This is one of those books where I'm not sure why I keep reading, but I do anyway. Like the story is quite good, I think it's the pacing that threw me off?

Would have been 3 stars but I took one off for all the eggwhites instead of whole eggs being used in things for no reason. Not to beat the purist horse, but why would Paleolithic man have thrown away half the protein and most of the nutrition from their food? The scramble & frittata recipes especially, read like they were developed following “conventional” dietary guidelines, which rather defeats the purpose of the whole exercise.

It's pretty much just an advertisement for Dr Roberts' course and speaking services, but there are a few tidbits of useful info in there.

I opened this book thinking it would be about the title... and then spent the next few hours reading about gout. I don't know if the book has been updated since I bought it so that the title reflects the contents, so consider this a warning. As far as I could tell the gout info seemed reasonably well-researched. I don't have gout nor know anyone who has it, though, so I could be wrong about that.

Not completely appalling, but I wouldn't be recommending it to anyone any time soon. Information is, for the most part, pretty accurate - though the "body type" thing is a giant myth this book sees fit to perpetuate.

Not completely awful, but lacking in detail throughout and could use a copyedit. There are much more detailed resources online, but I guess this could be helpful if you just want a quick overview.

Focuses mainly on art weaving and introductory techniques, but still a good flick through. Had clear instructions with lots of detailed pictures of techniques. I particularly enjoyed the section on bandweaving - you don't see that much in general "weaving 101" type books.

I deeply, sincerely, desperately hope there will be several sequels to this book. I love queer lit where the queer characters survive. I love a well-told Western. This book is both.

Had to return it to the library at Chapter 4. Definitely getting my own copy to read (and annotate) at my leisure. It's been excellent, though slow going because of the heavy nature of the material.

Library checkout that I ran out of time to finish. The first couple chapters were interesting but it's doubtful I'll make the time to re-borrow and finish.

Extremely basic but decent info. Formatting was absolutely terrible though. I feel like I'd have gotten a better deal from just Googling "cloth pads advantages" - and I got this book free.

Nothing fancy. Most of the recipes rely on pre-made, frozen, or canned ingredients (canned biscuits, frozen or canned fruit, that kind of thing), or are so simple they're barely worth calling recipes (peanut butter on toast, microwave egg in a mug).

If it's still free on the Kindle store it might be worth browsing a copy, but I don't think there's anything here worth paying money for.

Started at three stars since the info was OK but not particularly up to date. Immediate stars off for the author clearly having no current scientific knowledge of how baby sleep actually works, and trying to claim that there's "no definitive evidence either way" for the dangers of sleep training.

If you need a book on baby sleep, do yourself a favor and pay the money for Pinky McKay's work. It's much more comprehensive, up to date on the current scientific literature, and all round more useful.

A beginner's guide, sure. Complete, it ain't. Save your money and either borrow a paperback from the local library, or use Google. You're pretty much guaranteed to find more, and possibly more useful, info.

The prose in this book is absolutely enchanting in both its simplicity and its depth. I love the way it weaves itself in and out of the different parts of Jack and Jill's lives, subtly shifting as it does so.

What the FUCK did I just read.

Never has a book made me so very angry, while simultaneously begging for more. I had Very Big Complex Feelings about Gideon the Ninth, and the sequel took those feelings and multiplied them by eleven. (Especially in the first four acts or so.)

Luckily vindication was (eventually) forthcoming.

Pros: photography is top notch. Lots of clear instructions on how to construct the patterns. The pattern pages themselves are nice thick paper, good for tracing off of.

Cons: the patterns only come in 3 sizes, and they're fairly "average" to boot. I might fit the "large" in most items. Maybe. If you don't fit straight sizes you'll almost certainly be out of luck, or have a lot of altering to do.

This isn't a raw beginner's book - there's a fair amount of assumed knowledge in the instructions. That being said, you can probably middle through if you've sewn a few things and know the basics.

Repetitive, inaccurate, and badly written. Feels like a bunch of vaguely related, poorly written articles thrown together into an ebook with the hope that some poor schmuck will buy it. Don't bother, you'd get more information reading something on Mark's Daily Apple.

