Rebel Girl
Kathleen Hanna's Rebel Girl: My Life As a Feminist Punk could have been a crushing work of trauma porn but her humour and intelligence - with a smattering of "hey, I…
This will probably be the nicest week of weather we’ve had all year for commuting
This week turned out to be four perfect days in a row for my cycling commute. Work has gone from zero to 60 as everyone gets back to their desks,…
Yours For the Taking
Books about billionaires feathering their climate change nests are a thing: this is the third or fourth I've read in the last year exploring the trope. Gabrielle Korn's Yours For…
Post-covid reading catch-up
Covid knocked me a little on my ass this week although it was mercifully brief. As an upside, it gave me a little time to get some good reading done.…
The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
I gave a five-star rating last week to a gripping non-fiction book, The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper. Roland Allen takes readers through a whirlwind tour from the…
Back-to-the-office commutes wrap
It was good to start getting back into the office this week with some chill rides.
Other people’s Gold Medals
My Gold Medal tomatoes this year were attacked pretty unmercifully by squirrels and any crop I had was devastated by the time we got back from our road trip. But…
Invaginies
I won't spend a lot of time reviewing any book to which I give less than a workaday 3 rating: the "score" is more a reflection of my own taste…
Nuclear War: A scenario
I could have read this a few weeks ago but I had a backlog on my nightstand and paused electronic delivery from the library. It finally came back in during…
This Strange Eventful History
Messud's account of four generations of pied-noir family has a big reveal at the very end that is well worth the (slight) effort it takes to make it to the conclusion.…