by Library Lin | Apr 25, 2022 | Books, Natural Sciences
A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America’s Hurricanes by Eric Jay Dolin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Do you think hurricanes are just “bad thunderstorms?” Eric Jay Dolin demonstrates they are more like natural war machines delivering amazingly...
by Library Lin | Apr 22, 2022 | Books, Further Reading
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake My rating: 4 of 5 stars Like those who see fractals everywhere, evangelical mycologist Merlin Sheldrake sees fungi and fungi patterns repeated in everything from...
by Library Lin | Apr 14, 2022 | Books
Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story by Timothy B. Tyson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Since I grew up roughly 70 miles west of the setting of Blood Done Sign My Name, I understand many of the customs and attitudes Timothy B. Tyson refers to. He is only a couple of years...
by Library Lin | Apr 1, 2022 | Books
The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams by Philip Zaleski My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve always been a fan of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. When I was younger, I loved The Chronicles of Narnia...
by Library Lin | Mar 21, 2022 | Books
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars I know next to nothing about trading and finance. And whenever anyone tries to explain it to me, my eyesight blurs. So, I was hesitant to pick up this book. But, while a few passages explaining...
by Library Lin | Feb 21, 2022 | Books
The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time by Keith Houston My rating: 4 of 5 stars Keith Houston doesn’t skip the details in his exploration of the history of the physical book as we know it today. He covers it all. In...