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Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater
Read April 2022 Recommended for magical animal-lovers ★ ★ ★ ★ In kindergarten, I wanted to be a veternarian. So I have some empathy for Pip, the main character in a series by Pearce and Stiefvater, who is fascinated … Continue reading
Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Recommended for fans of D&D, questioning Read October 2021 ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 This was bananas. To be clear, I don’t mean ‘bananas’ in the wierd-fiction, ‘Authority’ kind of way, but in the ‘end up in a completely different … Continue reading
Maui Snorkeling Guide 2nd Ed.
Recommended for snorkelers in Maui Read in 2021 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Easily five stars. This was my snorkeling guide–and honestly, trip planning guide–to three weeks in Maui, both before traveling and once I arrived there. There’s an … Continue reading
What Abigail Did That Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
Read May 2021 Recommended for Abigail fans ★ ★ ★ ★ This was mostly a delight. It won’t work for everyone, I’m sure, but for me it was strongly reminiscent of The Furthest Station and a delightful return to the … Continue reading
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Read June 2020 Recommended for fans of the movie ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Put me down for “liked the movie a little more.” “But scientific power is like inherited wealth: attained without discipline. You read what others … Continue reading
Lizard Music by D. Manus Pinkwater
Read November 2019 Recommended for ten-year-olds and Reynolds ★ ★ ★ ★ I had lizards when I was young, so it stands to reason that a book titled “Lizard Music” would appeal. With allergies to fur and … Continue reading
Venomous: How Earth’s Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry by Christie Wilcox
Read July 2019 Recommended for people who really like venoms ★ ★ 1/2 First of all, let’s just knock it off with those subtitles, shall we? Because I am so tired of having to rewrite them in my head. … Continue reading
Wild Country by Anne Bishop
Read May 2019 Recommended for fans of The Others ★ ★ ★ The short version: Wild Country is All The Books in The Others series thrown in a food processor then tossed together in a fruit salad. In … Continue reading
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead
Read February 2019 Recommended for older little people who like animals, sick days ★ ★ ★ Zookeeper Amos is faithfully at the zoo every single day, taking care of the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, … Continue reading
Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Read September 2018 Recommended for fans of philosophy of thought, octopi ★ ★ 1/2 Octopi, or the floppy floppy spider of the sea,”(source: ZeFrank) are pretty freaking amazing. Godfrey-Smith agrees, which is how this book came about. As he … Continue reading
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