Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane – REVIEW Synopsis Nature writer Robert Macfarlane travels to some of the world’s most polluted and/or threatened rivers to explore the crucial question, “Is a river alive?” My Review Is a river alive? Spoiler alert: The answer is YES, and humans should stop arrogantly trying to control or…
Review: My Next Breath by Jeremy Renner Synopsis On January 1, 2023, actor Jeremy Renner was run over by his snowcat, a truck-sized vehicle designed to plow deep snow. Miraculously, he survived. In this memoir, he tells the harrowing story of the accident and his long road to recovery. My Review Full disclosure: I’m a…
Review: Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes Synopsis In this sci-fi horror, a woman involved in a political scandal takes a solitary job aboard a space barge full of cryogenically frozen bodies, thinking it will be the perfect place to hide from the public for a while. Unfortunately, someone or something else already seems to be…
Review: The Magician’s Daughter by Katy Grabel Synopsis A memoir of Katy Grabel’s coming-of-age behind the scenes of her father’s traveling magic show in the 1970s. My Review I think the word that best describes this memoir is “charming.” It’s a sweet and wholesome story of 14-year-old Katy’s experiences on the road with her family’s…
Review: The Names by Florence Knapp Synopsis What’s in a name? Would your life have played out exactly the same if your parents had chosen a different name for you? In her debut novel, The Names, Florence Knapp explores this question by following three separate timelines in which Cora, the abused wife of a well-respected…