Annabel by Kathleen WinterSet in the unforgiving landscape of Labrador, Annabel tells the story of a child who is born both male and female. His father, Treadway, immediately decides the baby will be a boy and his name will be Wayne. His parents, with the help of the medical community, raise Wayne as a boy and hide the […]
by Randall Munroe By the writer of the webcomic xkcd, this book follows the same idea: use hard science as humour. Munroe doesn’t dumb it down, either. The concepts are challenging. In this book, he takes reader submitted questions and examines what would happen if: a baseball were thrown at near the speed of light; […]
by Haruki MurakamiI’ve been reading books that are a little more light-hearted so I thought it would be a good time to switch it up a bit. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his years of pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami is definitely not light-hearted, but it is a fantastic read. Friendships, love, regret, openness, and death are […]
by John ShirleyBased on the video game series BioShock, this novel stands very well alone as a story in its own right. Set in the underwater utopian city of Rapture, BioShock: Rapture tells the story of the founding and Ayn-Rand-type vision of a city where all people are equal, paid each according to their contributions […]
Attachmentsby Rainbow RowellLincoln is hired at the local newspaper to read staff emails flagged as inappropriate. At first it seems to be the perfect job: he works mostly alone, the job is pretty easy, and at times amusing. However, when Lincoln starts to look forward to reading emails between coworkers Beth and Jennifer he starts […]
By Alex Grecian Here is one that I could not put down even though at times my queezy stomach told me I should. I even contemplated calling in sick to work just to read this book. Alex Grecian uses actual historical characters and places to add to the reality of this story. Take a step […]
by Marcus SakeyA conspiracy thriller in a Heroes/X-Men-type setting. Except no one’s flying or teleporting; the “Brilliants” in this story are born with gifts, but they’re much more to do with exceptional pattern-recognition skills – so, reading people’s intentions, honesty or even their movement by their body language, or reading the patterns in the stock […]
The Beesby Laline PaullGet a glimpse into the lives of bees. From the Queen bee to the lowly sanitation bee – Laline Paull has created a rich, complicated and intriguing world. This world feels so real that you’ll probably never look at a bee the same way again!
By Patrick Ness The Crane Wife is not a re-telling of the Japanese folk tale in the usual sense but Ness’s unique and powerful novel makes me want to read folk tales again. I loved this book for many reasons: the lyrical, poetic writing, the fully dimensional characters and the meditation on love and truth. […]