Content warning: this review discusses white privilege and sex. I’ve read a few travel books so far, but there’s one subgenre that I haven’t looked into until now: the rich white person travelogue. This type usually involves a rich white person (a lot of the time it’s an American or British man), and they goContinue reading “American Shaolin – Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China Book Review”
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Sunny Side Up Book Review
Children’s books can easily be dismissed as being simple and easy to read. It’s as if adult readers think that every one of them is about lollipops and rainbows (and throw in some aliens, dinosaurs, and horses for good measure). However, not every juvenile title is intended to be that way. Some deal with heavyContinue reading “Sunny Side Up Book Review”
What Am I Reading – Chapter Thirty-One
Hi Everyone! I hope all of you had a great Easter. Despite being in quarantine (stupid Covid!), I sure did! I finished watching The Crown and did my annual viewing of Monty Python’s Life of Brian. On top of all that, I started a new book that I would love to show you all today.Continue reading “What Am I Reading – Chapter Thirty-One”
What Am I Reading – Chapter Twenty-Five
Hi Everyone, It’s been awhile since I showed you the last chapter. I finished a number of books like The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell, and I started a new title not too long ago that I’d like to share with all of you. American Shaolin – Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks,Continue reading “What Am I Reading – Chapter Twenty-Five”
That’s Me, Groucho!: The Solo Career of Groucho Marx Book Review
I’m a huge Marx Brothers fan; I have read a ton of books about the legendary comedy team. Usually, they tend to focus on their movies and their personal lives. When these books get around to talking about Groucho’s solo career, which entailed stage, radio, movies, and television, they do this in about a chapterContinue reading “That’s Me, Groucho!: The Solo Career of Groucho Marx Book Review”
The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How Modern Culture is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness Book Review
Once in a while, there comes a book that divides readers. Some people would think it is the most wonderful book in the entire world, and others would think it is not what it’s cracked up to be. The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How Modern Culture is Robbing Billions of People ofContinue reading “The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How Modern Culture is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness Book Review”
Book Reviews by a Chick Who Reads Everything 