Tag: non-fiction

Understanding The American Right in Arlie Russell Hochschild’s Strangers in Their Own Land

10 August 2017 / review / 2 Comments
Understanding The American Right in Arlie Russell Hochschild’s Strangers in Their Own Land

Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: August 2016 Publisher: New Press Length: 351 pages Genre: Non-fiction Rating: ★★★★½ Goodreads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery I read Strangers in Their Own […]

The 50 Books I’ve Read So Far in 2017

1 July 2017 / thoughts / 4 Comments
The 50 Books I’ve Read So Far in 2017

My mid-year check in is still coming on 5 July, but I decided I also wanted to do this post as a way to: remind myself of all the great books I’ve read this year easily share my reviews thus […]

Talkin’ Bout Tolkien – A Secret Vice and The Plants of Middle-Earth

26 May 2017 / review / 0 Comments
Talkin’ Bout Tolkien – A Secret Vice and The Plants of Middle-Earth

The Plants of Middle-Earth: Botany and Sub-Creation by Dina Hazell ★★★★ | GoodReads | IndieBound | Wordery I purchased this book expecting a field guide of sorts to the plants found in Middle-earth*. The Plants of Middle-earth instead uses said greenery as […]

5 Arctic Adventures from Icemen + The Luck of the Karluk

16 May 2017 / review / 0 Comments
5 Arctic Adventures from Icemen + The Luck of the Karluk

The Luck of the Karluk: Shipwrecked in the Arctic by L.D. Cross ★★★½ | GoodReads | Chapters | IndieBound | Wordery Icemen: A History of the Arctic and Its Explorers by Mick Conefrey + Tim Jordan ★★★★ | GoodReads | No […]

Gutenberg’s Fingerprint – “Papers, Pixels, and the Lasting Impression of Books”

10 April 2017 / review / 2 Comments
Gutenberg’s Fingerprint – “Papers, Pixels, and the Lasting Impression of Books”

Gutenberg’s Fingerprint by Merilyn Simonds Format/Source: Hardcover/Publisher Published: 11 April 2017 Publisher: ECW Press Length: 380 pages Genre: Non-fiction/memoir Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for my honest review. Four seismic shifts have […]