Before I jump into this review of The Why of Things by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop, I want to point out that while it's a great story, it's not a good galley to request. I say this because the NetGalley copy is a PDF file that such tiny print that it was really hard to read and I almost put it down in the first few chapters because I was tired of squinting. I may have to start … [Read more...]
‘Year of Living Biblically’ is Brilliant
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A.J. Jacobs was not on my radar until Rebecca at Love at First Book told me (repeatedly) that it was fantastic. I really enjoyed Good Without God by Greg Epstein, so I thought that an agnostic Jew's year-long quest to follow the Bible literally would be pretty … [Read more...]
“Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety” by Daniel Smith
I first saw this book when it popped up in my Goodreads feed. It’s a memoir about anxiety, and it was supposed to be hilarious. A friend of mine had just finished it and said that it was a great book that articulated her anxiety in a way that she was not able to do. Because I myself have a tendency to be quite anxious, I immediately scooped a copy and started … [Read more...]