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My mind is blown, and not because I’ve been sampling magic mushrooms

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make our Worlds, Change our Minds, and Shape our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

March 21, 2021 by KimMiE" 11 Comments

I have read many books on science and natural history, but few have made me stop reading every few pages to look up and declare to whomever is within hearing distance (currently, my husband and cats, because we’re in a pandemic), “This is fascinating.” I don’t care if you’ve never read a book about nature in all your previous existence. Entangled Life will ensorcel you with tales of carnivorous mushrooms, zombie fungi, acid trips, and superhero microorganisms that could end up saving the planet. If […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: best British names, biology, CBR13, ecology, fungus, KimMiE", Merlin Sheldrake, nature, science

KimMiE"'s CBR13 Review No:12 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: best British names, biology, CBR13, ecology, fungus, KimMiE", Merlin Sheldrake, nature, science ·
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Old Wives Tales Vs. Science

Expect Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong, and What You Really Need to Know by Emily Oster

March 19, 2021 by Ale 5 Comments

After much wondering if it was even possible, hubby and I are expecting. And while I’d done quite a bit of research on the process and probability of conception, I’d done virtually no research on what to do after you managed to succeed (mostly because I didn’t think we would). Days after my second positive test, I stared at the coffee pot, vaguely remembering my pregnant friends abstaining from caffeine, fish, deli meats and a hoard of other things. I stood in a first-trimester fatigue […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: birth, economics, emily oster, pregnancy, science, statistics

Ale's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: birth, economics, emily oster, pregnancy, science, statistics ·
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I don’t like science, I don’t like nonfiction, but I loooove Georgia Hardstark

The Disappearing Spoon and Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean

February 26, 2021 by Bothari43 1 Comment

Georgia from My Favorite Murder recommended Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time, which is one of my favorite books in my CBR history. So when she recommended a book about the history of the periodic table of the elements, I decided to check it out despite its non-fictionness. I was expecting stories that just happened to tie in elements, but this is straight up history. Who discovered which elements, how they did it, how those elements are used today, who won which Nobel Prize, and so […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: periodic table, Sam Kean, science, scientists are batty, who knew helium was so important

Bothari43's CBR13 Review No:6 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: periodic table, Sam Kean, science, scientists are batty, who knew helium was so important ·
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A pinch of this and a pinch of that and a whole lotta potatos!

Chef Yasmina and the Potato Panic by Wauter Mannaert

February 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Chef Yasmina and the Potato Panic by Wauter Mannaert had a lot of potential. It started with the cover (I know do not judge a book by its cover, but I was hoping this would be a fun romp about cooking, friendship and for some odd reason, a mystery). However, I never completely found it in the actual story. I was weary at first as they first few pages had no text. Which is okay for some things, like a picture book. But when you have […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Health, Mystery, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Corporations, Potatoes, science, Wauter Mannaert

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:83 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Health, Mystery, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Corporations, Potatoes, science, Wauter Mannaert ·
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The Only Winner Here is Corn.

The Scientist and The Spy by Mara Hvistendahl

February 2, 2021 by LittlePlat 5 Comments

On one hand, I enjoyed reading The Scientist and the Spy, really. Mara Hvistendahl has given us a really compelling account of economic espionage. But Christ, this book is a sticky one. It covers multiple topics I’m interested in: genetics, agriculture, international relations and intellectual property, and politic shit-storms. But it also makes me want to bang my head against the wall while crying out ‘everyone’s a pack of arseholes’ because that was basically the only conclusion I could come to. But with a story […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Agriculture |, CORN CORN CORN, espionage, Mara Hvistendahl, non fiction, politics, science, true crime, US China relations

LittlePlat's CBR13 Review No:7 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Agriculture |, CORN CORN CORN, espionage, Mara Hvistendahl, non fiction, politics, science, true crime, US China relations ·
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