This book was amazing. A collection of beautiful short stories, all of which I enjoyed. I personally liked “Baader-Meinhof” best- it accurately portrayed a woman in a worrisome situation where a man is making her uncomfortable in a very serious way. While I feel most men that write don’t do these situations justice, DeLillo portrays it very well. I believe this collection is masterful and brilliant. However, I believe that this collection is for readers who can look beyond the literal interpretations of a particular work to find a more cryptic meaning. Readers who look for literal interpretations and straight forward plot alone will be let down.

This book, while long, read extremely fast and easily due to the fact that all of the theoretical parts and sciencey bits are presented in layman’s terms. I found some parts of the book interesting while other parts seemed pointless- they include both probable inventions that maybe used in the future and also ones that are extremely unlikely. Therefore, some part of me thought these less likely inventions might be filler and I didn’t see the point to every single invention that they included. While I loved the inclusion of the comics, some of the humor wasn’t exactly my style. It’s difficult to explain but I felt that the writers behaved as though they needed to include heavy sarcasm in every line or perhaps a pun. Personally, the amount of humor was just a little over the top. While I appreciate the idea of having a science book that is more lighthearted, I think it could’ve been a little bit more subdued.

This book is both completely fascinating and rather confusing. The book is essentially presented as a book in chaos theory that is palatable and comprehensible for the layman. I’d argue that’s about 75% true. The book has some fascinating history in it and effectively communicates some general ideas about chaos. However, I believe the book gives some specifics that would be easier to understand had I taken more advanced mathematics courses- as my degree is in English in Linguistics, I’m sure you can work out how far I went in math. It also helps to have a decent understanding of climate/ meteorology, though I didn’t struggle with that element. Overall I’d still definitely recommend it if you want an overview of chaos theory with an interesting look at the politics of science thrown in.

Excellent overall. Definitely could have approached fatness and fat liberation or diet culture from a feminist perspective but really missed the opportunity there, which was a huge letdown. However, what was included was great. Highly recommend.

Again- Mary Oliver’s poetry just isn’t for me. This book really just drives home that point. Some are overly religious and others are simple nature poems. While a few stood out to me, I was overall underwhelmed. Not terrible though- just not my thing

Read this for the “a year a thon” challenge concerning graphic novels for December. Loved It more than I expected to! The art is unique, the characters interesting, and plot good. If you’re a child who grew up gay or trans or simple different then you’ll love the subtext.

I just received this book as a Christmas gift and decided to read it as I had the time and was excited to see what it held. I have read a few of Mary Oliver’s poems before, primarily online. However, I’ve never owned one of her poetry books and read a physical copy. I enjoyed this book much more than other poems I’ve read by her previously. My favorite was the first in the volume, “I go down to the shore”. However, there were a few others that I couldn’t acted with quite a bit, such as, “Varanasi” and “Goodbye, Fox”. Overall great, only a few I found too short or vague for my tastes.