BestBooks

Thursday, May 14, 2020

All the Rage by Darcy Lockman

All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership

Interesting.

Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner

Big Summer: A Novel by [Jennifer Weiner]

I liked this. Not outstanding, but solid.

Review copy provided by publisher.

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Devolution by Max Brooks

So my expectations for this were sky-high because I loved World War Z. This started a bit slowly, but then it ended up exceeding my expectations. Highly recommended.

Review copy provided by publisher.

Language Unlimited by David Adger

Language Unlimited: The Science Behind Our Most Creative Power

Decent.

Monday, May 11, 2020

Hotbox by Matt Lee and Ted Lee

Hotbox: Inside Catering, the Food World's Riskiest Business

Very interesting.

Sunday, May 10, 2020

Truth: A Brief History of Total BullSh*t by Tom Phillips

Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t

So, so good.

Saturday, May 09, 2020

Mother Is a Verb by Sarah Knott

Mother Is a Verb: An Unconventional History

Interesting

Friday, May 08, 2020

Devices and Desires by Kate Hubbard

Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England

meh

Wednesday, May 06, 2020

Sweet Taste of Liberty by W. Caleb McDaniel

Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America

So, so good.

(Tangent: Despite all the trouble in the world, how awesome is it that I can find out who won Pulitzer Prizes and, within minutes, check out a free audio version of the winner from my library, all from my house?)

Tuesday, May 05, 2020

The League of Wives by Heath Lee

The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home

Exceptionally good.

Monday, May 04, 2020

Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler

Redhead by the Side of the Road: A novel by [Anne Tyler]

This was dumb.

Sunday, May 03, 2020

The Human Instinct by Kenneth Miller

The Human Instinct

Interesting.

On Call in the Arctic by Thomas Sims

On Call in the Arctic: A Doctor's Pursuit of Life, Love, and Miracles in the Alaskan Frontier

Really, really good.

Saturday, May 02, 2020

The Short Bus by Jonathan Mooney

The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal

Decent.

Friday, May 01, 2020

Odds against Tomorrow by Nathaniel Rich

Odds Against Tomorrow: A Novel by [Nathaniel Rich]

meh

Thursday, April 30, 2020

10% Human by Alanna Collen

10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness

Interesting.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

A Year in Paris by John Baxter

A Year in Paris: Season by Season in the City of Light

meh

Monday, April 27, 2020

The Moralist by Patricia O'Toole

The Moralist

Interesting.

Loonshots by Safi Bahcall

Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries

Interesting.

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku

Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

Interesting.

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Jet Stream by Tim Woollings

Jet Stream: A Journey Through our Changing Climate

meh

Administration of Lunacy by Mab Segrest

Administrations of Lunacy: Racism and the Haunting of American Psychiatry at the Milledgeville Asylum

Interesting.

Saturday, April 18, 2020

In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

In Five Years: A Novel by [Rebecca Serle]

meh

Friday, April 17, 2020

Walls by David Frye

Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick

Interesting.

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Every Living Thing by Rob Dunn

Every Living Thing: Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys

Interesting.

Monday, April 13, 2020

The Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez

The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another

Decent.

Sunday, April 12, 2020

Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

Interesting.

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Soldier Girls by Helen Thorpe

Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War

Very interesting.

Thursday, April 09, 2020

1964 by Roy Tomizawa

1964 - The Greatest Year in the History of Japan: How the Tokyo Olympics Symbolized Japan’s Miraculous Rise from the Ashes

meh

Wednesday, April 08, 2020

How Humans Learn by Joshua R. Eyler

How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories behind Effective College Teaching

A really good synthesis of what we know about learning.

Tuesday, April 07, 2020

Hid from Our Eyes by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Hid from Our Eyes: A Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery (Fergusson/Van Alstyne Mysteries Book 9) by [Spencer-Fleming, Julia]

This is one of my favorite series, and I was so happy to see it return. I thoroughly enjoyed this title.

Review copy provided by publisher.

Monday, April 06, 2020

Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda

Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs

Interesting.

Medieval Bodies by Jack Hartnell

Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages

So, so good.

Saturday, April 04, 2020

H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

H Is for Hawk

meh.

Thursday, April 02, 2020

Taft 2020 by Jason Heller

Taft 2012: A Novel by [Heller, Jason]

Fun.

The King Years by Taylor Branch

The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement

Solid.

Wednesday, April 01, 2020

Tree: A Life Story by David Suzuki

Tree: A Life Story

Really interesting.

And the Sea Will Tell by Vincent Bugliosi

And the Sea Will Tell

Interesting.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

The Ravenmaster by Christopher Skaife

The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London

I loved this.

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Secondhand by Adam Minter

Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale

Interesting.

Sunday, March 22, 2020

The Men Who United the States by Simon Winchester

The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics, and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible

Interesting.

Friday, March 20, 2020

Until the End of Time by Brian Greene

Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe

meh

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Last Couple Standing by Matthew Norman

Last Couple Standing: A Novel

Very funny, very well written. Recommended.

Review copy provided by publisher.

The Red Lotus by Chris Bohjalian

The Red Lotus: A Novel by [Bohjalian, Chris]

I really enjoyed this; it's nice to have a unique plot for a change. (I don't understand the cover, however.)

Review copy provided by publisher.

An Elegant Defense by Matt Richtel

An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives

Really, really good.

Sunday, March 15, 2020

The Invention of Surgery by David Schneider

The Invention of Surgery: A History of Modern Medicine: From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution

Super interesting.

Saturday, March 14, 2020

Long Bright River by Liz Moore

Long Bright River: A Novel by [Moore, Liz]

Ack, why is everyone raving about this?

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Good Wives by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750

Decent.

Monday, March 09, 2020

The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

I loved this so, so much.

Saturday, March 07, 2020

Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball

Slaves in the Family

Very interesting and very well written.

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