I am a sucker for a nice looking book. Sightlines–the UK version, at least–features a flock of sea birds taking flight against a dark blue sky. It’s the same dark blue I see when I look up at the sky in the evening these days. Not quite full dark but a beautiful intermediary that conveys a promise of the dark and stars to come. You have to make yourself love the dark if you live in Scotland (or at least make an attempt) because in the […]
“To the dead, one owes nothing but the truth”
Since I’ve been moderating the Cannonball Read these three last years, I don’t usually have the time or inclination to write a review of anything I read, but after finishing Son of a Gun by Justin St. Germain, I’m compelled to write about this book and tell you all to READ IT. On first glance, this slim volume of a memoir doesn’t seem very substantial. I’m really not sure why I picked it up off the new book shelf at the library, though the solemn-face little boy […]
Hyperbole and a Half, aka the Plight of Depressed Millenials
I purchased this book a couple months ago but held onto it until the right time having heard I would likely digest the whole thing in a couple hours. I was feeling particularly tired and depressed today, so I figured it would be a good time to divulge. That was probably the best choice I made all day. Roughly half of the book is material Brosh previously published on the blog, including the two-part entry about depression and the meme-inspiring entry on productivity/adulthood. Despite being […]
Peace Conference in Paris
As part of my personal goals to read more nonfiction and to read more about World War I, I decided to finally tackle this book which has been catching my eye for months only to be put aside for shiny new fiction. MacMillan has a new book out that is about the events leading up to World War I so before I committed to that, I wanted to see how I felt about her writing style in this one. Full review.
“Science is truth found out”
This wasn’t a perfect book, but it contained some great ideas about health and the future of medicine.
Light at the End of the Tunnel
This is a compelling and disturbing look into the life of one