NON-FICTION – Page 17 – Looking For a Good Book

August 31, 2017

ALDO LEOPOLD’S ODYSSEY – Julianne Lutz Warren

I’m actually rather flummoxed on what to say in this review…I’ve been staring at a blank page for half an hour, not quite sure how to start. This is a biography of conservationist, writer Aldo Leopold. If you don’t already know who Aldo Leopold is, then you probably picked up this book by mistake. Leopold… Continue reading

MEMOIR, NON-FICTION

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Environment, Memoir, Nature, non-fiction, Reviews

August 16, 2017

AURORA MODEL KITS – Thomas Graham

Try as I might, I could never get any of my children interested in model kits. I grew up in the 1970’s and I have fond memories of sitting in the living-room, at a card-table covered with newspapers, and gluing and then painting plastic model kits. I didn’t spend much time looking at manufacturer names… Continue reading

NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, History, Memoir, non-fiction, Reviews

July 31, 2017

THE SKY: THE ART OF FINAL FANTASY – Yoshitaka Amano

I’ve never played Final Fantasy but I’m certainly familiar with the video game series, but my requesting an ARC of a book of Final Fantasy art has much more to do with my interest in art than it does with the subject matter in this case. The art here is by Yoshitaka Amano. It is… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Art, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, non-fiction, Reviews, SF/Fantasy

July 23, 2017

HOW TO PACK – Hitha Palepu

I enjoy traveling but I know that I can be an over-packer. I tend to jump on Google the night before a trip, search for packing lists, print three or four and then randomly fill my suitcases and check things off the lists. Not exactly efficient. So when I saw this book available, complete with… Continue reading

NON-FICTION

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, non-fiction, Reviews

July 22, 2017

GIRL IN A BAND – Kim Gordon

I’m pretty fascinated by music and musicians (if I could live my life over again I would try to write music) and when I saw this biography of a founding member of Sonic Youth, I thought I would try it out. I borrowed the audio version from my local library for my drives to/from work.… Continue reading

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2 Stars, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Memoir, non-fiction, Reviews

July 21, 2017

AND SOON I HEARD A ROARING WIND – Bill Streever

When I request an ARC of a book, I generally request books that I expect to like – typically in a genre that I am fond of, or an author that I enjoy reading. Occasionally, I go outside my typical reading box and request books that I know nothing about but for one reason or… Continue reading

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4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, History, Memoir, Nature, non-fiction, Reviews

July 17, 2017

WHAT IS A SUPERHERO? – Robin S. Rosenberg & Peter Coogan, editors

You can hardly turn around today without seeing a movie or television show featuring a superhero and they’re often on the covers of magazines and there are novelizations of their stories. And of course there are the comic books and graphic novels from which many of them sprouted. But what is a superhero? Such is… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, GRAPHIC NOVEL, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, comic book superheroes, Entertainment, essays, non-fiction, Reviews, superheroes

July 7, 2017

1984 IN THE 21ST CENTURY – Lori Perkins, editor

Well, it didn’t take long for someone to put out a collection of essays relating George Orwell’s 1984 with the Donald Trump presidency. Of course it’s been the lingo in the press and on social media since Trump won the U.S. election and editor Lori Perkins, who writes in her introduction of having had affection… Continue reading

NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, essays, non-fiction, Reviews

June 26, 2017

BREAKTHROUGH!: CANADA’S GREATEST INVENTIONS AND INNOVATORS – John Melady

It’s sad how little I know about our neighbors to the north – Canadians and their country. And I live in a border state. But this book, Breakthrough!, by John Melady, lets us all in on a little secret … Canadians have done an awful lot to make the world a better place. In a… Continue reading

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5 Stars, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, History, non-fiction, Reviews

June 22, 2017

BIRD MIGRATION AND GLOBAL CHANGE – George W. Cox

Climate change and the destruction of natural habitat is affecting bird migration and breeding patterns. Well … that’s about it. Seriously though, this book provides a great deal of research to back up what most of the intelligent population already believes. There isn’t anything too surprising here. If you are already a bird watcher or… Continue reading

NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Nature, non-fiction, Reviews

June 6, 2017

PAPERBACKS FROM HELL – Grady Hendrix

This book seems targeted right at me. As a book buyer and a bookstore employee growing up in the late 1960’s/early 1970’s through today, I have fond memories of the plethora of horror books that were published during this time, often with awesome, creepy covers that called out to the book-buyer and let you know… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Art, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, History, Horror/Dark Fantasy, non-fiction, Reviews

May 31, 2017

IF ONLY YOU PEOPLE COULD FOLLOW DIRECTIONS – Jessica Hendry Nelson

What do you write about a book that is very well written – the author conveys her message very well with compelling imagery and succinct language – but which is so depressing that I never want to read anything else by this author ever again? Jessica Hendry Nelson has had a pretty tough life. This collection… Continue reading

MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

4 stars, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Memoir, non-fiction, Reviews