non-fiction – Ra's Spiral Path

By Jessica Hernandez, PhD I really enjoyed listening to this book. It was like a breath of fresh air. I’m not sure how long I waited on hold for it through the library. It was many months and it was definitely worth the wait. The author is an indigenous scientist of Binnizá and Maya Ch’orti’…

In Honor of Women’s History Month

Mar 6, 2023

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Sarah

in adult, fantasy, feminism, general fiction, health & fitness, historical fantasy, historical fiction, magical realism, non-fiction, social sciences, women's health, women’s studies

Last week, I spent time working on one of the webpages on my new website. The site is still very much under construction, but I have been blogging from it, while I build it. It’s a big dream website, where I am trying to showcase various skills, abilities, and goals in one place, while preparing…

Warrior Princess: the Story of Khutulun

Jan 14, 2023

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Sarah

in biography, children

by Sally Deng This picture book biography about the story of Khutulun is amazing. I truly love the art showing Khutulun wrestling with her brothers and other warriors. The horses and riders seem to flow along the pages and I would have been thrilled to have seen this book when I was a child.

Trusting One’s Gut

Jul 27, 2017

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Sarah

in adult, diet, health & fitness, healthy living, medicine, non-fiction, nutrition

So I’ve been checking out a lot of cookbooks from the library lately. For inspiration, health, and information. I’ve had low back pain for weeks which has just recently relented. And my gut instinct is telling me that at least part of it is related to diet. I liked this one so much that I…

Raising my Frequency

Jul 6, 2017

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Sarah

in adult, audiobook, autobiography, non-fiction

So I’ve been listening to an awesome book – You are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero. I love this author and everything she has to say. I’ve checked out the book from the library and have been listening to it as much as I can while in the car – commuting, running errands,…

Soon to be cross-posted – a review of Humboldt

Sep 5, 2014

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Sarah

in adult, cultural studies, non-fiction, social sciences

So I finally got around to writing another blog posting for a book I read not too long ago. I wrote it originally for my library’s blog – because it’s a good book and it hasn’t been checked out very much. I’m posting the review here first – it won’t show up on Pima County…

Procrastination 2013

Jan 30, 2013

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Sarah

in adult, audiobook, biography, fantasy, mystery, non-fiction, paranormal mystery, science fiction, young adult

Happy Belated New Year! I started writing this a couple of weeks ago to post in mid-January – and it had been a while since I had finished the books then…. Some parts of my life just feel as though I am wading through quickly drying mud. A couple of weeks ago, I was going…

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: a Hmong Child, her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

May 6, 2012

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Sarah

in adult, anthropology, cultural studies, medicine, non-fiction, social sciences

By Anne Fadiman Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997 Genres: nonfiction, social sciences, anthropology, cultural studies, medicine ISBN: 9780374525644 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 341 (including Notes, Bibliography, and Index). Setting: Mostly set in Merced, CA, but also includes places where the Hmong have lived – including China, Laos,…

Category: non-fiction