Book Review: Brooklyn
04.17.2016
All I knew when I picked this book up was that it was made into a movie, and had something to do with a young woman, the early 20th century, and probably Brooklyn, NY. Honestly, even that was too much: I spent much of my time reading it trying to …
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Book Review: How Not To Be Wrong
04.17.2016
How Not To Be Wrong by Jordan Ellenburg is a book describing how math is used (and misused) in everyday life. From the lottery, to elections, to predicting the weather and the existence of God, Ellenburg explains how to develop a better intuition for all the number and percentages swirling …
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Book Review: Furiously Happy
04.3.2016
For those who don't know, Furiously Happy is about the life of author Jenny Lawson, and her struggle with a variety of disorders including depression and anxiety. I'm not really sure if it's a memoir or autobiography or neither, but you can think of it as a series of blog …
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Book Review: Harry Potter Series
03.19.2016
I know: you already have some preconceived notions about Harry Potter. We all do. The series has become an empire, with it's own movie series and theme park, and no matter what subset of Harry Potter related media you've experienced you have some thoughts about it. Regardless of what those …
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Book Review: Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl
03.1.2016
I spent the weekend Spring Cleaning my new apartment, accompanied by this highly anticipated read, Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein. Brownstein's memoir of her time in the band Sleater-Kinney, this book was raw to the point of discomfort. Whatever opinions I may have, they're outweighed by …
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Book Review: Ready Player One
02.23.2016
For the sake of recalling more from the books I read, and avoiding homework, I plan to start reviewing the books I read (or, rather, listen to). I'm currently making my way through the Harry Potter series again, but in the meantime got a chance to read Ready Player One …
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