Disclaimer: It bothers me that I’m posting a review of this kind of book in January, when I know that the diet industry is at it’s most insidious and disgusting. Please don’t see this as a support of that. One of the good things about this book is that it attacks that very industry and… Continue reading Book review: Fat is a Feminist Issue
As I mentioned on Monday, when it comes to these yearly round-ups, the books summaries are often the hardest to narrow down. This year has been as challenging as expected. However, I’m here to try anyway. I read slightly less non-fiction than I’d prefer this year and much of the non-fiction I did read was… Continue reading Favourite non-fiction books of 2017
Last year I finally got round to reading two out of the three in this series that was given away with copies of The Guardian in, oh… 2010? The two were Introducing Philosophy and Introducing postmodernism. One was good, one was not. This year I finally read the third one: Introducing Quantum Theory. I don’t… Continue reading Book review: Introducing Quantum Theory
I’ve been finding these short to-read lists helpful. My to-read list had become unmanageable, with over 100 books sitting ignored on my shelf I was developing a habit of constantly acquiring new books and never getting around to the books I already owned. Then, when the time came to choose something new to read, it… Continue reading The next short to-read list
This is kind of an old choice. Ages ago I was a part of a feminist book club which after a few meetings, sadly dissolved, mostly because it was run by undergraduate students who had to prepare for their exams. One of the books we’d planned to read just before the club stopped meeting was… Continue reading Book review: Whipping Girl
In the past few years, I have consumed and enjoyed Serial (the This American Life podcast), Making a Murderer and The Jinx and as a result, I was starting to think I might be developing a taste for true crime. Maybe I am, although recently P was listening to a true crime podcast and it… Continue reading TV Series review: The Staircase
Not long ago, P picked this one up, having read a few of Taibbi’s columns he was curious. After all, Taibbi had been hired by Rolling Stone to cover the presidential campaign, much like Hunter S Thompson, a writer who P loves (as do I). If you add in the terrifying and bizarre nature of… Continue reading Book review: Insane Clown President
I’ve discovered a something interesting: If I have to choose a book from the many, many unread books on my shelves and Kindle, I have a hard time choosing. I get paralysed by choice. I dither. If on the other hand, I have to choose from a short selection of just ten or so books,… Continue reading A new short to-read list
Not long ago I was lucky enough to see Sue Perkins at the King’s Theatre during the Glasgow Comedy Festival. Before that, though, I read her autobiography, Spectacles. I picked it up because, although I’ve never really watched the Bake Off, I’m a fan of her from other TV things, like Supersizers and the odd documentary.… Continue reading Book review: Spectacles
A long time ago I discovered the Folio Society. They make incredibly beautiful editions of books and for a while, I collected them. At this time they often had offers that would bring the average price down a little, which was great because books like this aren’t cheap to make, but eventually, the prices rose… Continue reading Book review: Relativity – The Special and the General Theory
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