections is too long. And the weird thing is, every scene does serve to either reveal something about the characters or advance the story in some way, but it still feels like it drags on.