Tag: Book Reviews
-
BR342) “Raising Lazarus” Book Review
Raising Lazarus: Hope Justice, and the Future of America’s Overdose Crisis by Beth Macy. 3/5 rating. 293 pages. Book #4 of 2024. Finished January 25, 2024. This is the follow-up to the incredible book (and later Hulu series) about the opioid crisis, “Dopesick”. Beth is a great writer who covers a vast swath of happenings…
-
BR339) “Bewilderment” Book Review
Bewilderment by Richard Powers. 3/5 rating. 278 pages. Book #1 of 2024. Read January 5, 2024. This is a novel about an astrobiologist, Theo Byrne and his son, Robin. The book picks up not too long after Theo’s wife dies. She was an environmentalist who was beloved by all. Unfortunately, her remaining family is really…
-
BR344) “The Secret Life of Bees” Book Review
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. 4/5 rating. 302 pages. Book #6 of 2024. Finished January 31, 2024. This is the beautiful tale of a girl named Lily, and her former housekeeper, Rosaleen. Lily has had a hard life, she has been treated terribly by her father for as long as she…
-
BR330) “Magpie Murders” Book Review
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz. 4/5 rating. 473 pages. Book #46 of 2023. Read November 14, 2023. This is a book-within-a-book of whodunnits. Susan, the editor of best-selling author Alan Conway is given his next manuscript. The first half or so of the book is her reading Alan’s version of “Magpie Murders”. This version follows…
-
BR328) “Build a Mathematical Mind” Book Review
Build a Mathematical Mind: Even If You Think You Can’t Have One by Albert Rutherford. 3/5 rating. 79 pages. Book #44 of 2023. Read November 4, 2023. This is a short book about habits of mind and the bases behind math. While I didn’t think that this was the most entertaining book, it did sum…
-
BR327) “The Resilient Farm and Homestead” Book Review
The Resilient Farm and Homestead: An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach by Ben Falk. 3/5 rating. 260 pages. Book #43 of 2023. Read October 17, 2023. This book is all about using permaculture and system design to build a homestead for yourself. Ben lives in Vermont and has managed to make his own…
-
BR326) “Evicted” Book Review
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. 3/5 rating. 313 pages. Book #42 of 2023. Read October 8, 2023. This book talks about many Milwaukee residents and how their lives are impacted by the fear, and actual act, of eviction. Eviction of people from the place they stay is an all-too-common…
-
BR325) “The Creative Act” Book Review
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin. 3/5 rating. 405 pages. Book #41 of 2023. Read September 24, 2023. This book is all about art: how it’s made, the process, and how to unlock your best artistic work. If you’re not familiar with Rick Rubin, you surely are with some of the…
-
BR323) “Ever Green” Book Review
Ever Green by John Reid and Thomas Lovejoy. 3/5 rating. 255 pages. Book #39 of 2023. Read September 8, 2023. This book is all about the 5 megaforests on our Earth: why they are important and what can be done to keep them standing. In the past, much of the Earth was covered in forest.…
-
BR322) “There’s A Cow in the Road” Book Review
There’s a Cow in the Road by Reeve Lindbergh with pictures by Tracey Campbell Pearson. 4/5 rating. 28 pages. Book #38 of 2023. Read August 28, 2023. This is a premiere children’s book with great pictures, and some fun with a lot of farm animals. I basically can’t say no to free books, so when…