I read this in one sitting! This is a great accessible read for beginner gardeners! It's also a charming comic about intergenerational friendship. Also, you don't need to be growing vegetables to be reading this. It's still got useful general advice too.
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The first graphic novel guide to growing a successful raised bed vegetable garden, from planning, …
Review of 'The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
battlepoet reviewed H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
When Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced …
Review of 'H is for Hawk' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I really enjoyed this! I got to learn about hawks and T.H. White. ALSO, I had NO IDEA T.H. White was gay. Total revelation to me as a queer person.
Anyway, I recommend this for anyone who wants to read about birds, grief, or learn a bunch of stuff about White.
battlepoet reviewed Wanderhome by Jay Dragon
Wanderhome ist ein idyllisches Fantasy-Rollenspiel über Tierwesen auf ihrer Reise durch eine Welt, die sich …
Review of 'Wanderhome' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I am so looking forward to trying out this game with my dnd group. This looks like a charming, fun, wholesome, cute adventure. I can't wait!
battlepoet reviewed Mort: a novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
Death takes on an apprentice who's an individual thinker.
Review of 'Mort' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
A delightful romp and behind-the-scenes look at Death's job.
battlepoet reviewed The Gita, Bhagavad Gita by Anant Pai
Review of 'The Gita, Bhagavad Gita' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
2019: I loved this comic! It was a great explanation of the backstory of the Gita. This was so much fun. If you want an easily accessible way to understand the basics of the background of the Gita, read this!
2021: This was a delight to return to. I have lent it to my brother who is starting to get into Eastern philosophy.
battlepoet reviewed Buddha by Deepak Chopra
Review of 'Buddha' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A supernatural tale about the life of Siddhartha the prince becoming the Buddha. Siddhartha-the-character felt a little over-powered, but it was still a fun story to read. Because the story was so fantastic, it was rather difficult for me as a beginner to understand what is considered a historical fact of his life vs something Chopra may have invented. Even with that struggle, I enjoyed the book and would recommend it to a fellow beginner.... but I would recommend more research afterward!
battlepoet reviewed Dharma delight by Rodney Alan Greenblat
"Through his own experience of the Dharma, Musho Rodney Alan Greenblat introduces Buddhist thought, revered …
Review of 'Dharma delight' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
A fun, colourful, brief look at various aspects of Buddhism and Zen. The art style is a joy.
Review of 'The Corn King and the Spring Queen' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I FINALLY finished this book. I picked up the ebook without checking the length. This was much longer than "Travel Light", be warned.
This book follows the pagan life of the titular Corn King, Tarrik, and his Spring Queen, Erif Der. You witness their courtship, marriage, fertility rites, and childrearing. The book tackles Hellenic paganism, Kemeticism (Egyptian paganism), an anti-slavery revolution, and Stoicism. This book was less charming than "Travel Light" but so much more deep, complex, and entangled. You really see the bonds of men and men (queer included), women and women (queer not included), and men and women examined. Friendship and chosen family are subtler themes in the book.
For all that you see pagan rites and witchcraft in this book, I really felt I was reading a book about people and the complexities of human life: joy, betrayal, illness, and death. That said, if you're a pagan, …
I FINALLY finished this book. I picked up the ebook without checking the length. This was much longer than "Travel Light", be warned.
This book follows the pagan life of the titular Corn King, Tarrik, and his Spring Queen, Erif Der. You witness their courtship, marriage, fertility rites, and childrearing. The book tackles Hellenic paganism, Kemeticism (Egyptian paganism), an anti-slavery revolution, and Stoicism. This book was less charming than "Travel Light" but so much more deep, complex, and entangled. You really see the bonds of men and men (queer included), women and women (queer not included), and men and women examined. Friendship and chosen family are subtler themes in the book.
For all that you see pagan rites and witchcraft in this book, I really felt I was reading a book about people and the complexities of human life: joy, betrayal, illness, and death. That said, if you're a pagan, you'll be extra interested in this book!
battlepoet reviewed The poetry of Zen by Sam Hamill
Review of 'The poetry of Zen' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Lovely poetry. I just find I have a hard time reading a full book of poetry, cover-to-finish.
I would definitely recommend this to anyone wanting to muse and contemplate over nature, Buddhism, enlightenment, and transience.
Review of 'Selected poems of Langston Hughes.' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I wanted to read a sample of Hughes poetry and that's what I did! I didn't finish this one as I thought it might be nice to return to it in the future and be surprised by what I hadn't read yet. This is a long book of poetry, and I find reading a full book of poetry from cover-to-finish to be difficult, so I am giving myself the grace of just putting it down, unfinished.
Hughes writes smart, snappy, thoughtful poems. Definitely worth checking out if you want to read more of his work!
battlepoet rated Record of a Spaceborn Few: 4 stars
Becky Chambers: Record of a Spaceborn Few (Hardcover, 2018, Hodder & Stoughton)
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but …
battlepoet reviewed Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Maigrat have fairy godmother-dom thrust upon them.
Review of 'Wyrd Sisters' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I just finished reading this! What good fun.
