I'm trying to decide what to read for Jólabókaflóð - the Book Flood celebration on Christmas Eve. Here's my short list.
Choosing a book for Jólabókaflóð – the Book Flood
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Discovering Melbourne’s Gingerbread Village
This week I visited Melbourne’s Gingerbread Village. It's literally Melbourne landmarks made from gingerbread and lots of marzipan.
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Two best friends in Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall
Skylarking is Kate Mildenhall's debut novel and the story of friendship, love and loss growing up on a lighthouse island.
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Book Review: Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Justyce is heading to Yale and has a promising future, once he navigates growing up black in Dear Martin by Nic Stone.
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You Are Awesome… and this book will make you more awesome
You are Awesome is Neil Pasricha's new book and the first I read. It's filled with useful tips and reflections on how you can be more awesome
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The Boy Who Steals Houses – and stole my heart
In her second novel, CG Drews tells of Sam, The Boy Who Steals Houses. It's a powerfully-written story of homeless brothers and family.
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Dread Nation: I’d say zombies and Post-Civil War but it’s so much more
Dread Nation: A post-civil war historical novel, with added zombies. Justina Ireland has written a mostly historically correct novel.
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Why Wizards Unite isn’t for Harry Potter fans
Wizards Unite was meant to be the new Pokemon Go, but it misses its potential and leaves nothing for Harry Potter fans.
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A semester of reading. Fluffy, non-academic reading
In among my grad school work it was a semester of reading fluffy books. These novels helped me get through my first semester.
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The end of the world is on Saturday in Good Omens
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens is an amusing end-of-the world telling of an 11-year-old Antichrist, whom they lost.
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Producing babies at The Farm
The Farm by Joanne Ramos is a story of women trying to make their way in life. By commercializing childbirth.
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Finally, I’ve answered the Ask Me questions
I'm back in Melbourne and it's been a whirlwind of school, new jobs, catching up and reorientating. Here's an Ask Me questions post as an update.
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Someday Is Not a Day in the Week – new book review
Do you have a dream that needs a nudge? Someday Is Not a Day in the Week is that nudge. Sam Horn tells why you shouldn't delay and chase your dream today.
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Wise Guy: wisdom and learnings from Guy Kawasaki
In Wise Guy, Guy Kawasaki shared the wisdom he gained through working with Apple, choosing college, learning from his kids, and surfing.
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Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic—a memoir from a comedian with autism
Michael McCreary is a stand up comic, and now a published author, and an advocate for those with autism, and he's also on the spectrum. And he's funny.
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5 Things I Love About Living in a Hotel
I've been living in a hotel for nearly two months. It's one of the best decisions I've made. And it's not even expensive.
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Living with your family in a van in Roam by CH Armstrong
Abby is doing her best to start school afresh, and hide that she lives in a van with family in Roam by CH Armstrong.
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The Girls at 17 Swann Street
Anna Roux wasn't ill, she was healthy. She ate only apples, and ran daily and had weight to lose. The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib is Anna's story of anorexia.
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What to know before visiting the Amazon Spheres
The website has some information but what do you really need to know before visiting the Amazon Spheres in Seattle?
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A Decadent 1889 Paris Fantasy in The Gilded Wolves
1889 Paris with a heist and magic and a charismatic but cursed heir in the Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi.
