B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsfriendship / LGBTQIA / Monk & Robot series / non binary / novella / religion / robots / Sci-fi / Science Fiction9 Comments
It’s been centuries since the robots of Earth gained self-awareness and laid down their tools. Centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again. Centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the ... more >
A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscomplex heroine / historical romance / No Better Angels Series4 Comments
Dear Ms. Satie: After recently reading (and loving) book two of your Sweetness and Light series, I turned my attention to remedying the mistake I’d made in not reading all of your No Better Angels series – by picking up this, book three. If memory serves, I read book one ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviewsbisexual / Canada / Gay / PNR / POC / queer / Toronto4 Comments
Once bitten. Twice burned. Forever bonded. Don’t miss this riveting and romantic spin-off series from Jenn Burke, author of Not Dead Yet. Paranormals are dying. All over the city, with no explanation and only one thing in common: their magic is missing. Vampire and private investigator Evan Fournier isn’t supposed ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbehavior / dinosaurs / evolution / fossils / non-fiction / paleontology / science2 Comments
Fossils allow us to picture the forms of life that inhabited the earth eons ago. But we long to know more: how did these animals actually behave? We are fascinated by the daily lives of our fellow creatures—how they reproduce and raise their young, how they hunt their prey or ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book ReviewsAsian Americans / Asian characters / children's book / China / grandfather / Japan / Korea / picture books / POC / POC author / poetry5 Comments
Kiyoshi’s Walk by Mark Karlins Where do poems come from? This beautiful picture book about a young aspiring poet and his grandfather shows that the answer lies all around us—if we take the time to look. After Kiyoshi watches his grandfather, Eto, compose his delicate haiku, he wonders out loud: ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsDark Fantasy / fairy tale / Fairy-TalesNo Comments
A lushly illustrated set of dark, captivating fairy tales from the bestselling author of The Gospel of Loki with illustrator Charles Vess (Stardust). The beauty of stories; you never know where they will take you. Full of dreams and nightmares, Honeycomb is an entrancing mosaic novel of original fairy tales ... more >