Author: Ali Hazelwood Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ After her first few books featuring women in STEM, most of whom were grad students or recent PhDs, Ali Hazelwood branched out into other variations of contemporary romance including YA and paranormal. But in Not in Love, she brings us back to the core format she was first known for,... Continue Reading →
Author: Matthew Desmond Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Everyone who lives in America should read this book. This should be required reading for all high school students, all university students, everyone who is elected to a public office, I don’t care if it’s city, county, state or federal, they should have to read this book. In the project... Continue Reading →
Author: Tracy Deonn Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Shortly after she is accepted to the Early College programme at UNC Chapel Hill, Bree’s mother dies in a car crash. Fast forward three months, and Bree is starting the programme at UNC while still coping with the death of her mother when she starts to notice strange things around... Continue Reading →
Author: Sophie Kim Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ In the fictional 1990s city of New Sinsi, South Korea, our main character Hani, a gumiho who can shift into a nine-tailed fox, works in a café that caters specifically to supernatural creatures who live alongside humans (though secretly). She’s over a thousand years old and uniquely powerful due to... Continue Reading →
Author: Leigh Bardugo Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the second book in the Six of Crows duology. This takes place in Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse, which is this fantasy world where some people, Grisha, have magic-like powers, and there are all sorts of political struggles relating to them. This duology takes place after the Shadow and Bone... Continue Reading →
Author: Fonda Lee Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jade War is the second book in the Green Bone Saga, the first of which is Jade City. In the first book, we’re following various members of the Kaul family, who run a sort of crime syndicate in this fictional setting of Janloon, the capital of the island of Kekon,... Continue Reading →
Author: Sonia Purnell Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was an amazing book. Firstly, the subject was amazing, but also, the author did such a good job documenting her story. This is the story of Virgina Hall, an American woman who worked for the Special Operations Executive (SOE), which was an espionage agency formed in the early days... Continue Reading →
Author: V.E. Schwab Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was my favourite fiction book of May, and my first book by V.E. Schwab, who I know has a substantial backlist, so I’m glad to have found a new author I enjoy. This book follows Kell, who is an Antari, which means he can use magic to create portals... Continue Reading →
Author: Ed Yong Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book is a fascinating account about how animals sense the world. In each chapter, the author covers a sense, how it works, the kind of sensory receptors these animals have, and how they use that sense. He talks to researchers and conservationists. He visits animals both in labs and... Continue Reading →
Author: Rachel Smythe Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the sixth volume in this series, which is a Webtoon reimagining the Greek gods. In this series we’re following Persephone, who is a goddess raised in the mortal realm by her overprotective mother, Demeter. She wants to go to university in Olympus though, so her mother allows her... Continue Reading →
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