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"The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'"One of the most important and influential books of the …
The Northern Plateau is a wild place, teeming with monsters and other dangers—a place Frieren once traveled with her legendary …
After all the dangers the examinees have faced, passing the first-class mage exam will come down to a simple interview …
In Ireland in the early 1950s, Eilis Lacey is one of many who cannot find work at home. Thus when …
As a gardener who practices permaculture and focuses on creating habitat for various creatures in her yard, I really thought this would be the book for me. I love the topic and am very happy to see such a helpful idea explored in a children's book!
I enjoyed the art style but sometimes found the story told in the images slightly difficult to follow. (Why do we need to remove the grill to have a pond?) I think most of what this book does is encourage kids to ask for a wild garden and give parents a starting point for what to look into.
The kids are initially inspired by a jungle scene, and they're not going to get that or those types of animals in their UK backyard. I can imagine that being disappointing to a kid. I think the real joy of a wild garden is seeing how …
As a gardener who practices permaculture and focuses on creating habitat for various creatures in her yard, I really thought this would be the book for me. I love the topic and am very happy to see such a helpful idea explored in a children's book!
I enjoyed the art style but sometimes found the story told in the images slightly difficult to follow. (Why do we need to remove the grill to have a pond?) I think most of what this book does is encourage kids to ask for a wild garden and give parents a starting point for what to look into.
The kids are initially inspired by a jungle scene, and they're not going to get that or those types of animals in their UK backyard. I can imagine that being disappointing to a kid. I think the real joy of a wild garden is seeing how a mostly barren landscape can become full of life, mostly insect and bird life, and some of that is portrayed in this book.
I also don't think this is practical enough with advice for parents on how to realistically begin. Small steps like eliminating the use of pesticides and keeping one patch of the lawn long makes this more feasible for people and is a huge benefit.
Overall the book has good intentions and is solid, but it did not have enough practical information for my preferences.
Thanks to NetGalley for access to this book in exchange for an honest review.
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Eugene O’Neill’sThe Hairy Ape isn’t one of his best-known works, but it has gained popularity as an exploration of …
This book was a lovely illustrated guide to lore, mythologies and fables, surrounding various ocean topics. Mainly the book is structured around spreads covering a theme such as "deep sea monsters" but occasionally there is a longer story. The illustrations are lovely, having a depth and handpainted feel that make the book feel like something really special. The breadth of exploration on the topic is also impressive, sharing stories from all over the world and exploring topics from sand dunes to ocean caves. This seems to serve as a good starting point into researching some myths deeper, however, as there is not enough time to develop much of each myth. I learned of some things I would love to read about in more depth like the kushtaka, klabautermann, and more! Really a lovely book especially for fans of the ocean or mythologies!
Thanks to NetGalley for access to this book …
This book was a lovely illustrated guide to lore, mythologies and fables, surrounding various ocean topics. Mainly the book is structured around spreads covering a theme such as "deep sea monsters" but occasionally there is a longer story. The illustrations are lovely, having a depth and handpainted feel that make the book feel like something really special. The breadth of exploration on the topic is also impressive, sharing stories from all over the world and exploring topics from sand dunes to ocean caves. This seems to serve as a good starting point into researching some myths deeper, however, as there is not enough time to develop much of each myth. I learned of some things I would love to read about in more depth like the kushtaka, klabautermann, and more! Really a lovely book especially for fans of the ocean or mythologies!
Thanks to NetGalley for access to this book in exchange for an honest review.
I don't think Murakami is for me.
Enjoyed Nakata's story.
The reading experience was enjoyable, and I was hooked in by the beginning, but in the end I left feeling no real impression and like I "didn't get it."
Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: “If I’m ninety and believe I’m forty-five, I’m headed …
Robert Louis Stevenson: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (2021, Independently Published)
Stevenson’s famous gothic novella, first published in 1886, and filmed countless times is better known simply as Jekyll and Hyde. …
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Shadow Puppets is a science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card, published in 2002. It is the sequel …
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