Tag: nonfiction

What a great title! It evokes images of a mushroom that might outlive us, which is funny, because matsutake thrives in sites of human disturbance. If we died out tomorrow, how long would the mushroom survive?

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.

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.

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.

I think this book is really approachable, because Oluo uses accessible language, her real-life experiences, and examples of how we can be better.

As part of my continuing effort to learn at least a little bit about as many animals as possible in my lifetime, I recently listened to the audiobook version of Spirals in Time by Helen Scales.

Once upon a time, long before this book blog, I used to write a beauty blog. So when I heard there was a book all about eyeliner, I knew I had to pick it up!

I always thought True Crime wasn’t for me, until I read The Feather Thief last year. It turns out, I just don’t want to read about serial killers. Give me a book about a weird little guy stealing things, and I’m all in.