This is a fun, modern take on Jane Austen’s timeless classic Pride and Prejudice.
Continue readingThe Season by Jonah Lisa and Stephen Dyer
His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
Again with the dragon books, I know. I CAN’T HELP IT, I’M GOING THROUGH A PHASE OR SOMETHING.
Continue readingA Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
File this one under ‘W’ for: Why Did It Take Me So Long To Get Around to Reading This?
Continue readingLocally Laid by Lucie B. Amundsen
I definitely recommend this book to anyone who’s interested in the local food movement or just the state of modern agriculture in general. I also think it would be a good pick for folks who enjoy sort of blog-like memoirs.
Continue readingSummer Days & Summer Nights edited by Stephanie Perkins
First, let’s all just acknowledge that we suddenly have ‘Summer Nights’ from Grease stuck in our heads now, OK? OK.
Continue readingMiddlemarch by George Eliot
Well, if this is a novel for ‘grown-up people’ I don’t even want to grow up.
Continue readingIn the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall
I’m so glad I chose to read this because I feel like I learned quite a bit, and it made me hungry for more information about chimpanzees and other East African wildlife in particular.
Continue readingThe Romanovs by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Despite its impressive length — nearly 800 pages! — this is still a rather whirlwind tour of Russian history. After all, the Romanovs ruled the country for over 3 centuries, and any one of the tsar or tsarina’s lives would make for an interesting book alone.
Continue readingReady Player One by Ernest Cline
To be honest, I almost DNF’d this book before I even got through the first couple chapters. It starts off like just another teen dystopia, all doom and gloom and “energy crisis” this and “giant evil tech corporations” that.
Continue readingBacklist Love | A Particulary Useful Cookbook
Backlist Love is an informal series on “older” books that I hope you’ll find interesting. These aren’t so much reviews as quickie recommendations, so check out your favorite book review sources if you want more info.
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