Candy Bunny Reader

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party by Edward Dolnick is, in a nutshell an informational book about how the discovery of dinosaur fossils during the Victorian era in England completely changed science as they knew it.  The book explores how over time, scientists came to discover fossils of ancient creatures and how they were able to determine what they were. It's not an easy process! For ages, people thought they were looking at fossils of mythological creatures (such as dragons), until they realized a lot of what they were looking at resembled skeletons of animals they already knew.  Also for a very long time, many scientists (including renowned ones) were actually people who worked for the Church. Religion and science were heavily intertwined because the goal of science back then was to see how did God create (a perfect) world. When they found out things such as extinction was a thing and the Earth was a lot older than they believed it was, it led to the schism of science and rel...

  Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price is a nonfiction informational self help book on rethinking the way we get motivated, do work, do things, and get rest.  Dr. Devon Price talks about how American culture in particular has become so obsessed with us doing work or anything at all to the point of breaking because we often times do not want to be seen as "lazy". Well, it turns out laziness is a lit in it of itself, and they use every chapter of this book to deconstruct the myth of laziness, from it's roots in religion to capitalism to racism, classism, sexism, and especially ableism. Throughout the book Dr. Price weaves several studies and anecdotes on stories of people they've interviewed to their own personal life stories on how overworking is not good for our health in the long run and what can we do to recognize our own biases, listen to our gut feelings, and take more breaks.  This book is pretty much in the similar vein as Do Nothing by Celeste Headlee (a bo...

 TW: Mentions of war, internment camps, racism, and politics A few days ago I read Displacement by Kiku Hughes . This is a graphic novel about a teenage girl named Kiku who, during a summer vacation with her mother, gets randomly transported back in time to the WW2 era and experiences first hand what it was like to be in the internment camps a lot of Japanese-Americans got sent to, and she learns that her own grandmother and great-grandparents were victims themselves. She tries to navigate the past while trying to figure out how to get back to her own time, and how to explain all of it to her mother when she gets back.  This graphic novel has a mix of being autobiographical (it's based on the author's own family history), science fiction, and historical, with educational bits and pieces underlying the main narrative.  I really enjoyed this book! The story did get a little sad at times, but it was so fascinating to learn about the author's family history, and what she also...

  This past week I was also reading Do Nothing by Celeste Headlee . It is a nonfiction book written by an NPR journalist. This book is all about how we've become so obsessed with productivity as a society and what we can do to slow down and feel less stressed out. Since this is a nonfiction book, I review nonfiction very differently from fiction, unless it is a memoir. That is why I do not have a spoiler free tag, because there's really nothing to spoil. This is a general information/self-help book, and I will give mostly general ideas of what the book is about and how the author organizes the information. It is up to you if you want to read this book to get all the details. I really like the way the book is written. Celeste Headlee has a very approachable writing style that I think general audiences can read from. The first half of the book is a detailed history on how particularly American culture has become very obsessed with productivity. At the same time, the author ...