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Category: Literary Reviews

January 23, 2021

Review: Why We Sleep, Matthew Walker

Rating: 5 out of 5 It’s not difficult to think of a book that’s merely important (important in what way and to whom?), but…

January 12, 2021

Review: The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf

Rating: 2 out of 5 Ms Wulf’s look into von Humboldt struck me first as an innovative piece that sheds light on someone very…

January 5, 2021

Review: Providence Lost, Paul Lay

Rating: 4 out of 5 I kind of stumbled into this post-Civil War military & political history, or, at least, it wasn’t my intention…

January 5, 2021

Review: Dictatorland, Paul Kenyon

Rating: 5 out of 5 The scope and detail in this book already give it the highest rating. However, Mr Kenyon’s way with the…

December 31, 2020

Review: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, Steve Brusatte

Ratings: 3 out of 5 It’s not often that a book takes me a year and a half to complete. When one does, there’s…

December 30, 2020

Review: Troy, Stephen Fry

Rating: 4 out of 5 Mr Fry’s take on the Iliad, and the ending of the siege of Troy, was most enjoyable. The author’s…

December 25, 2020

Arvustus: Eesti keskaegsed linnused, Kalvi Aluve

Hinnang: 4 / 5 Härra Aluve kirjeldus Eesti keskaegsest kindlusmaastikust on selgelt professionaalse arhitekti poolt kirjutatud raamat. Terminoloogia on keerukas ning tihtipeale on kohtade…

December 21, 2020

Review: My Man Jeeves, P.G. Wodehouse

Rating: 5 out of 5 It was the Monday of last week that I had my introduction to the world of Jeeves and Wooster….

December 19, 2020

Review: Dead Mountain, Donnie Eichar

Rating: 2 out of 5 I was impressed when I originally heard of the author’s goal: to retrace the steps of the lost Dyatlov…

December 16, 2020

Review: The Burning God, R.F. Kuang

Rating: 2 out of 5 I enjoyed the previous two volumes in this series—though the second one was a step below the first book….

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