Book Reviews
‘Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language’ Every generation gathers its own stew of slang to scandalize their parents and, eventually, grows up to be those scandalized [...]
Read More →‘Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language’ Every generation gathers its own stew of slang to scandalize their parents and, eventually, grows up to be those scandalized [...]
Read More →‘Lessons in Magic and Disaster’ This may be marketed as a fantasy book, but just like real people, there is far more to this sparkling gem than meets the eye. [...]
Read More →‘Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations’ Archaeology isn’t boring, but it sure can seem that way from the [...]
Read More →‘Eat the Ones You Love’ Creepy nostalgia with a literary flare and a killer orchid? Sounds like a good time to me. I like unexpected horror, especially the kind with [...]
Read More →‘The Devils’ There is a subgenre of fantasy that I haven’t always appreciated. Grimdark novels often leave me feeling a little hollow and depressed. As such, it took me far [...]
Read More →‘Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection’ Tuberculosis seems like one of those diseases from the Victorian era that was left in history like cholera or [...]
Read More →‘The Hymn to Dionysus’ I can never get enough mythological retellings. Ancient stories retold for a modern audience attract me like a moth to flame. I spent so much of [...]
Read More →‘Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us’ Jennifer Finney Boylan has written several phenomenal books including her profoundly influential memoir, “She’s Not There,” which has won numerous awards, and [...]
Read More →‘The King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Bread: 125+ Recipes for Every Baker’ I love a challenge, so it’s not surprising that I joined with the many thousands who [...]
Read More →‘I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine’ Thinking of music as a balm isn’t a new concept. There have been numerous articles and quips and even songs [...]
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