Personally, I kind of have mixed feelings about this one; mostly, I liked it. I’ll happily rec it for anyone who’s into teen steampunk and portal fantasy.
Continue readingIllusionarium by Heather Dixon
Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater
This book could be a good choice for any pre-teen fantasy buff in your life, especially if they like to spend all their time daydreaming about their very own pet dragon or doodling little made-up creatures in the corner of homework assignments.
Continue readingFrench Lessons by Peter Mayle
Maybe it didn’t live up to my high expectations, but I’m glad I gave this book a try anyway.
Continue readingLorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore
All in all, I’m glad I read it (well, listened to it, but I think it still counts as reading), but I can’t say it’ll ever be a real favorite.
Continue readingThe Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy by Sam Maggs
This is such a fun book!
Continue readingHeadstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science – and the World by Rachel Swaby
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 readingWonder 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.
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