Book Reviews

5.0

Far and Wild is a co-authored travel memoir by Fabiana Capuano and Brant Huddleston, now in its second edition, that traces Capuano's leap at age 27 from small-town Italian life into global adventure — and the romantic partnership that grew alongside those journeys through untamed places. With 407 pages and an early perfect rating from its initial readers, it stands as a distinctive entry in the travel memoir genre for its dual-voice structure and its commitment to genuinely remote destinations.

May 10, 2026

Total Cat Mojo: The Ultimate Guide to Life with Your Cat by Jackson Galaxy

4.7

Total Cat Mojo: The Ultimate Guide to Life with Your Cat is Jackson Galaxy's most comprehensive cat behavior and care guide, built around the central concept of "Cat Mojo" — the confidence cats exhibit when at ease in their environment and connected to their natural instincts. Published by TarcherPerigee in 2017, it spans everything from kitten socialization and territory management to senior cat care, grooming, nutrition, and vet visits, all framed through Galaxy's signature behavioral philosophy developed on the hit Animal Planet series My Cat from Hell. This review is based on the book's contents and published sources, not hands-on use.

May 9, 2026

The Perennial Philosophy: A Study of Universal Mystical Philosophy (Harper Perennial by Aldous Huxley

4.7

First published in 1945 and reissued in a Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition in 2009, Aldous Huxley's The Perennial Philosophy remains one of the most ambitious anthological studies of mysticism in the English language — assembling sacred texts and mystical writings from across the world's great religious traditions to argue for a common spiritual ground beneath them all.

May 9, 2026

Catification: Designing a Happy by Jackson Galaxy, Kate Benjamin

4.7

Co-authored by Jackson Galaxy, star of Animal Planet's My Cat from Hell, and Kate Benjamin, founder of the cat design website Hauspanther.com, Catification is a New York Times bestseller that doubles as both a feline behavior primer and a practical interior design manual — earning praise from Library Journal as its Best Interior Design Book of 2014.

Finding Him, Finding Me: A memoir About Love, Laughter by Leo Weston

4.6

Leo Weston's memoir Finding Him, Finding Me is a candid, humor-laced account of queer love, chosen family, and self-acceptance set against the backdrop of London's gay pub scene during the height of HIV stigma — a story that readers on Amazon describe as funny, deeply moving, and impossible to put down.

May 10, 2026

Insights from Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson in 15 mins by Juggernaut

4.6

Published by Juggernaut as a Kindle edition, this is a third-party summary guide designed to distill the key insights and takeaways from Neil deGrasse Tyson's popular science book Astrophysics for People in a Hurry — not a reproduction of Tyson's original work, but a companion digest aimed at time-pressed readers who want the essentials in roughly fifteen minutes. The source material it summarises, Tyson's W. W. Norton & Company original, debuted at #1 on the New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list and sold over one million copies within a year, giving this guide a genuinely significant work to draw from.

The Minimalist Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life by Joshua Becker

4.6

Joshua Becker's The Minimalist Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life is a structured, practical guide that walks readers through decluttering every space in their home, framed not merely as a tidying exercise but as a broader invitation to reevaluate priorities, reclaim time, and build a more intentional life — though its later sections on downsizing skew toward homeowners rather than renters or smaller households.

The Cat Whisperer: Why Cats Do What They Do--and How by Mieshelle Nagelschneider

4.5

Mieshelle Nagelschneider's The Cat Whisperer, published by Bantam in 2013, is a practical behavior guide built around the author's two decades of experience as a cat behaviorist and her structured C.A.T. Modification plan, earning praise from Publishers Weekly and Booklist for its thorough, owner-focused approach to solving feline behavior problems.

May 10, 2026

The Problems of Philosophy by Russell Bertrand

4.4

First published in 1912 and reissued in numerous editions since — including a Martino Fine Books paperback edition — Bertrand Russell's The Problems of Philosophy remains one of the most widely read introductions to the discipline ever written, guiding general readers and philosophy students alike through the central questions of knowledge, perception, and mathematical truth.

May 9, 2026

Carnegie's Maid: A Riveting Historical Fiction Book Club Pick by Marie Benedict

4.4

Marie Benedict's Carnegie's Maid is a USA Today bestseller that imagines the fictional Irish immigrant Clara Kelley as a hidden force behind Andrew Carnegie's transformation from industrial titan to history's great philanthropist — a propulsive premise that makes it a natural choice for historical fiction book clubs.

Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth by Albert Podell

4.3

Albert Podell's Around the World in 50 Years is a nonfiction travelogue published by Thomas Dunne Books in March 2015, chronicling the Brooklyn-born former magazine editor's decades-long mission to set foot in every country on Earth — a goal that began with a record-breaking 581-day Trans-World Record Expedition in 1965–1966 and concluded, country by stubborn country, over a decade of sporadic travel starting in 2000. Publishers Weekly calls Podell a "worthy raconteur," and Kirkus Reviews confirms there is "never a dull moment" — though both outlets also note the book's occasional cultural blind spots and some stretches of list-driven content that slow the momentum.

False Gods (The Horus Heresy) (2006-06-15) by Graham McNeill

The second entry in Black Library's landmark Horus Heresy series, False Gods by Graham McNeill is the novel that turns the tide — delivering the central corruption of Warmaster Horus Lupercal with escalating tension, body horror, and the tragic weight of a betrayal whose consequences echo across the entire Warhammer 40,000 universe.