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forpeterssake started reading A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There is a 1949 non-fiction book by American ecologist, forester, and environmentalist …
forpeterssake reviewed The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the …
Short, scathing, enduring
5 stars
forpeterssake finished reading The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice …
forpeterssake started reading The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice …
forpeterssake finished reading The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Published to immediate acclaim in 1962 and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1963, The Guns of August is …
forpeterssake wants to read Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to …
forpeterssake started reading The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Published to immediate acclaim in 1962 and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1963, The Guns of August is …
forpeterssake wants to read Six by M. Luke McDonell
Six by M. Luke McDonell
Life is perfect on corporate-owned planet Victoria–if you don’t mind the ubiquitous drones, cameras, and sensors. Social engineer Mia Julian …
forpeterssake reviewed Straphanger by Taras Grescoe
"Taras Grescoe rides the rails all over the world and makes an elegant and impassioned …
An accessible and thought-provoking love letter to cities
5 stars
This really is a love letter to city life and all its many forms, but I expected it to be dry and, well, maybe a little boring. Happily I was wrong, and Grescoe's prose sucked me in immediately. I found myself wanting to visit most of these places—even Moscow—because he writes about them beautifully. The book was published in 2012, and so mich good and bad has happrned in cities since then, I almost want an updated edition, but fortunately, Grescoe still writes prolifically about cities.
This really is a love letter to city life and all its many forms, but I expected it to be dry and, well, maybe a little boring. Happily I was wrong, and Grescoe's prose sucked me in immediately. I found myself wanting to visit most of these places—even Moscow—because he writes about them beautifully. The book was published in 2012, and so mich good and bad has happrned in cities since then, I almost want an updated edition, but fortunately, Grescoe still writes prolifically about cities.
forpeterssake finished reading Straphanger by Taras Grescoe
Straphanger by Taras Grescoe
"Taras Grescoe rides the rails all over the world and makes an elegant and impassioned case for the imminent end …
forpeterssake wants to read Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara
forpeterssake reviewed Murder in an Irish Pub by Carlene O'Connor
Capable cozy mystery
4 stars
A capable murder mystery with slice-of-life characters. Some silly bits, but within the realm of cozy mysteries.