Like most "frugality" books, there's some stuff that's applicable to my life, some that's not. I disagree with some of the conclusions presented (I save like $300 a month on my grocery bill because I garden, sorry Buck). The slant of the book is very much towards the "free spirit" wanderer who doesn't want be tied down to a place - the opposite of my life philosophy.

Definitely gets points for an entertaining read, regardless.


Points off for the spelling errors though. (I am a ruthless pedant in this regard. They weren't bad enough to be distracting, but they were there.)

(also posted this review on Amazon.)

OK overview, but rather optimistic in places

Gives a short overview of many different businesses, but the author tends to forget about business overheads when singing the praises of various daily income levels. In fact there's almost no discussion of overheads at all - it's simply assumed that the quoted $200 per day (or whatever) will all be profit.

This was amazing. Detailed worldbuilding without feeling overdone, compelling characters, and the sort of ending that left me mad at what happened but also thoroughly fulfilled as a reader. You just don't get that combination very often.

Also at least every chapter or so my brain would randomly go "oh my GOD you called them IRWINS" and as an Australian, that just kind of elevated the whole thing.

No fluff, good summary

No fluff, good summary of what to look out for when buying a house. Well edited. Got it for free.

Good overview, bit out of date

Covers lots of different business and marketing tools and services. Unfortunately some don't exist any more. Otherwise good general information.

Poorly written, poorly edited

Full of misinformation and typos, grammar and punctuation problems. There are many other, better free resources available than this one. Don't waste your time

Enjoyed this a lot more than I expected. Perhaps because it's shorter than some of Dickens' other works. Hoping I can do a re-read with the kids maybe next year.

Read this over a few nights with my 7yo. They thought some of the recipes sounded OK but were mostly turned off by the stories deviating so much from the traditional tellings. (That's probably just my kid though; they're in a weird pedantry-ridden age right now.)

A lot of the recipes call for things we don't or can't eat. There's also a lot of pre-packaged ingredients and/or things we don't have access to in my country (crescent roll dough in a can, I'm looking at you). That being said, if you knew what you were doing (and had the energy) it wouldn't be terribly hard to modify the recipes around this.

Nothing in depth, assumes a lot

There's a fair chunk of typos and awkward phrasing. Things aren't always written clearly. The whole book is really just a collection of tips vaguely organised by category, with no depth to each idea.

Great fun!

The stories in this anthology are tiny, unexpected, and fun. Some of the twists you see coming; many jump at you in the last paragraph. It's a great little romp to fill in a spare minute here or there.

This. Was. AWESOME.

There are twists and turns aplenty. Most I didn't see coming. The one or two I spotted, I caught late in the game, and their reveals were still elegant and well written. The characters are, too. This is a book full of interesting, fun people - many of them are likable, though certainly not all (and likable isn't the point) - and more to the point, they're believable (LGBT characters represent! Without it being A Huge Deal!).

I particularly love how all the separate strands of story end up twined around each other, supporting and growing each character's individual tale, until the whole package is tied up at the end. It can be a little confusing tracking the scene and character changes at times, but it's a compelling ride and entirely worth it.

I read "Hunting the Corrigan's Blood" (the first book set in Settled Space) several years ago and it was a fun read, but this. This is a whole next level of story. It makes me want to get a copy of "Warpaint" and devour it immediately, and then bounce up and down with impatience until "The Wishbone Conspiracy" comes out, and then bounce until the next book, and.... well. You get the idea.


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There are some very heavy themes in this book. Several characters have pasts politely described as "nightmarish", and there is discussion/description of things that some readers will find upsetting. These include slavery, child abuse, sexual abuse, torture, violent deaths, show more imprisonment, and possibly a few others. There is rape implied in a couple of characters' pasts but no explicit descriptions. show less

Touches the major points of autistic presentation in girls. A good read for younger kids, both neurotypical and neurodivergent. I especially like the discussion questions on each page as they can help getting kids thinking about aspects of their life experience that they may not have had the language for before or not been sure how to bring up on their own.