I used to think of myself as a huge fantasy fan, but nowadays, I have accepted that I probably read more mysteries than I do fantasy. That said, I still enjoy a good fantasy and Maria Sachiko Cecire’s book interested me, given its subtitle: The rise of Children’s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century. Re-Enchanted… Read More Book Review: Re-Enchanted by Maria Sachiko Cecire
Did you know that “when played according to its written rules, the typical Monopoly game lasts less than ninety minutes“? As someone who stopped playing Monopoly because the game was too long, that fact blew my mind. However, it wasn’t the most interesting fact in this book because the origin of the game Monopoly is… Read More Book Review: The Monopolists by Mary Pilon
This is a bit of a weird book to read, given that it’s on the academic side and it’s about attachment relationships and cults, but I think by now you know I read weird books. Written by a former cult member, Terror, Love & Brainwashing looks at how totalist groups operate and how attachment theory,… Read More Book Review: Terror, Love & Brainwashing by Alexandra Stein
I meant to read this around the same time I read The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr, but I didn’t feel like depressing myself twice in a row and got distracted with other books. Recently, though, a friend of mine commented that she sees a disconnect between the overly-macho culture that exists… Read More Book Review: Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes du Mez
I heard about this book when two people at the book swap recommended it. Alas, it wasn’t one of the books that was being swapped so instead of getting and reading it immediately, I ended up putting it on my TBR list until I couldn’t ignore it any longer. How Iceland Changed the World is… Read More Book Review: How Iceland Changed the World by Egill Bjarnason
I first heard about How to Change when The Indicator podcast re-published their episode on “How to keep your New Year’s resolutions“. It sounded helpful and since I wanted to take advantage of the ‘fresh start’ effect that January provides, I decided to read it ASAP (it may or may not be important to note… Read More Book Review: How to Change by Katy Milkman
I heard about this book from Sumedha over at The Wordy Habitat and since it’s the new year, I thought this would be a good book to help me make the most of 2023. Simply put, Building a Second Brain is a book on how to make the most use of the information we encounter… Read More Book Review: Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte
I did not plan out my books properly. If I had, I would have read this right after The Accidental Influencer, since Hype (being about scammers and grifters), also talks a lot about influencers and it would have been interesting to consider the two books in tandem. Hype is an ambitious book, trying to explain… Read More Book Review: Hype by Gabrielle Bluestone
I had pretty much forgotten why I had this book on my TBR list but I needed a few more books to read and this was available. Turns out, I was fooled by the subtitle “A book of Storytelling” because this is really a book about biographies and people. Facts and Fiction is a collection… Read More Book Review: Facts and Fiction by Michael Holroyd
I really like quirky books, and so something that’s described as “a circular stroll through the hidden connections of the English Language” is definitely going to appeal to me. But first, let’s talk about what the book is not: What this book is: an exploration of the origin of words and how two seemingly unrelated… Read More Book Review: The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth