General Non-Fiction

People, 1,000 Perfect Weekends is epic and GORGEOUS! Read on for my full review, plus pictures! About 1,000 Perfect Weekends Packed with innovative ideas and inspiring photographs, this gift-worthy treasury features 1,000 dream escapes from sunny beach retreats to lush…

Neil DeGrasse Tyson and StarTalk fans, get ready: A new book is coming your way! Check it out! About Cosmic Queries • Publisher: National Geographic (March 2, 2021)• Hardcover: 312 Pages In this thought-provoking follow-up to his acclaimed StarTalk book, uber astrophysicist Neil…

I’m a big fan of getting outside, especially when it means exploring the U.S. National Parks system, so I was thrilled when TLC Book Tours sent me these books for review. I have an older copy of Guide to the…

I have to admit, dear LQ reader: I run hot and cold on non-fiction. But my life right now has been in a super interesting place; with some upgraded education opportunities ongoing, a new job on the horizon, and a…

In my pre-grown up life, I was a history major who, among other things, loved taking classes in and reading about military history. For this reason, I was eager to accept when TLC Book Tours offered up review copies of…

Those looking for a gift for the wine lover in their lives, or who want more knowledge of what’s in their own glass, should pick up a copy of The New Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia from Tom Stevenson and National Geographic.…

Ann Druyan’s Cosmos: Possible Worlds is a companion book to the National Geographic Cosmos series, and picks up on the work of the author’s late husband, Carl Sagan and the first Cosmos series. Starting with the 1939 World’s Fair, Druyan…

I received a copy of Divine Encounters: Sacred Rituals and Ceremonies in Asia by Hans Kemp in exchange for an honest review.  There are two different types of travel. There is a vacation, were the primary goal is to relax,…

Dr. Ivan Zwart presents his refreshingly honest way taking control of your life, your surroundings, and, most importantly, your happiness. His guide on how to be happy is just what we need right now. When I started reading Dr. Ivan…

A couple weeks before everything turned upside down, I had requested Mary Oliver’s essay collection Upstream from the library and was lucky enough to have it on hand as we started our isolation. The slim volume is Oliver’s reflections on…