Book Review: Soul of an Octopus
This book challenges our material assumptions about consciousness and the sources of intelligence in an effective and captivating way.
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Book Review: Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
This slim volume is wonderful. I give it five stars. It is concise and understandable, relevant and expansive.
Book Review: Humans of New York
In this book, the variety of people is fascinating, as are the colors, comments, and costumes.
Book Review: Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think
Here is a vision of the future where everyone can win. You might be as glad as I was to read about that right now. Let’s actively be part of the solution, instead of discounting about our possible demise.
Getting Things Done (Book Review and Summary)
For those who would benefit from a summary of the book, I’ve included my notes below.
Books We Got for Christmas
Here are the books we got for Christmas. I received two art books and two cookbooks, all of which I will pour over.
Book Review: Goodness and Light
The selections in here are from a wide range of great writers, from many different angles on the Christian experience.
Book Review: Happier at Home
Because I liked Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project so well, I nabbed her sequel when it came out in Costco several years ago, but never read it until now.
Gift Idea for Knitters: 750 Knitting Stitches
If you know a knitter, or even a would-be knitter, this would make an awesome gift.
Book Review: Lean In
This is a book about cultivating women leaders in the workplace. It is a balanced examination of the issues involved, and is an enlightening, practical, and interesting read.
Book Review: An Illustrated Journey
I loved this book by Danny Gregory and give it five stars. It has a short excerpt by different artists about their travel journaling practice, complete with materials they liked and why they do it, accompanied by some photos of their work.
Book Review: The Bookseller of Kabul
I wouldn’t say this book is enjoyable, but it certainly is enlightening. It gives you a glimpse of everyday life before, during, and after the Taliban rule in Afghanistan.
Resources for Teaching Poetry
A homeschooling mother with a daughter in early high school asked for some recommendations from me for how to teach poetry. I figured others might be interested too, so I am including you all in my response.
Book Review: Realistic Abstracts
This book is better than most of its kind. I give it 4 stars. You can see below both paintings and instruction in it that I thought worth considering.
Books our Family Got for Christmas
Regardless of ereaders, everyone in our family received some paper copy books for Christmas. Interestingly, they were all non-fiction!
Movie Review: Tim’s Vermeer
I loved this film and give it 5 stars. It is fascinating on many different levels. It was interesting to watch someone pursue a hunch to such an exacting extent through such painstaking extremes, and follow it to captivating fruition.
Felting Books
I mentioned earlier this month in a blog after visiting the New England Felting Supply that I had requested everything available on felting from interlibrary loan. Above you can see that pile.