by Michael Barton | Aug 25, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals, NW Author
In The Thing With Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human, Oregon field ornithologist Noah Strycker delves into the lives of thirteen bird species that remind us that humans are not so unique in the natural world. This book...
by Site Owner | Jun 25, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Mystery, Crime & Thriller
Mirror, Mirror By Helen Oyeyemi Riverhead, $27.95, 308 pages Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi is not a straight forward retelling of Snow White, but a meditation on identity. The book opens with Boy Novak, who later becomes the “evil stepmother,” saying, “Nobody ever...