The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirdsby Jon DunnNonfiction/Science and Nature/Natural History352 pagesExpected publication date: April 20, 2021 by Basic Books Though they are tiny, hummingbirds are among the most fascinating of birds thanks to their colorful plumage and their singular flying skills. Their ability to hover in front of flowers is unmatched … Continue reading Book Review: The Glitter in the Green
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Best Books of 2020: Nonfiction
Though nonfiction is often regarded as dry and dull, the best nonfiction books are as interesting as the best novels. And the cool thing is that the stories are true. According to my StoryGraph information I read thirty-seven nonfiction books in 2020, ranging from a book about how the language use on the internet changes … Continue reading Best Books of 2020: Nonfiction
Goodreads Monday: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It’s been hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, but I’m not sure if that blog is active anymore. Please enjoy this preview of what I want to read in the future! … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
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
Goodreads Monday: Alaric the Goth
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It’s been hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, but I’m not sure if that blog is active anymore. Please enjoy this preview of what I want to read in the future! … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Alaric the Goth
Goodreads Monday: Sea People
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson Nonfiction/History 384 pages Published March 2019 by Harper From Goodreads: A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Sea People
Bookshelf Tour, pt. 2: Nonfiction
We're continuing with the bookshelf tour! This bookcase is the second one in my little studio- the one where my nonfiction lives. I don't have as much nonfiction as I do fiction, and I'm less likely to keep nonfiction once I've read it. My nonfiction titles are loosely arranged by the Dewey Decimal system, though … Continue reading Bookshelf Tour, pt. 2: Nonfiction
Goodreads Monday: Cosmos: Possible Worlds
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It’s hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, so be sure to link back to her site so that we can all see what everyone plans to read! Cosmos: Possible Worlds by … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Cosmos: Possible Worlds
Book Review: Snow
Snow: A Scientific and Cultural Exploration by Giles Whittell Science 256 pages Expected publication date November 19, 2019, by Atria Books Though much of the world's population lives in areas that do not receive much, if any, natural snow, the human race has an obsession with the white stuff. We like to slide down … Continue reading Book Review: Snow
Book Review: Wayfinding
Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World by M.R. O'Connor Nonfiction 368 pages Expected Publication April30, 2019 by St. Martin's Press At one point or another, each of us has likely gotten lost. And as twenty-first-century technophiles, we have likely used a global positioning system to get ourselves un-lost. But before … Continue reading Book Review: Wayfinding
