calendar
Recent Comments
beckylindroos on 22 Seconds ~ by James Patterso… Lisa Hill on 22 Seconds ~ by James Patterso… MI6 on The List by Mick Herron beckylindroos on The List by Mick Herron MI6 on The List by Mick Herron Archives
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- "A's" (crime fiction
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 9 + ratings
- Argentina
- Audio
- Australia
- Austria
- Botswana
- British
- business/economics
- Canada
- China
- classic
- country of author
- cozy
- Denmark
- detective/mystery
- Egypt
- essays
- fiction
- Finland
- France
- games
- German
- historical
- historical fiction
- history
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kindle/ebook
- legal thriller
- Liberia
- literary criticism
- Malaya
- memoir/ bio
- Native American
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- non-fiction
- Norway
- other
- play
- Poland
- police procedural
- Russian
- sci-fi/fantasy
- science
- Scotland
- self-help
- self-select
- series
- short stories
- South Africa
- Spain
- spy
- summaries (by month)
- suspense
- sweden
- Swedish
- thoughts
- Thriller
- traditional
- translated
- travel
- true crime
- Turkey
- Uncategorized
- US
- who-done-it
- woman author
- Zimbabwe
Category Archives: science
Under a White Sky ~ by Elizabeth Kolbert- #2
I reread this for a discussion group and as usual, I got a whole lot more out of it the second time. A WHOLE LOT MORE!!!! (1st review is here) Now I’m might have to have to read The Sixth Extinction … Continue reading
Posted in non-fiction, science, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
The Meaning of Human Existence
The Meaning of Human Existence by Edward O. Wilson 2013 / 208 pages read by Jonathan Hogan 5h 6m rating – 8.5 / nonfiction – science philosophy (I both read and listened to this one) Read for the All-Nonfiction reading … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Audio, essays, Kindle/ebook, science, US
Leave a comment
David and Goliath:
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell 2013/ 320 pages rating: 7.5 / nonfiction – psychology I didn’t get along with this book terribly well until the last quarter or so. I’ve read … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Canada, science, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
The Forest Unseen:
The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature by David George Haskell (US) 2012/262 pages Rating: 8.5 – literary -non-fiction/ecology Haskell has written a wonderfully styled and incredibly detailed account of a year in the life of on very small … Continue reading
Posted in science, US
Leave a comment
Quiet: The Power of Introverts
Quiet: The Power of Introverts by Susan Cain 2012 / 352 pages Read by Kathe Mazur 10h 39m Rating -8.5 As I was going through the “Best of 2012” lists on various web-sites I noticed the book Quiet by Susan … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, science, self-select, US, woman author
Leave a comment
From Eternity to Here
From Eternity to Here by Sean Carroll 2010 / 448 pages Rating – 8 Whew! This could have been a very difficult book – the concepts are difficult but Connelly writes well, it’s organized fairly well and so he … Continue reading
Posted in Kindle/ebook, science, US
Leave a comment
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011
The Best of Science and Nature Writing ed by Mary Roach and Tim Folger 2011 / 350 pages rating – 8 Science writing is not my forte – it’s okay but I can be squeamish about body fluids and such … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Kindle/ebook, science, US
Leave a comment
Moonwalking With Einstein
Moonwalking With Einstein by Joshua Foer non-fiction/science 2011 / US / 320 pages Audible 9h 33m Mike Chamberlain Rating 7.5 I enjoyed this for the most part – the mnemonic tricks are pretty widely known but the info on reading, … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, Audio, non-fiction, science, self-select
Leave a comment
Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species –
by Sean B. Carroll 2009 / 352 pages – paperback rating – 6 (mixed) This was a really dry book for me, not a subject I have much interest in nor knowledge about. I suppose some of the chapters, … Continue reading
Posted in non-fiction, science
Leave a comment