This is a very lovely, well written group of stories. I enjoyed them a great deal. Each story in this collection shares a theme in that each gives a glimpse into the life of a scientist, focusing more on their humanity than on their scientific discoveries. Barrett’s stories touch on Mendel, Wallace, Linnaeus, Darwin, and […]
Month: January 2014
A Book Review: The Children’s Hospital by Chris Adrian
I did not particularly enjoy this book. While parts of it felt very well written, the overall pacing was pretty dreadful and the writing style was inconsistent. It was the kind of novel where you’re just reading along and everything seems okay (or maybe even good), and then all of a sudden there are some […]
A Book Review: Volcano by Shusaku Endo
This novel does a very good job conveying the inner turmoil a person encounters when they are forced to doubt that which they believe in the most. In this case, the protagonist has spent 20+ years monitoring a volcano in southern Japan. He has collected reams and reams of data and has come to the […]
The Meat I Eat #1
So I wanted to try and eat not a lot of meat this year. So far, I’m doing a pretty good job. I’ve only had it once. Because my meat eating frequency seems like it’s going to be low this year, I’m gonna try chronicling every instance of meat-eating. Just to kind of establish a […]
Book Reviews
I read quite a few books over the course of a year. (I keep a ~detailed summary of all my book readin’ over on LibraryThing.) Sometimes when I finish reading something, I’ll feel like writing up a somewhat thoughtful book review. I think I’ll post these reviews here. — — — Miles run in 2014: […]