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Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions The audiobook kick continues! My husband recommends this book to just about everyone (despite the fact that he hasn't read it!) so I figured it was about time I revisit the realm of science and read (well, listen to) it myself. Synopsis Millions of people visit xkcd.com each… Continue reading What If? by Randall Munroe
Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman #8 This year will be the third year the bookstore I work at will host mother-daughter writing duo Lisa & Francesca. For the last two years, I've pretended that I've read their essay collections... This year I figured I better have some truth to back up those words. Synopsis… Continue reading I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere but the Pool by Lisa Scottoline & Francesca Serritella
After reading Dear Ijeawele, I figured it was probably about time that I picked up We Should All be Feminists. Many friends and coworkers and customers at the store all raved about it, so time to jump on the bandwagon! Synopsis What does feminism mean today? In this personal, eloquently argued essay - adapted from… Continue reading We Should All be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In my continuing quest to find the perfect audiobook, I decided to take a chance on a book I know I have an ARC for around my apartment somewhere... And I'd been meaning to read it for ages but then lost it. So the audiobook, perfect solution!... for the most part. Synopsis The Geek Feminist… Continue reading The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley
#Girlboss has been sitting on my staff pick shelf at the bookstore for ages now. It's not often I recommend a book that I haven't read, and if I do, I generally admit that I haven't actually read it. #Girlboss is an exception. I rarely, if ever, can tell you that I will definitely like a book before… Continue reading #Girlboss by Sophia Amoruso
I watched more hours of What Not to Wear as a teen than I care to admit. One of my middle school friends was so obsessed, she went to the salon Clinton & Stacy used to get her hair cut. Despite the fact that I was a epic example of what definitely not to wear,… Continue reading I Hate Everyone, Except You by Clinton Kelly
Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin Looking for an interesting historical book about Nazi Germany, and knowing that my book club was going to read Dead Wake, I decided to read In the Garden of Beasts. Downside, it is a difficult book to get into, upside, the audiobook is well done and enjoyable. Synopsis The… Continue reading In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
I can't say I've ever seen an episode of The Office and I've probably only seen 3 or 4 episodes of The Mindy Project. I can't even really say that I'm a fan of Mindy Kaling. But I can say that my sister, Laura, is and that on her recommendation, I decided to read one… Continue reading Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
One of my grandmothers grew up in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, specifically in Nürnberg and the surrounding countryside. She doesn't talk about it. As such, I have spent my entire life fascinated by the stories of German children between 1933 and 1945. I don't remember the first book I read that fit the… Continue reading Four Perfect Pebbles by Lila Perl & Marion Blumenthal Lazan
When my husband was studying physics, all he wanted to focus on was astrophysics. We watched all of Cosmos as it aired (a rarity for us) and frequently attended talks on the universe and astrophysics at planetariums in Philly. As Neil deGrasse Tyson has blown up in popular culture and his books become bestsellers, I figure it… Continue reading Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
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