Book review: Eating Animals (in Centrafrique)
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer My rating: 3 of 5 stars I don't know why I felt compelled to read my first animal rights book in almost a decade after, first, the self-care decision made while...
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Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention by Severine Autesserre My rating: 5 of 5 stars I do not know how to rate this book! Is it 5 stars because of the...
View ArticleThe Need of Being Versed in Country Things
Robert Frost. The house had gone to bring again To the midnight sky a sunset glow. Now the chimney was all of the house that stood, Like a pistil after the petals go. The barn opposed across the way,...
View Article2,015 book reviews (or close to it)
Every year I gather together the best books I read, to recommend and remember those that impacted my life or my paradigm somehow. Here are this year's, with links to the review I wrote of each. Past...
View Article[Book Review] Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story
Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story by Mac McClelland My rating: 4 of 5 stars Great book. Important book. A "thank you for writing this" sort of book. McClelland is a journalist who experienced trauma...
View ArticleBook Review: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie My rating: 5 of 5 stars I am grateful for this book of history of a brave people, corrupt systems and powers that broke them, and the ongoing...
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