Conversationsbirth control / Contemporary / health / Historical / Paranormal / pregnancy / protection / risk / SFR46 Comments
READERS PLEASE NOTE: When we discuss the risk of pregnancy here, we are referring to individuals who can become pregnant, but not necessarily to M/F cis couples alone. Janine: I’ve been pondering sex scenes in nineteenth-century historical romances and how it bothers me that birth control so frequently isn’t deployed ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / Ballerina / family relationships / First-Person / health / middle grade / Native American / POC / POC author / school / Washington StateComments Off on REVIEW: The Sea in Winter by Christine Day
In this evocative and heartwarming novel for readers who loved The Thing About Jellyfish, the author of I Can Make This Promise tells the story of a Native American girl struggling to find her joy again. It’s been a hard year for Maisie Cannon, ever since she hurt her leg ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschildren's book / Dragon / dragons / health / picture booksComments Off on REVIEW: Do Not Let Your Dragon Spread Germs by Julie Gassman, illustrated by Andy Elkerton
Your dragon loves to hug and high-five and shake hands and sing and blow bubbles and share happiness everywhere she goes. Dragons want to spread joy to everyone! But some of those actions are also spreading germs. It’s time to wash your hands, mask up, and teach your dragon how ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsDoctor / health / medicine / non-fictionComments Off on REVIEW: Am I Dying?! by Christopher Kelly, M.D. and Marc Eisenberg, M.D.
Featured on CBS This Morning, Men’s Health, The Washington Post, Buzzfeed, and The Dr. Oz Show Two top doctors present a comprehensive, light-hearted guide for the hypochondriac in all of us. Christopher Kelly, MD, and Marc Eisenberg, MD, FACC, are both highly accomplished physicians and health experts from UNC Health ... more >
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Let’s start the weekend off right. Donations for Pets and Education – This might help make paying off those parking fines a little easier. There were too many kittens in the animal shelter, just as there had been last year and the year before that. Like other shelters that swell ... more >
B- Reviews / Book ReviewsDoctor / health / medicine / non-fictionComments Off on REVIEW: State of the Heart by Haider Warraich
In State of the Heart, Dr. Haider Warraich takes readers inside the ER, inside patients’ rooms, and inside the history and science of cardiac disease. State of the Heart traces the entire arc of the heart, from the very first time it was depicted on stone tablets, to a future ... more >