Around the World in 80 Trees by Jonathan Drori , Lucille Clerc (Illustrations)

I got my Microsoft surface all ready to ship and no one came to collect it!! I waited a bit because it feels really odd to type on something different so much so that it hinders my thought process by adding bits to it. But I shall persevere and hopefully get this done. I never…

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The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr

I have always been fascinated with narration and stories. The holding of a person's attention and them actually enjoying the experience of being the audience is something that is vital to storytelling and I thought this might be related to those things and therefore requested it when I noticed it. This book focuses primarily on…

My Job: More People at Work Around the World by Suzanne Skees

The cover page links back to the NetGalley page and the book is still available till 22nd March Once in a while I like to add some non fiction in my reading list and this seemed an appropriate book to pick up. I felt like I would find it interesting because of what it offered,…

The Atlas of … (Two books)

I have been saving this review for a day when I do not have any ready reviews and do feel like posting something and contributing to improving my dismal feedback percentage on NetGalley. I received both these books originally as advance review copies thanks to the publishers and NetGalley but I was unable to read them in…

The Bookshop Book by Jen Campbell

Bookshops have always had a special place in my heart. Not because I frequent them, but as they are associated with birthdays. Every birthday since I was a child, I would get free rein to buy one book. I had to make it a good one, because I had to wait a while for my…

Book Love by Debbie Tung

I was not as big a fan of the previous book by the author: Quiet Girl in a Noisy World only because the tone of it was a little heavy. This book on the other hand is what a mind reader would say if they had an opportunity to be around me in the situations highlighted…

Globalography: Our Interconnected World revealed in 50 Maps by Chris Fitch

I have not reviewed a book in the last few days so today I am going to try and pace my multiple reviews but will at least finish writing them by tonight. I got started with the last post and will be doing three more including this one. I received a copy of this via…

All That Remains by Sue Black

I received this book as an advance copy via NetGalley because I have had a morbid fascination for this science for a while. I did not get along with it when I first read it closer to its publication date and I set it aside. For some strange reason I started it yesterday and the…