Monthly Archives: January 2021

Book Review: Red Pandas

Posted on January 14, 2021 by nathanalbright

Red Pandas, by Joshua Rutten This book is pretty easy to enjoy, at least most of it. It has a large page size, all the better to see large pictures of the small animals known as red pandas, to look … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Red Pandas (Nature’s Children)

Posted on January 14, 2021 by nathanalbright

Red Pandas (Nature’s Children), by Josh Gregory This book is about red pandas. By and large, that should be enough for it to be a good enough book, and it is. As obscure but compelling animals, red pandas are easy … Continue reading →

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A Classic Case Of Teenage Melodrama

Posted on January 13, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of the hazards of paying attention to music charts and hearing about songs before they reach the charts is being informed about melodrama that both deeply resonates with one personally and also demonstrates some of the issues that are … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Four Weddings And A Sixpence

Posted on January 13, 2021 by nathanalbright

Four Weddings And A Sixpence: An Anthology, by Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle, Laura Lee Guhrke, and Stefanie Sloane This book is, like many contemporary romances, an anthology that is written about several couples by several romance authors, each of whom … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Lady Most Willing…

Posted on January 13, 2021 by nathanalbright

The Lady Most Willing…, by Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, and Connie Brockway This book is the second book in a series that involves an ensemble cast of writers engaged in writing about a complex romantic situation that involves multiple couples. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Lady Most Likely….

Posted on January 13, 2021 by nathanalbright

The Lady Most Likely…, by Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, and Connie Brockway As the writer Julia Quinn has become particularly famous over the course of the last few months given the miniseries that was made out of one of the … Continue reading →

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Famines In A Time Of Plenty

Posted on January 12, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of the oddities of famine is that frequently people suffer from famines not because there is not enough food, but that the food does not get to the people who need it. Political famines in recent decades have been … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Nauru, Phosphate, And Progress

Posted on January 12, 2021 by nathanalbright

Nauru, Phosphate, And Progress, by Nancy Viviani At its heart, this book is written with an attitude of praise for the people and government in Nauru itself and how it dealt with the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Paradise For Sale

Posted on January 12, 2021 by nathanalbright

Paradise For Sale: A Parable Of Nature, by Carl N. McDaniel and John M. Gowdy One of the most notable aspects of the contemporary left, and that includes the authors of this book, is an appalling lack of self-awareness that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Mandate For Nauru

Posted on January 12, 2021 by nathanalbright

Mandate For Nauru, League Of Nations The mandate for the island of Nauru that placed the island, which had previously been governed by Germany, into the rule of Australia, is somewhat more notable for what it does not say than … Continue reading →

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