Loved this book – it’s the story of the crew of a ship that builds wormhole tunnels, who are suddenly forced to go the long way around for their next job. The crew are not all human, which is great, so you get treated to a whole variety of people with incredibly different backgrounds. And […]
A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet – Becky Chambers Read More »
Really interesting portrait of Antarctica – both the people there (past and present), and the science they’re finding. It’s from 2013, so a smidge dated at this point, but still lots of interesting things covered. You’ll find climate science, meteorology, astronomy, and biology – not to mention how living in such an isolated location impacts
Antarctica – Gabrielle Walker Read More »
A good chunk of the rest of the world is suddenly underwater, but Dinetah (formerly the Navajo reservation) had the forsight to wall itself off, and they’ve managed to survive. The flood has also brought back magic. So we’ve got a fairly standard fare of kickass female protagonist with a past, and smart ass guy
Trail of Lightning – Rebecca Roanhorse Read More »
Princess Essie of Escarland and elf Prince Farrendel ended up married to prevent a war between their kingdoms. Essie was able to help thwart an assassination attempt on the elven royal family that the neighboring Troll kingdom had tried to pin back on Escarland. So she and Farrendel are off to Escarland to figure out
War Bound – Tara Grayce Read More »
Aralorn is the illegitimate daughter of a lord and a shapeshifter. Not wanting to be caught up in the court, she ends up being a mercenary. Wolf is her companion that she’s met along the way – a man that usually spends his time in the shape of a wolf, who has secrets that he’s
Masques – Patricia Briggs Read More »
There’s to be a meeting between the US government and the fae Gray Lords – both sides recognizing that coming to terms with each other is in each others’ best interests. Adam’s pack has been tapped to provide security, and Mercy gets roped into more or less emceeing the event. Naturally, there are supernatural forces
Storm Cursed – Patricia Briggs Read More »
Kate and Curran have split from the pack, but know that’s going to be easier said than done. They’re supposed to be staying away, but their friend Eduardo is missing, and his fiancée George comes to them for help. Kate very quickly realizes that there’s some very old magic in play, which is apparently dangerous
Magic Shifts – Ilona Andrews Read More »
Zanna and Deeba are best friends, and one day, they find themselves in an alternate version of London (UnLondon), where Zanna is supposed to save the Unlunduners from a terrible fate. Except Zanna is unable to help, and Deeba ends up being the one to save the day. This is definitely aimed at younger readers
Un Lun Dun – China Mieville Read More »
This book covers the history of 75 different shades and hues of colors, grouped by specific colors, with an overview of each. (And as the author notes, narrowing it down to 75 was an arbitrary choice. I wish someone had paid her to do an encyclopedia length work.) This is formatted in a way that
The Secret Lives of Color – Kassia St. Clair Read More »
This is a lovely book – 16 folk tales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Denmark. The translations are good, and the illustrations are lovely. I really liked getting different flavor of fairy tales. I had run into an adaptation of “East of the Sun and West of the Moon” before, so I was familiar
