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What changes in a society when the climate changes?

Nature's Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present by Philipp Blom

March 5, 2023 by blauracke Leave a Comment

In this book, Philipp Blom examines the Little Ice Age, a period of cooling between the 16th and the 19th century, that primarily affected the North Atlantic region, and the societal changes it prompted. His focus lies mostly on the late 16th century and the 17th century in Europe as this was the period in which the effects were felt most severely, and the sources regarding the situation and changes are more plentiful for Europe than for other regions. The main part of the book […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Philipp Blom

blauracke's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Philipp Blom ·
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The Importance of Moving Along on Foot

Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit

December 3, 2022 by blauracke 1 Comment

I have been an avid hiker for many years, but since the onset of the pandemic I also started walking a lot more in the city, at first simply to avoid the crowded public transport, and later because I had begun to enjoy it so much. When I learned that this book existed I just had to read it, and I can now say with conviction that it is a true gem. The first definition of to walk in Merriam-Webster is to move along on […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Rebecca Solnit

blauracke's CBR14 Review No:8 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Rebecca Solnit ·
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“Why should those of whom one is fondest have to suffer the most, and why is it that one can never do anything for them?”

Independent People by Halldór Laxness

October 19, 2022 by blauracke 2 Comments

Bjartur of Summerhouses is obsessed with being independent. A sheep farmer in early 20th century Iceland, he lives a life of hardship and deprivation, dogged by the spectres of legends, encumbered by his family, which he forces into his lifestyle as well, only uplifted by the poetry he creates, and the feeling of not owing anything to anyone. Independence is the most important thing of all in life. I say for my part that a man lives in vain, until he is independent. People who […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Halldór Laxness

blauracke's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Halldór Laxness ·
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An Utterly Underwhelming Account of a Tragedy

No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 by Graham Bowley

September 19, 2022 by blauracke Leave a Comment

No Way Down is an account of the 2008 disaster on K2, Earth’s second highest mountain. 11 people from international expeditions died, while several others were severely injured. The disaster was mainly caused by multiple serac falls and avalanches in an area near the top called the Bottleneck. This is such a strange book because the events it describes are riveting, but the story does not flow, many instances are confusingly presented, there are a ton of holes in the narrative, and there is not even […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: graham bowley

blauracke's CBR14 Review No:6 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: graham bowley ·
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Wouldn’t it be funny if?

Skeleton Crew by Stephen King

April 29, 2022 by blauracke 2 Comments

I’ve owned this book for 20 years probably, and I think this was my third read through. It is a collection of short stories and some of King’ s earliest work, and the stories are of widely varying quality. Some made me roll my eyes, some left me indifferent, and some were gripping, but there is one I dislike immensely, and two that I kind of love. The one I dislike is the well-known and apparently popular “The Mist”, which takes up about 150 pages […]

Filed Under: Horror, Short Stories Tagged With: Stephen King

blauracke's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Horror, Short Stories · Tags: Stephen King ·
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“When these people say you belong to me, I own you, it is like the passing of the rain, or the setting of the sun at the end of the day.”

Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah

April 29, 2022 by blauracke Leave a Comment

In the late 19th century, in pre-colonial coastal East Africa, 12-year-old Yusuf is taken by a merchant to pay off his father’s debts. After working as a store clerk for some years, his master takes him on a trading expedition into the rural interior of the region that lasts several months. Yusuf is a strange and passive character that is hard to relate to. From the outset, things happen to him, while he doesn’t make anything happen; he is swept along for the ride, and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Abdulrazak Gurnah

blauracke's CBR14 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Abdulrazak Gurnah ·
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