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Mel

When I'm not devouring books I can be found with my hands in the soil, on my bicycle, in a tent, on the meditation cushion, or rising up in Sarvangasana. I am your resident non-fiction reader. Shoot me an email and tell me what the best book you've read lately is. More About Mel

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    Sunday Brunch #TBR Roundup

    by Mel February 21, 2016
    by Mel February 21, 2016

    Welcome to the Sunday Brunch #TBR Roundup. While you sip your Sunday morning coffee, youย can see what we’veย added to our “To Be Read” listsย this past week (Sun 14 Feb – Sat 20 Feb). Discover all of the various places we …

  • Book ReviewsMemoir/Biography

    Review: How Do I Begin? A Hmong American Literary Anthology

    by Mel February 15, 2016
    by Mel February 15, 2016

    This is two-for-one review for two books I read simultaneously: How Do I Begin? A Hmong American Literary Anthology, as well as the short educational essay, Hmong in Minnesota. How do I begin my song? Where do I enter the …

  • Living Life Bookishly

    I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

    by Mel February 8, 2016
    by Mel February 8, 2016

    – Jorge Luis Borges

  • Book ReviewsHistorical FictionYoung Adult

    The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

    by Mel February 6, 2016
    by Mel February 6, 2016

    The Book Thief is one of those books that everyone I knew was raving about five years ago, yet I somehow never managed to sit down and read it. I have been drawn to books about the Holocaust since I …

  • Book ReviewsGeneral Non-Fiction

    Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina

    by Mel January 28, 2016
    by Mel January 28, 2016

    Carl Safina is well-known for his research and work in seabird and ocean ecology and conservation. In his own words, โ€œ…what drives my work is a devotion to conservation. And what drives that devotion is my deep love and wonder …

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