Headstrong is a lovely little collection of profiles of lady scientists who probably don’t get enough credit for their contributions to our world.
Continue readingHeadstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science – and the World by Rachel Swaby
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Wonder at the Edge of the World by Nicole Helget
This is not exactly a stand out in the Unladylike Young Ladies Go Adventuring division of the historical fiction genre, but I’m glad I didn’t give up on it at the beginning because it turned out to be a quite fun, satisfying little story.
Continue readingThings We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby
My subconscious is apparently supremely masochistic.
Continue readingThe Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough
Forbidden romances. Unexpected dangers. Anthropomorphized human conditions. Throw in a little jazz music and you’ve got the recipe for The Game of Love and Death.
Continue readingThe Next Species by Michael Tennesen
This is a decent pop-sci introduction to modern hypotheses regarding mass extinction events and evolutionary mechanisms, with a bit of “humans are probably going to accidentally suicide as a species” thrown in for funsies.
Continue readingThe Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma
I was impressed by the tension and darkness of The Walls Around Us.
Continue readingUnder a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
I was pleasantly surprised by Under a Painted Sky. I’m not normally into Westerns (in the traditional genre sense, involving cowboys and pioneers and the like). Yeah, I know, I bring a deep shame upon my über-Texas family. Such is my burden.
Continue readingA Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
My generally rosy view of all things français must obviously color my perception of this first book in Mayle’s Provence series. Reading it was something like enjoying a particularly luxurious meal, set in 12 courses (a chapter for each month of the year).
Continue readingGalileo’s Middle Finger by Alice Dreger
This book grabbed me from page 1.
Continue readingRelish by Lucy Knisley
Overall I think this is a pretty fun and honest graphic memoir that would be a good pick for any foodie reader, as well as folks who are interested in trying out a nonfic comic.
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