May's Mutterings

Tag: essays

  • Book review: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

    The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green My rating: 3 of 5 stars For those of you who are familiar with John Green because of books like “Fault in Our Stars,” the author also does a podcast called “The Anthropocene Reviewed,” a mix of the scientific and the personal. If you like the podcast, you’ll like…

  • Book review: A Great and Glorious Game by Bart Giamatti

    A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti by A. Bartlett Giamatti My rating: 5 of 5 stars I like baseball (a lot), but I don’t love baseball. (College basketball is my true obsession.) But Bart Giamatti’s essays about baseball makes me wish that I loved baseball as much as he did…

  • Book review: Cooked by Michael Pollan

    Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is not the sort of book I normally read, but my husband recommended it, and his judgment on what I would like is usually impeccable. Michael Pollan divides the origin of cooking into four areas based on the four…