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Cleo's Literary Reviews: September 2014

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014. The Thing with Feathers, Noah Strycker. Imagine what might happen if birds studied. Us Which human traits would catch their interest? How would they draw conclusions? Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As scientists come to understand more about the secrets of bird life, they are unlocking fascinating insights into memory, game theory, and the nature o. The Thing with Feathers.

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Cleo's Literary Reviews: An Edible History of Humanity, Tom Standage

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Saturday, June 7, 2014. An Edible History of Humanity, Tom Standage. What embodies the bounty of nature better than an ear of corn? With a twist of the wrist it is easily plucked from the stalk with no waste or fuss. From the emergence of farming in China by 7500 b.c. to the use of sugar cane and corn to make ethanol today.". An Edible History of Humanity. An Edible History of Humanity. Is less than 300 pages, so obviously Standage skips a lot, but overall I felt that the history was fairly comprehensive...

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Cleo's Literary Reviews: The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan. What should we have for dinner? This book is a long and fairly involved answer to this seemingly simple question. Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national eating disorder. Will it be fast food tonight, or so. Or perhaps something we grew ourselves? The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Is changing the way Americans thing about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.". Give the...

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Cleo's Literary Reviews: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, Michael Pollan

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Thursday, June 26, 2014. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, Michael Pollan. Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. That, more or less, is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy. Revealed the dark underbelly of our modern food industry and discussed the ethics of it all; In Defense of Food. At any rate, The Omnivore's Dilemma. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow this blog with bloglovin.

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Cleo's Literary Reviews: April 2014

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Saturday, April 19, 2014. Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion by Anne Somerset. The opening weeks of the year 1665 were particularly cold, and the sub-zero temperatures had discouraged the King of England, Charles II, from writing to his sister Henrietta in France. She ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1. Sunday, April 13, 2014. Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts, Emily Anthes. For centuries, we’ve toyed with our creature companions, breeding dogs t...

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Cleo's Literary Reviews: October 2014

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Thursday, October 2, 2014. Rereading Howard's End is on the Landing by Susan Hill. Just as Susan Hill revisits favorite and forgotten books in this charming memoir, I bought myself a copy and read it again, appreciating it more, I think, than two years ago, since I'd read and heard of more of the writers she covers. Since reading A Room of One's Own. I haven't yet found another Woolf work to love wholeheartedly, and according to Hill A Writer's Diary. Rating: * * *. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Top Ten Tu...

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Cleo's Literary Reviews: Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts, Emily Anthes

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Sunday, April 13, 2014. Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts, Emily Anthes. In China, the world's manufacturing powerhouse, a new industry is taking shape: the mass production of mutant mice. Science has given us a whole new toolbox for tinkering with life. How are we using it? Mean for the world’s wild things? And what do our brave new beasts tell us about ourselves? There were many fascinating aspects to this book; the subject is so, so interesting, and the book could have been...

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Cleo's Literary Reviews: May 2014

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Sunday, May 18, 2014. While Beauty Slept, Elizabeth Blackwell. She has already become a legend. The beautiful, headstrong girl I knew is gone forever, her life transformed into myth. A beautiful princess lies in a sleep so deep it is close to death. Was Sleeping Beauty revived by a prince's kiss? What really happened in that tower so long ago? Re-imagines the legend through the lens of historical fiction, telling the s. Borrowed many elements from previous retellings it also came up with some new twists ...

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Cleo's Literary Reviews: Guest Reviews

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I'm really excited to start doing guest reviews on my blog. I'll try and add more. All That is Red, Anna Caltabiano (reviewed by The Girl in the Orange). Paper Moon, Joe David Brown (reviewed by The Girl in the Orange). The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall (reviewd by Juyoun Park). Where Things Come Back, John Corey Waley (reviewed by Rachel Hodes). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow this blog with bloglovin. Cleo's favorites book montage. Blogs I Read (In Progress). Bank St. Irregular. Yes, It's Krampus Time.

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Cleo's Literary Reviews: Greenglass House, Kate Milford

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Thursday, June 26, 2014. Greenglass House, Kate Milford. There is a right way to do things and a wrong way, if you're going to run a hotel in a smugglers' town. A rambling old inn, a strange map, an attic packed with treasures, squ. Abbling guests, theft, friendship, and an unusual haunting mark this smart middle grade mystery in the tradition of the Mysterious Benedict Society books and Blue Balliet’s Chasing Vermeer series.". Is a much better book though. The main character of Greenglass House. Has som...