Note: Thank you to NetGalley, Earth, Sky, + Water, and author Mel Allen for the advanced reader copy of this book. This review will also be posted on NetGalley. What follows is my […]
Book Review – Raising the Tudors: Motherhood in the Sixteenth Century by Stephanie Kline – Family, Women, and Society in the 1500s
Note: Thank you to NetGalley, Pen & Sword History, and author Stephanie Kline for the advanced reader copy of this book. This review will also be posted on NetGalley. What follows is my […]
Book Review – Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws that are Ruining America by Elie Mystal – A Humorous Look at What’s Wrong With American Democracy
Note: Thank you to NetGalley, The New Press, and author Elie Mystal for the advanced reader copy of this book. This review will also be posted on NetGalley. What follows is my unbiased […]
2023: My Year in Books
I had a good year in reading books. Considering a few years ago I couldn’t read at all due to a head injury, this is a great accomplishment. I had my goal this year […]
Book Review – Making It So: A Memoir by Patrick Stewart – 80 Years in a Life
When I saw that actor Patrick Stewart had penned a memoir, I was eager to read it. Being the huge Star Trek fan that I am, it seemed like a no-brainer. While […]
Book Review – Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling
This was a book that I really wanted to like. The author had made the subject his life’s work, and when he was dying from cancer, he set about to get the […]
Book Review: Adoption Healing … a path to recovery by Joe Soll LCSW – All Babies Are Loveable
This book is not about finger pointing. It is about learning from our mistakes so that we can perhaps reduce suffering in the future, especially for those who are separated from their […]
Book Review: Hidden Mickeys: A Field Guide to Walt Disney World’s Best Kept Secrets by Steven Barrett – Slow Down and Find the Hidden Mickeys at Walt Disney World
Some of us go to Disney World a lot. Okay, that might be an understatement. Regardless, there are many things that keep people coming back again and again. One of those things […]
Book Review: The True History of Chocolate by Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe
I picked up this book while planning our cruise through the Panama Canal. One of the excursions we chose was to a cacao plantation and chocolate “factory” and I was curious about […]
Book Review: Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen – A Must-Read!
The title of this book is a bit unfair. It’s not that the teachers intended to teach what they did, it’s that they were sort of forced to by the textbook makers […]
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