State of the ARC is a meme hosted by Avalinah’s Books in which we round up our ARCs and attempt to wrangle them into something approaching order. Sometimes it’s like herding cats. I've had a nice break from reading ARCs lately, and while I found a few more to add to my NetGalley shelf, I … Continue reading State of the ARC: December, 2020
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State of the ARC: November, 2020
State of the ARC is a meme hosted by Avalinah’s Books in which we round up our ARCs and attempt to wrangle them into something approaching order. Sometimes it’s like herding cats. Earlier this year, I made a vague goal to reach fifty reviews for my NetGalley account. For a long time, I didn't think … Continue reading State of the ARC: November, 2020
Book Review: The Light Ages
The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science by Seb Falk416 pagesHistory/SciencePublished November 17, 2020, by W.W. Norton & Company The common view of the medieval era in Europe is that it was a period of darkness. That it was an age when science was forgotten and books languished in the dusty back rooms … Continue reading Book Review: The Light Ages
Book Review: The Women I Think About at Night
The Women I Think About at Night: Traveling the Paths of my HeroesBy Mia Kankimäki, translated from the Finnish by Douglas RobinsonMemoir/History416 pagesPublished November 10, 2020, by Simon & Schuster Forty-something Mia Kankimäki doesn't have children or a fulfilling job. But she does have a collection of what she calls her 'Night Women', women from … Continue reading Book Review: The Women I Think About at Night
Sunday Sum-Up: November 8, 2020
Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com Okay, y'all. This post is going to be a trip. As I write this, I have had.... four glasses of celebratory wine? And also lots of sugar. So this past week, with the election results taking approximately five years to be announced, my attention span was basically non-existent. I did … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: November 8, 2020
Book Review: The Fabric of Civilization
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the Worldby Virginia PostrelNonfiction/History320 pagesExpected publication date: November 10, 2020 by Basic Books If a sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, as Virginia Postrel reasons in her new book, The Fabric of Civilization, then a sufficiently ubiquitous technology is indistinguishable from nature. Though fabric suffuses our lives, … Continue reading Book Review: The Fabric of Civilization
Sunday Sum-Up: November 1, 2020
I voted about two and a half weeks ago. I received my mail-in ballot with not issues, filled it out, and dropped it off at the county election commission office. A few days later, I checked online to see if it had been accepted, and indeed it had. Hooray for a smooth voting process! And … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: November 1, 2020
Sunday Sum-Up: October 25, 2020
I had to take Sidney in for his vaccinations on Wednesday. He gets extremely stressed out when he goes to the veterinarian (read: angry and striking out at everything and everyone), so he has to be sedated. This means I drop him off early and pick him up a couple of hours later, after he's … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: October 25, 2020
Book Review: Machine
Machine (White Space #2)by Elizabeth BearScience Fiction496 pagesPublication date: October 20, 2020 by Saga Press Doctor Brookllyn Jens loves her job. She's a rescue worker who, like a daredevil, leaps through empty space from one ship to another to save people in need of rescue from the endless dangers of interstellar travel. Jens loves her … Continue reading Book Review: Machine
Sunday Sum-Up, October 18, 2020
Another quiet week on the blog, due in part to a lack of time and in part to some annoying computer issues which I think I've mostly solved. They weren't disrupting my ability to do things, just slowing the system down and making it take twice as long. I've been working on crochet projects, but … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up, October 18, 2020
