The Monster’s Bones: The Discovery of T. rex and How It Shook Our WorldDavid R. Randall “The T. rex, the king of our prehistoric world, played an outsized role in the making of the modern one…Rather than a mirror into the past, the creature proved to reflect the concerns of the present.” With the discovery…
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Category: Review
What I read: July 2024
Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire’s Wife, and the Murder of the CenturyRoseanne Montillo “And the violence that caused the death of Billy Woodward would, as recounted by Truman Capote in 1975, incite fresh violence that would ultimately destroy them both.” When wealthy socialite Ann Woodward shoots her husband Billy in 1955, New York society…
What I read: June 2024
Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of LivingDavid FidelerNon-fiction, paperback “Virtue, or excellence of one’s inner character, is the only true good.” More than any other ancient philosophy, Stoicism has stood the test of time because of its universal relevance. No matter where/when we live or the specifics of our circumstances, we…
What I read: February 2024
A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-HuntingSophie IrwinFiction, audiobook “They paused there for a beat, looking at each other with mutual calculation. It occurred to them both, then – though of course they did not know it – that they might equally have agreed to pistols at dawn.” Kitty Talbot has three months to catch a wealthy…
What I read: January 2024
Romancing Mister BridgertonJulia QuinnFiction, audiobook “ ‘Isn’t it nice,’ the older lady said, leaning in so that only Penelope could hear her words, ‘to discover that we’re not exactly what we thought we were?’ ” Penelope Featherington has loved Colin Bridgerton for more than half her life, with zero expectation that he would ever return…