Tag: non-fiction

Reflecting on Technology Use with Digital Minimalism [NF Review]

26 January 2020 / review / 13 Comments
Reflecting on Technology Use with Digital Minimalism [NF Review]

Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport The Creep of Technology Newport begins his book by addressing the vast amount of technological change that has essentially snuck up on us over the past 10 […]

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Answering Kids’ Questions about Death [Family Reads]

26 December 2019 / family reads / 2 Comments
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Answering Kids’ Questions about Death [Family Reads]

Ash began our conversation with “I have nothing to say about this book”. I felt the same way. I responded with “It’s short, it’s boring, it’s underwhelming” but we immediately agreed ‘boring’ wasn’t the correct adjective. The content of Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?…

“I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read That Yet” Results [NF and MG Reviews]

“I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read That Yet” Results [NF and MG Reviews]

Reviews of the winners of September and October’s vote – The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller (non-fiction) and Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge (middle grade fiction)

Valour Road: How Three Men from the Same Street Earned the Victoria Cross in WWI [Family Reads]

10 November 2019 / family reads / 2 Comments
Valour Road: How Three Men from the Same Street Earned the Victoria Cross in WWI [Family Reads]

Why we chose John Nadler’s Valour Road Mom and I didn’t have any particular ideas for this month. So, I asked Mom to pick fiction or non-fiction and then we browsed my to-read-fiction shelf on Goodreads. We landed on Valour […]

Fighting for Space: How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City’s Struggle with Addiction [Family Reads]

23 July 2019 / family reads / 0 Comments
Fighting for Space: How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City’s Struggle with Addiction [Family Reads]

Why we chose Travis Lupick’s Fighting for Space I spotted this book in a library display of local topics. I thought Ash might find the topic relevant to her interests. I was also curious to learn more about the area […]