Books:
Archive:
Favorite Reviews:
I have reviewed many books over the years, and some reviews have been more interesting or fun to write than others. The below list were my favorites to write.
• Ada, or Ardor
• Choose Your Own Autobiography
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• The Monk
• The Night Circus
• Oathbringer
• Return of the Native
• Rhythm of War
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The Unit
• The Woods Are Always WatchingCategories:
Tags:
- abandoned
- Africa
- Asia
- atmospheric
- audio
- BBAW
- body image
- callback
- circus horror
- classics
- collection
- comfort
- Cosmere
- cruise
- divinity
- dream-invader
- education
- end of year
- fanfiction
- favorite
- fitness
- food
- gender studies
- goals
- good omens
- Harry Potter
- health
- historical
- house
- humor
- I made a thing.
- joint review
- KonMari
- Latin America
- LGBTQIA
- lists
- memorable
- Middle East
- mini-review
- multi-read
- nonfiction
- photography
- place-character
- POC
- portentous
- psychology
- quarantine
- race report
- readathon
- reread
- revisiting
- RIP-worthy
- running
- shredded me
- speculative
- Sunday Coffee
- tarot
- tattoo
- the ferals
- translation
- travel
- Wellness Wednesday
- WTF moments
- Yarn Art
-
Category Archives: Wellness
The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk
Subtitled: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. As was probably obvious from the title/subtitle, this is a book of psychology focusing on the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of trauma and how they affect everything in a … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – Struggling for Balance
Sometimes balance is so hard. I’ve gotten much better about blog-balance in the last few years, but every time I have a major life change, I struggle to get my life back into balance. And 2015 has brought along some … Continue reading
All Joy and No Fun, by Jennifer Senior (audio)
Subtitled: The Paradox of Modern Parenting. This book is a sociological look at the ways parenting has changed over the last hundred or so years. It is not a how-to or advice book about parenting, and it focuses on the … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Adult, Prose, Wellness
Tagged audio, favorite, gender studies, nonfiction, psychology
14 Comments
Sunday Coffee – On November
Every year, right at the end of December, I draw a tarot spread for my upcoming year. It’s a simple spread, one card for each month. I do this mostly in jest, as I’m not a huge believer in the … Continue reading
Year of No Sugar, by Eve Schaub
Several years back, Eve Schaub, her husband, and her two daughters decided to spend a year not eating any added sugar. She blogged about the process, and eventually compiled this memoir about the results. Not sure where I first heard … Continue reading
It Starts With Food, by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig
All right. I finally read the book behind Whole30. I’ve always scoffed at Whole30 before, but after having most of my gluten-related symptoms come back after 4-5 months gluten-free, I know I need to do some sort of elimination diet … Continue reading
The Gluten-Free Bible, by Jax Peters Lowell
Not much to say about this one. It’s pretty much just a reference book, a how-to on living gluten-free. I learned a lot about what to do and what to watch out for. I was able to make some changes … Continue reading
Why We Get Fat, by Gary Taubes
Basically a lot of distilled science about insulin resistance and the need to eat far fewer carbs. I could never get through Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes. It was too scientific for me. I heard this book was … Continue reading
Salt Sugar Fat, by Michael Moss
Subtitled: How the Food Giants Hooked Us. Michael Moss is an award-winning journalist who takes us through years of research into the way processed food has evolved, how it has changed the patterns of our eating, and its impact on … Continue reading
The Zen Leaf 