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.
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The 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 readingGalileo’s Middle Finger by Alice Dreger
This book grabbed me from page 1.
Continue readingThis Is What You Just Put in Your Mouth? by Patrick Di Justo
Gift it to your buddy who is fascinated by household chemistry, but keep it away from the friend who always equates natural with healthy. And above all, don’t take it too seriously.
Continue readingA Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
What’s not to love?
Continue readingWe Are Pirates by Daniel Handler
I can’t in good conscience recommend this book at all.
Continue readingAll the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
I’m just not quite sure how to offer a recommendation or a rating for this one.
Continue readingThe Barefoot Queen by Ildefonso Falcones
Even in paperback it is much thicker than I expected. This little beauty clocks in at over 650 pages.
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