A new addition to my 2018 book list.
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived (2016) by Adam Rutherford
I got this book from my family when I went back to South Africa. I can’t recall whether it was a Christmas or birthday present. In any case, I spent the last two-and-a-bit days in the Czech Republic for a PhD retreat and was able to use some of the time there to finish reading this book. Overall, I liked it but with some reservations. Continue reading
One reason I can be glad of the two weeks I spent with my family in South Africa is because it gave me some time to catch up on some reading. It was also hot, so I didn’t actually write anything but we’ll forget that. Let’s start the 2018 book list!
12/05/2018 Added The Conquest of Bread
26/05/2018 Added A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
7/07/2018 Added one-and-a-half books
29/07/2018 Added The Fact of Evolution
22/09/2018 Added A Wasteful Death and Straight Men
28/12/2018 Added reWritten and Just For Fun
Thank you, Jeeves (1934) by PG Wodehouse
I remember my interest in reading the Jeeves and Wooster stories came from a small extract in one of the English comprehension pieces we did at school. There wasn’t much there but there was something about it that made me curious and I was disappointed when I couldn’t find any copies of the books at the time. Continue reading
Evidence & Reason 