Tag Archives: non fiction

Page Count: 289 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW This was such a beautiful and enthralling tale and I was not expecting to be so enchanted by a story of a Norwegian island woman who makes nests for ducks. It was wonderfully moving – both because of the work that these women are doing to protect both natureContinue reading “The Place of Tides by James Rebanks”

Page Count: 218 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW This was a pleasant book to read. It was humorous but still informative book about Bluestockings who were a movement of women and girls who fought for their chance to have an education. The women and gils are seen as pioneers, though their opinions and behaviours may seem oddContinue reading “Bluestockings by Jane Robinson”

Page Count: 258 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW I really enjoyed reading this book and looking into what AI can and can’t do – and though my sci-fi heart yearns for it, Toon is certain that AI will never truly think for itself as all it can ever do will only be in the confines of whatContinue reading “How AI thinks by Nigel Toon”

Page Count: 212 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW This was a really compelling book which talks about using ambition towards moral means such as solving world problems instead of making the rich richer or other such jobs. He gives good examples of people who have done good with the ambition that they have, but I felt likeContinue reading “Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman”

Page Count: 308 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW I loved this book and all the points that it raised. I was angry at the endless inequalities mentioned and I realised that this a good reaction – it means that I have resonated with the book’s message of disabled people – especially disabled women – should be helpedContinue reading “Who wants normal? By Frances Ryan”

Page Count: 176 Rating: 3.75/5 REVIEW It was an interesting topic to read about and quite a short book so not a whole lot to get through. However, because of this it didn’t go into the level of detail that I needed to understand the concepts he was explaining. It sometimes felt like the scienceContinue reading “Nine Musings on Time by John Gribbin”

Page Count: 220 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW It was interesting to see the worlds of video games through so many different sets of eyes and on so many platforms – including mobile which I wasn’t expecting. Though I don’t play a big range of games myself, I do love the ways that they can tell stories,Continue reading “Critical Hits by Carmen Machaelo & Robert Lennon”

Page Count: 437 Rating: 3.5 REVIEW So as a pure ‘correct’ book of ‘scientific fact’ this is not the best. There are a lot of gaps that she fills in with theories – which she does acknowledge as theories to be fair – and some I disagree with. But the parts which are rooted inContinue reading “Eve by Cat Bohannon”

Page Count: 211 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW I went into this book thinking that it would be closer to the transcripts of the lectures that were given by the Royal Institute but instead it was summaries which makes more sense as it is not that large of a book. Once I got over the confusion fromContinue reading “13 Journeys through Time and Space by Colin Stuart (Royal Institute)”