Tag: non-fiction

Review: Quick and Easy Thai by Nancie McDermott

3 May 2015 / review / 2 Comments
Review: Quick and Easy Thai by Nancie McDermott

Author: Nanci McDermottTitle: Quick and Easy ThaiFormat/Source: eBook/KindlePublished: December 2003Publisher: Chronicle BooksLength: 168 pagesGenre: CookbookWhy I Read: Want to learn about cooking Thai food Read If You: Want to learn about cooking Thai food πŸ˜‰ Rating:  β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… [ratings guide] Links: GoodReads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon Whoo, my first cookbook review! It’s been awhile since I read one straight through. The last time must have been in high school, when we were […]

Review: Cooked by Michael Pollan

24 April 2015 / review / 0 Comments
Review: Cooked by Michael Pollan

Author: Michael PollanTitle: CookedFormat/Source: eBook/library Published: January 2013Publisher: PenguinLength: 480 pagesGenre: Non-fictionWhy I Read: ‘New’ Pollan boo Read If You’re: Interested in the art/history of cookingQuote: “Elation, effervescence, elevation, levity, inspiration: air words all, alveolated with vowels, leavening the dough of everyday life” (258).Rating:  β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… [ratings guide] Links: GoodReads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon I didn’t pay much attention to this book when it was first released either because A) I thought […]

Quick Review: If I Stay and Nothing to Envy

12 April 2015 / brief reviews / 1 Comment
Quick Review: If I Stay and Nothing to Envy

It’s been a few months since I reviewed two books in one quick review post. The only way I could think to connect these two is that they’re both for Adam @ Roof Beam Reader’s TBR Pile Challenge. These are my fourth and fifth reads for that challenge.   Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜… [ratings guide] Ugh, why am I reading books about […]

Quick Review: Empty Mansions by Bill Dedman

12 March 2015 / brief reviews / 1 Comment
Quick Review: Empty Mansions by Bill Dedman

Goodreads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon  Book 3 for the 2015 TBR Pile Challenge Andi @ Estella’s Revenge review | Shannon @ River City Reading review β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… Highly recommended if the story of one man’s accumulation of wealth and his daughter’s peculiar handling of it throughout the 20th century intrigues you  In the reader’s guide at the end of the book, Dedman describes the main threads of the story […]

Quick Review: Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan

28 February 2015 / brief reviews / 1 Comment
Quick Review: Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan

Goodreads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon  Book 2 for the 2015 TBR Pile Challenge New Republic review β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½ I think I added this book after seeing it featured at Chapters. This is an unusual memoir in that the person writing it doesn’t recall the bulk of the time she writes about. Susannah takes on the role of reporter into her own life. I can’t imagine how strange that must […]