Lose Yourself in the World of Books
When Nature Breaks the Law It's another Mary Roach book! I do love her insatiable curiosity and I was delighted when another book club member recommended this book for book club. Synopsis From the publisher marketing:What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? Three hundred years… Continue reading Fuzz by Mary Roach
Every year at the bookstore I work at, I have everyone choose a few books from the year to highlight as their top gift choices, as well as a selection of backpack backlist titles for our annual Jolabokaflod display (Jolabokaflod post will be next week). Below are my eight choices for the holidays with their… Continue reading Holiday Gift Picks
A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness It's another nonfiction book club book! And we had a record 9 people at book club last night which was the most we've had all year and it was so exciting. Especially since we voted on the next couple books, it was lovely to have more than… Continue reading The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World As my own little lion in the living room has been having a tough go of it lately (2 emergency trips to the vet in the past month...) my curiosity got the better of me (as it often does her) and I looked into why… Continue reading The Lion in the Living Room by Abigail Tucker
Celebration of Books 