The Lifeline by Tom Ellen

I have decided to forgo my short running segment of non bookish posts on weekends. I am no longer playing games not so I see possibilities in the near future so it makes sense to focus on what I'm actually doing. Narrated by Tom Lawrence; Katy Sobey This was a book that I liked much…

Tenacious Beasts by Christopher J.Preston

As I work my way through my large virtual backlog, I have read quite a few non-fiction that have taken me on different journeys. The particular book was particularly enlightening. I did not expect the Netherlands to be at the centre of a lot of the topics discussed here, and that brought the content a…

City on the Edge by Ho-fung Hung

I must admit to a very personal connection to this topic. I lived in Hong Kong from 2015 to 2020 and was physically very close to one of the bigger protests that took place and walked through one or two demonstrations in 2019. It was a complex time and one of the reasons ( although…

Avocado Magic by Taltal Levi

This book is a short and sweet picture book. It is not exactly a graphic novel with panels, but it depends heavily on the graphics to enhance the reading experience.Even adults will need to hunt deep to find the patience to garden since the results take forever to appear. This story is of a child…

Light and Air by Mindy Nichols Wendell

If an average reader avoids a book like this, assuming its content is solely for a younger crowd, they will miss out on something different. I may not read many young-adult/children's historical fiction over the course of any given year, but when I do I am always overjoyed to stumble upon something like this.This particular…

Save What’s Left by Elizabeth Castellano

This is probably the furthest I have been from average ratings on Goodreads. There was something I found hilarious about this book, and I will try to explain it in writing as much as possible. This latter bit will be my way of thinking aloud as to why I enjoyed the book in the first…

Make Do and Mend at Applewell by Lilac Mills

Narrated by Claire Morgan I have visited the town that this book was set in. I expected it to be some form of a revisit, but almost everyone I met I met for the first time, and one does not need to have read any other books set in this place without prior knowledge.The narration…

Animal Life by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

This book is somewhere between a stream-of-consciousness narrative and essays on nature. The translation was smooth, and some of the explanations in the beginning added an extra nuance to the narrative.The Netherlands has a midwife system as well. Unless medically required, a gynaecologist has nothing to do with one's pregnancy. The midwife takes the reins…