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I was hooked on this book—until I wasn’t. For eleven chapters, Audition kept me gripped by a slow, growing sense of dread. It’s the kind of feeling where even…
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Annalee Newitz's book Automatic Noodle is the cozy sci-fi novella I didn't know I needed, but it was raining in Tucson after the new year, and I love ramen…
Read more of this comment about Automatic NoodleKaren Russell's The Antidote is supposedly about Nebraska farmers during the Dust Bowl, but here's what hit me sideways: this book is about us. About what…
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Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Atmosphere announces itself as a novel about astronauts, and it delivers on that promise with technical precision and breathtaking…
Read more of this comment about AtmosphereEl dilema del omnívoro El dilema del omnívoro, es que nosotros, como omnívoros que podemos comer cualquier cosa, deberíamos considerar seriamente qué comemos.…
Read more of this comment about The Omnivore's DilemmaThe Omnivore’s Dilemma The Omnivore’s Dilemma, is that we, as omnivores who can eat anything, should rather seriously consider what we eat. The job of choosing…
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All the Light We Cannot See Until the 21st century, every individual's action within the grand sweep of history stems from the conflict between heteronomy…
Read more of this comment about All the Light We Cannot SeeLa luz que no puedes ver Hasta el siglo XXI, toda acción individual en la gran corriente de la historia surge del conflicto entre heteronomía y autonomía.…
Read more of this comment about La luz que no puedes ver(I listened to this as an audio book). This is such an amazing book and if you like witches, spooky stories, and unforgettable female main characters,…
Read more of this comment about The BewitchingThis book is a heartfelt story full of magic that celebrates many elements of Mexican culture! I want to recommend this book to everyone. It’s a middle grade…
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On the Wings of La Noche is a heartfelt YA fantasy about a girl who turns into a Lechuza (owl in Spanish). Many cultures view owls as bad omens. This book…
Read more of this comment about On the Wings of la NocheThe Lying Woods by Ashley Elston The novel starts out with the main character, Owen Foster, attending a New Orleans prestigious boarding school and has…
Read more of this comment about The Lying WoodsReading "Worn: A People's History of Clothing" between "Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years" by Elizabeth Wayland Barber and "Secondhand: Travels in the…
Read more of this comment about Worn"Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale" starts off with the question of where did the author's deceased mother's belongings go after he passed…
Read more of this comment about Secondhand"The Boy from Clearwater" is a graphic biography of Tsai Kun-lin's life. Tsai Kun-lin is born into a comfortable family that was part of the gentry, but…
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Palaver
Writing this from Tucson, where the Sonoran Desert teaches us daily that survival is a practice, not a destination, and where "home" is still a question…
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