Well, this is different, isn’t it? I don’t know if I’ve reviewed a ‘productivity’ sort of book on here before, as I tend to keep that as more of a ‘work’ thing than a PPC thing, but this book actually… Read More ›
Nonfiction Reviews
Your Heart Is The Sea, Nikita Gill
One of the things you can truly depend on in this life is that anything you read of Nikita Gill’s will inevitably break your heart. It will absolutely crush you, shatter your emotional stability, ruin you. And then, her words… Read More ›
I Am Spock, Leonard Nimoy
Hello my loves! This was a recent find of mine, a bit of buried treasure in a local second-hand store that I was more than willing to rescue! While I was never a huge fan of Star Trek TOS or… Read More ›
His Finest Hour: A Brief Life of Winston Churchill, Christopher Catherwood
What’s up my lovely nerds? The book review I have here today is for an awesome wee bio of one of my favourite politicians: His Finest Hour – A Brief Life of Winston Churchill by Christopher Catherwood. Brilliantly, I did… Read More ›
The Magical Worlds of the Lord of the Rings: The Amazing Myths, Legends, and Facts Behind the Masterpiece, David Colbert
Alright y’all, let me get one thing out there because it makes me stupidly happy: I share my birthday with the Professor. That’s right: I was born on what would have been J.R.R. Tolkien’s 100th birthday. So, for my 27th… Read More ›
Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future, Mary Robinson
Hello my lovelies, I’m back! It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted a book review and I am sorry for that, but PhD requirements and both academic and work commitments crept up on me: something had to give!… Read More ›
Dispatches from Planet 3: Thirty-Two (Brief) Tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and Beyond, Marcia Bartusiak
“To the stars, Bowen. To the stars.” Ok, that isn’t a quote from Dispatches from Planet 3, it’s actually a quote from a film called Dragonheart (which is amazing and you should watch it), but I thought it suited the… Read More ›
The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage and Fear in the Cyber Age, David E. Sanger
Hello wonderful nerds, I have another nonfiction review for you! The Perfect Weapon was written by veteran New York Times security and technology reporter David E. Sanger. I’ve read a number of his articles over the years (NYT is one… Read More ›
The Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time, David L. Ulin
I can honestly say that I truly savoured every word of The Lost Art of Reading. You see, I’m one of those twenty-something year olds that can usually be found bemoaning the sad lack of anything approaching literary interest (or… Read More ›
The Ape That Understood the Universe: How The Mind and Culture Evolve, Steve Stewart-Williams
Let me start by saying that this book was even further out of my average reading zone than I expected. Don’t get me wrong, I chose it specifically because it was out of the realm of what I would normally… Read More ›
Printed Pages and Coffee 