I’m almost two weeks late in posting a quarterly reading list, but it’s finally ready. Below is a list of the books I read in April, May, and June of this year. Please feel free to share your reading lists and recommendations in the comments section below! Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell The […]
The Book with No Pictures by B. J. Novak “This is a book with no pictures. It might seem like no fun to have someone read you a book with no pictures. It probably seems boring and serious. Except… Here is how books work: Everything the words say, the person reading the book has to […]
by Richard Hack “Defeated, Agatha returned home and sat alone that night at the dinner table. The scene of that morning’s confrontation replayed itself in an endless loop, always ending with the same bitter threat. Desperate, yet hardly without resources or the determination to save her marriage, she began to craft a plan worthy of […]
by Andy Weir “Every human being has a basic instinct to help each other out. It might not seem that way sometimes, but it’s true.” I know I’m a bit late posting on this one, but wow! It is so entertaining! In The Martian, Andy Weir tells the story of botanist/engineer/astronaut Mark Whatney and his […]
I didn’t know how much I enjoyed nonfiction (memoir, CNF, biography, history, etc.) until I became aware of how diverse the genre could be. As an undergraduate student, if you would have asked what I thought of nonfiction, I likely would have flashed back to reading long nonfiction essays in my early American literature course […]
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie “Some people ask: ‘Why the word feminist? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?’ Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is, of course, part of human rights in general—but to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific […]
“Personally I do not agree with sex being brought into science at all. The idea of ‘women and science’ is entirely irrelevant. Either a woman is a good scientist or she is not; in any case she should be given opportunities, and her work should be studied from the scientific, not the sex, point of […]
“Personally I do not agree with sex being brought into science at all. The idea of ‘women and science’ is entirely irrelevant. Either a woman is a good scientist or she is not; in any case she should be given opportunities, and her work should be studied from the scientific, not the sex, point of […]
Today is Shakespeare’s 400th, a day marking four hundred years since the Bard’s death. Fans celebrate and mark this day since his exact birth date is in question. (If you’re a Harry Potter fan, celebrating the day of his death reminds me of Nearly Headless Nick’s Deathday Party.) As do so many, I adore Shakespeare’s […]
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea’s Elite by Suki Kim “Time there seemed to pass differently, when you are shut off from the world, every day is exactly the same as the one before. This sameness has a way of wearing down your soul until you become […]
by Kevin Henkes “Home was the same as when Martha had left it, but because she had changed, her world seemed slightly different, as though she were seeing everything in sharper focus.” I started reading this book completely at random. I wanted something short and I will admit that the silver “Newberry Honor Book” medallion […]
The final installment of three successive book reviews featuring Ally Condie’s young adult dystopian series Matched / Crossed / Reached. Click here to read my review of Matched and here for my review of Crossed. Reached by Ally Condie (Book 3 of 3 in the Matched series) “You cannot change your journey if you are […]
Sometimes I make nerdy things. I made most of this design while listening to audiobooks (I LOVE audiobooks). It is now framed and hanging near some of my bookcases. It’s a pattern from the Etsy store WeeLittleStitches that I only slightly modified: I added the quote “not all those who wander are lost,” stitched it […]
Jactionary: Book Review – The Witches: Salem, 1692
by Stacy Schiff Genres: Biography, U.S. History, Nonfiction Publisher: Back Bay Books Length: 512 pages Published: September 20, 2016 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Audible My Goodreads Rating: 2.5 or 3 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff, author of the #1 bestseller Cleopatra, provides an electrifying, fresh view […]