Tag: non-fiction

Review: The Third Plate by Dan Barber

24 February 2015 / review / 8 Comments
Review: The Third Plate by Dan Barber

Author: Dan BarberTitle: The Third PlateFormat/Source: eBook/LibraryPublished: May 2014Publisher: Penguin PressLength: 496 pagesGenre: Non-fictionWhy I Read: Interested in food; haven’t read a book like this in agesRead If You’d: Like to learn about improving a food’s flavour or how eat more ‘naturally’Quote: “The food chain is actually more like a set of Olympic rings. They all hang together.” (33)Rating: ★★★½ [ratings guide]Challenges: Foodies Read 2015 GoodReads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon […]

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Quick Review: Thank-You for Your Service by David Finkel

1 February 2015 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Quick Review: Thank-You for Your Service by David Finkel

Goodreads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon  Book 1 for the 2015 TBR Pile Challenge Telegraph review ★★★½ Another book I might have given four stars (and I did on GoodReads) but I wouldn’t reread it. For the past few years, one of the first books I read in a new year has to do with war. Not sure how that happened, but that’s why I finally sought out this […]

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Review: Tolkien by Devin Brown

15 December 2014 / review / 0 Comments
Review: Tolkien by Devin Brown

Author: Devin BrownTitle: TolkienFormat/Source: eBook/NetGalleyPublished: October 2014Publisher: Abingdon PressLength: 145 pagesGenre: BiographyWhy I Read: New Tolkien book supposedly about The HobbitRead If You’re: New to Tolkien and want to know about his life Rating:  ★★★ [ratings guide] GoodReads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon I received a complimentary copy from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. The subheading of Tolkien implies it’s about how The Hobbit was published (I […]

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Review: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lost English Mythology by Simon Cook

20 November 2014 / review / 0 Comments
Review: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lost English Mythology by Simon Cook

Author: Simon Cook Format/Source: eBook/Author Published: October 2014Publisher: Ye MachineLength: 49 pagesGenre: Literary analysisWhy I Read: Enjoyed Cook’s article on Tolkien fundamentalismRead If You’re: A Tolkien fan, esp. one interested in how his mythology connects to English historyQuote: “Thus the two traditions of Ing identified by Chadwick are, for the first time in Tolkien’s writings, seamlessly integrated” (74%).Rating:  ★★★★ [ratings guide] Links: GoodReads | Amazon I received a complimentary copy from the author […]

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Quick Review: I Am Malala and Life After Life

10 November 2014 / brief reviews / 4 Comments
Quick Review: I Am Malala and Life After Life

These two books are about living, about life, about living your life to make a change. I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai Rating: ★★★ [ratings guide] Gives a lot of background and historical context to Malala’s father and her fight for the right to education. I suppose somewhere in the cynical side of the world, people accuse Malala’s father of using her as a prop and they would dismiss this […]

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