Happy Sunday! As you ready yourself for another great week, are you wondering what book to take along with you on your commute? Take a peek at this week’s recommended commute companion! ‘Your Band is a Virus’, by James Moore Review here. Purchase here. Author website here. Synopsis: As featured on Indie-music.com, I Am Entertainment… Read More Book Recommendation: ‘Your Band is a Virus’, by James Moore
Book Review: ‘Stop and Smell Your Children’, by Leah Spina About the author: Leah Spina is a former journalist of a national newsweekly magazine and also worked as a childbirth coordinator at a large adoption agency. She has her B.S in Business Administration from Thomas Edison State College. She has two adorable children – Samson… Read More Book Review: ‘Stop and Smell Your Children’, by Leah Spina
A good review deserves to be read; and so, I am very excited to bring to you a brand new feature to Sahar’s Reviews: a monthly round-up of four of my wonderful husband’s reviews (which he also posts on his blog and on Goodreads). And we are starting this feature with Zorro, by Isabel Allende,… Read More Borna’s Monthly Book Review: Four Book Round-Up
Happy Sunday! As you ready yourself for another great week, are you wondering what to take along with you on your commute? Take a peek at this week’s recommended commute companion! ‘Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History’, by Rhonda K. Garelick Review here. Purchase here. Author website here. Synopsis: Certain lives are at… Read More Book Recommendation: ‘Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History’, by Rhonda K. Garelick
The question of nutrition in helping maintain or regain one’s health has been an ongoing topic that has kept my husband and I talking for hours—and cooking for many more. The most recent book to have made its way into our conversation is Joe Schwarcz’ An Apple a Day, an informative and engaging number Borna… Read More Borna’s Monthly Book Review: ‘An Apple a Day’, by Joe Schwarcz
As we try to navigate the various influences that society is exerting on us in order to lead healthy lives as strong, spiritual, noble beings, we will no doubt come across the influences of celebrity culture, especially if we live in North America. This makes the information available in books such as Timothy Caulfield’s book,… Read More Book Review: ‘Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash’ by Timothy Caulfield
My husband and I are currently living in a lovely little area that has a wonderful library, which, as you can imagine, we have been taking fully advantage of. The benefit of using a library versus a bookstore–other than the savings!–is that older books are as clearly marked and accessible as newer books. Borna picked… Read More Borna’s Monthly Book Roundup Number 4
From Sahar’s Reviews’ Vault The events that marked Iran at the end of 1978 and the beginning of 1979 still haunt it today. As recently as last week, yet another of the many demonstrations that started after the June 12th election demanded the same thing the demonstrations back in 1979 asked for: change. This makes… Read More Book Review: 44 Days: Iran and the Remaking of the World by David Burnett
I often write about the importance of building communities in which inhabitants discuss, understand, and appreciate each other’s beliefs, however different they may be (here, here, and here). The touchier the topic, the clearer the need for an increasing number of people to develop these capacities, lest any attempts at a conversation on said matter… Read More Learning to Live with Diversity: Accepting Modesty in an Era of Everything But
From Sahar’s Reviews’ vault: I recently reread this great book from the team at Smart Pop Books and it was just as enjoyable and thought provoking as the first time. I don’t watch as many television shows as I used to, or as many as I would want to. Time is fleeting, but that is… Read More Book Review: Welcome to Wisteria Lane: On America’s Favorite Desperate Housewives, Edited by Leah Wilson