On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization Author: Douglas Murray Genre: Nonfiction Publication Date: January 1, 2025 Publisher: HarperCollins In his travels through Israel and Gaza, #1 International Bestselling author Douglas Murray has seen the best and the worst humanity has to offer, and […]
Today’s post coincides with April Fool’s Day! In honor of this lighthearted holiday, today’s prompt is books you’d be a fool not to read. I can’t believe it’s already April, but I have been on a nonfiction kick lately, and want to share my top ten nonfiction reads […]
Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Author: Yardena Schwartz Genre: Nonfiction History Publication Date: January 14, 2025 Publisher: Oasis Audio An award-winning journalist presents an even-handed, thoroughly researched examination of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and illustrates how a shocking yet […]
Happy Tuesday! This week started off with a bang for me. Mom was in the hospital over the weekend, but she’s home now and doing a lot better. So while I was able to just relax and put my foot up to ice and rest it, I was […]
I was hoping to be able to get a review posted for today, but it hasn’t quite worked out that way. Instead, I decided to post a familiar template to many of my fellow bloggers: WWW Wednesday. WWW is a weekly meme hosted at Taking on a World […]
Daily Mindfulness: A 31 Day Guide to Mental Clarity Author: Alex Smith-Powell Genre: Self-help Publication Date: February 27, 2025 Publisher: Victory Editing NetGalley Co-Op Thank you to NetGalley and Victory Editing NetGalley Co-Op for providing access to an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. […]
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum Author: Antonia Hylton Genre: Nonfiction, History Publication Date: January 23, 2024 Publisher: Hachette Audio In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the nation’s last segregated asylums, that New York Times bestselling […]
Hello February! January has become a month full of joy mixed with a drop of sadness for my family since my father passed six years ago. We have always had a lot of January birthdays in the family, and my dad had one in January as well. But […]
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues Author: Jonathan Kennedy Genre: Science (Nonfiction) Publication Date: April 18, 2023 Publisher: Random House Audio A sweeping look at how the major transformations in history–from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth of capitalism–have been shaped not by humans but […]
Hello everyone! I am back at home and settling into my usual routine, but I couldn’t resist today’s prompt, books to read during a storm, which came from Astilbe @ Long and Short Reviews. This topic is intentionally broad – they can be cozy or comfort reads, books […]
