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Why The School for Good Mothers Fell Flat
The School for Good Mothers is promising story with too many fatal flaws.
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The Best of Times: Reviewing A Tale of Two Cities
Read why the experience of reading A Tale of Two Cities is mostly the best of times, not the worst, in addition to serving as an instructive warning against growing inequality today.
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Kitchen Confidential: Reviewing the Underbelly of the Culinary World
One of the best pieces of food writing, served raw and ready to consume.
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The Lincoln Highway – How Life Happens Getting To the Destination
When I recently finished The Lincoln Highway, a novel by Amor Towles, I realized how little time we actually spent on the highway that gave the book its name. No spoilers here, but I think many would agree how metaphorical that is for life. The goals and dreams we aim Read more…
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The Rainbow Fish, a Children’s Communist Manifesto
Why The Rainbow Fish’s message is: give up your sparkly silver scales, comrade.
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Sapiens – A Book Asking the Real Questions of History
A review of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
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Crying In H Mart: A Memoir on Grief, Family, and Food
Why Crying In H Mart is a powerful memoir exploring themes of grief, family, and food.
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COVID-19 Vaccines: Why the Speed of Development Should Not Be Questioned
How Jennifer Doudna and a some of the best scientists in the world prepared us for fast-tracking COVID-19 vaccine development with their research into RNA and CRISPR technology.
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Best Summer Books – Top 10 – 2021
Find the best summer books, from romance and thrillers to biographies and history, we have you covered with this top 10 list.
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The Gastronomical Me – A Review
Read this review of MFK Fisher’s seminal book on food and travel, The Gastronomical Me, which was the first of its kind in the genre.