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It’s Not Looking Good But I Can’t Stop Now Part 4

From One Cell: A Journey into Life's Origins and the Future of Medicine by Ben Stanger

Funny Story by Emily Henry

Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore (Translator), Elizabeth Manton (Translator)

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

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The colon returns: Revenge of the colon. Book 16: From One Cell: A Journey into Life’s Origins and the Future of Medicine by Ben Stanger Rough Review: 4 stars. I particularly enjoyed the last chapter, “Day Science and Night Science” – reading that whole section made me want to get a job in a lab and just start some Night meandering. I share the author’s concerns that the focus on practical applications (read: ways [for pharmaceutical companies] to make money) over general knowledge gathering is […]

An Increasingly Unhinged Collection of Stream of Consciously Annotated Reviews Part 3

Witch King by Martha Wells

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

The Searcher by Tana French

Beach Read by Emily Henry

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Book 11: Witch King by Martha Wells Rough Review: I really wanted to like this one. As yet another big fan of Murderbot, I trust Martha Wells’ character creation and storytelling abilities, and was looking forward to seeing what she could do with a fantasy world, but it was hard for me to connect to this one. Other than Bashasa, who is not a main character, I wasn’t particularly interested in anyone here. Despite the whole book being from his POV, I never felt like I got […]

Marathon Typo-Riddled Book Review Collection Part 2

Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes by Nathan H. Lents

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens by David Mitchell

Big Mushy Happy Lump by Sarah Andersen

Herding Cats by Sarah Andersen

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention – and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari

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I see I was in my semicolon era here. Book 6: Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes – A Deeply Informative Tour of Evolution’s Imperfections and Compromises by Nathan H. Lents Rough Review: 3.5 stars because I would have liked a longer, more in-depth look at most of what he talked about , although I understand the aim was to reach a much broader audience than one particular little biology nerd. This book (or perhaps more accurately, the […]

How to Wash the Dishes

How To Wash The Dishes by Peter Miller

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This book is exactly what the title says. A little, well-written essay about how, exactly, to wash the dishes. It’s practical but also philosophical. What DO you do when you are serving dinner and you have an odd assortment of pots, pans, crystal glassware, silverware…? How do you manage the chaos? What do you do first? And, most relevantly for me, how on earth do you “clean as you go?” Miller answers all these questions while exploring the philosophical underpinnings of a dish washing routine, […]

Burn baby burn

Quarterly Essay 99: Woodside v The People by Marian Wilkinson

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This is my final book review for 2025, and it feels fitting to end the year with Quarterly Essay 99: Woodside vs the People by Marian Wilkinson. In this expansive and meticulously researched essay, Wilkinson traces the history of Woodside Energy, Australia’s dominant liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer, and its outsized influence on the nation’s energy landscape. Wilkinson interrogates the company’s leadership culture, its carefully cultivated proximity to political power, and the way these relationships have insulated Woodside from meaningful accountability. Most powerfully, she examines […]

Old Oak falls and the next chapter

Thank You, Old Oak by Britt Crow-Miller and Amy Schimler-Safford

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What makes you pick up a book to read? I have many reasons, but with Thank You, Old Oak by Britt Crow-Miller and Amy Schimler-Safford (illustrator) there were three main reasons. First, I had a copy in front of me. This picture book was available and it had/has a nice cover so I was drawn to it. Two, I enjoy Barefoot Press books. I do not always love them, but I do appreciate them. And finally there was a piece of the title or the […]



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