A Short History of Nearly Everything

72nd book of 2019. Breezy read, the author put a lot of effort into making it fun, and those efforts paid off. Essentially a romp through 19th century science and all the advances that we have made in the modern age, along with the quirky scientists that brought us those advances. I would like to think that I knew most of the content in here anyways, but there were just enough tidbits scattered about to keep me engaged. ...

2019.11.10 · 1 min · Bill Bryson

The Diary of Edward the Hamster 1990–1990

Perhaps the highest enjoyment/word ratio of any book I’ve read.

2014.04.03 · 1 min · Miriam Elia