London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews Here’s a link to the Kindle edition on Amazon (They don’t seem to have an unabridged paperback or hardcover in stock right now).
The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self by Michael Easter My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s hard to argue with the basic premise of The Comfort Crisis. There’s little doubt that a mostly sedentary lifestyle where we stare at screens most of the day and subsist on processed foods …
I originally wrote this review of Magnificent Rebels, by Andrea Wulf, on Medium, before I started this blog, but I thought I may as well reprint it here. Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self recounts the history of the “Jena Circle,” a group of highly influential German writers, poets, and philosophers …
This blog is run by one person, and I can only discuss and review a tiny, idiosyncratic selection of books. To provide a wider perspective, I’m including a feed from Book Riot, a site that covers a wide array of books, news, and trends.
