Victorian Victims and Viking Burials

May 26, 2022May 28, 20222 Comments

For fans of Outlander - you'll love the time travel perspectives, the mystery, and the Scottish headlands.

Jewish boy + Muslim girl = ?

May 26, 2022April 16, 20222 Comments

All in all, a decent contemporary YA book, with heavy topics that are easily digestible by YA readers.

A different kind of beachy read

May 25, 2022May 28, 20221 Comment

A different kind of beach reads.

Ask Baba Yaga: Otherworldly Advice for Everyday Troubles

May 3, 2022May 28, 20222 Comments

Baba Yaga had that distinct, gritty feel to her words, as you would expect, but with that wise grandmother feel I'd want her to embody. It was a perfect read, and a timely one, on being your own woman, Baba Yaga style.

7 “Lab Lit” books for scientists-at-heart

April 16, 2022April 16, 2022Leave a comment

I recently started my PhD in neuroscience unofficially, so I've found myself gravitating to books featuring grad students or other scientists-in-training, especially women. Books that are part wry humor and observation, part memoir, part novel, and part academia.