Book Review: There Are Reasons For This
A novel by Nini Berndt Tin House, June 2025 Desire is the driving force of any story. What do the characters want? In There Are Reasons For This, Nina Berndt’s …
Book Reviews
Make Love, Not War: Rethinking Our Relationship with ‘Invasive’ Species
I was once told that a weed is simply a plant out of place. Indeed, one person’s weed may be another person’s precious resource. In Love Them to Death: Turning …
Book Review: My Dog Always Eats First by Leslie Irvine
Even before beginning the research for her book My Dog Always Eats First: Homeless People & Their Animals, Leslie Irvine had been thinking about what it means for a human to …
Book Review: Your Neighbor Kills Puppies
In Your Neighbor Kills Puppies: Inside the Animal Liberation Movement author Tom Harris has written a comprehensive history of the battles won and lost in the UK, US and around …
New and forthcoming environmental books (March 2025)
I’m happy to share a new selection of environmentally themed books — including poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Please check them out… Green to Grey: An Environmental Anthology Edited by Ian …
Book Review: The Universe in Verse
The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder Through Science and Poetry By Maria Popova Illustrations by Ofra Amit Storey Publishing, 2024 If books are medicine, The Universe in Verse …
Book Review: The Wild Horse Effect by Chad Hanson
Chad Hanson’s gorgeous book The Wild Horse Effect: Awe, Well-Being, and the Transformative Power of Nature combines beautiful imagery of the West and wild horses with reflections on mindfulness, nature, …
Book Review: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
In Charlotte McConaghy’s lovely new novel, Wild Dark Shore, Dominic Salt and his family—eighteen-year-old Raff, seventeen-year-old Fen, and nine-year-old Orly—moved to Shearwater Island eight years earlier, when Dominic “needed a …
Book Review: Kernels of Resistance by Liza Grandia
Nearly 30 years ago, the first genetically modified (GM) seed produced a tomato known as the Flavr Savr. The tomato was engineered for longer shelf life which was where it …
Book Review: Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch
Christina Lynch’s Pony Confidential is a light, highly readable mystery co-narrated by murder suspect Penny and her childhood pet, Pony, who comes to her rescue despite his lingering resentment that Penny sold …
New and forthcoming environmental books (February 2025)
So many amazing books. So little time to review them all… Solar Adobe: Energy, Ecology, and Earthen Architecture By Albert Narath How a centuries-old architectural tradition reemerged as a potential …