Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake This book taught me how much I don’t know about mushrooms. It’s basically like the fungal equivalent of “The Secret Life of Trees” when you pick up a book wondering how much there is to learn about such …
Tag: nature
Nov 15
Book Review: The Nature Fix
The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams I liked this book. It’s a pretty good, if not emotionally taxing, pop science book about how we all live our lives. You could sum it up into one sentence: “Go outside, it’s good for you.” But Williams goes further, …
Jul 28
Book Review: Hatchet
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen My kid read this for school and liked it, so when I found myself in a reading doldrum, I picked it up. This is standard survivalist fare, paced to make it interesting and voiced for younger teens. Adults should like it too, as I did. Boy crashes in a plane, lands …
Jul 03
Book Review: Trash Sex Magic
Trash, Sex, Magic by Jennifer Stevenson I bought this book primarily because of the publisher; they’ve done some other novels by Sean Stewart that I liked very much. I was hoping (in vain, I thought) that this novel would have the same heart and detail as Stewart’s books. I knew it was crazy to think …