Author: Philip Jose Farmer Title: To Your Scattered Bodies GoSeries: Riverworld Published: June 19712011 Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Length: 201 pages Genre: Science-fiction w/ historical characters Target age: Adult Why I picked it up: On my TBR listRating: 3.5 starsChallenges: 2011 TBR Pile  | 100+ Buy: Chapters | IndieBound | Check your local bookstore! When it comes to straight up science fiction, I am generally not interested. I was going […]

Author: Jared Diamon Title: Guns, Germs and Steel Published: March 1997 Publisher: W.W. Norton Length: 441 pages Genre: Non-fiction (world history/anthropology/culture) Why I picked it up: Interest in the topic Rating: 4 stars Challenges: 100+ This is a book I’ve owned for a few years but haven’t been quite ready to tackle until now. I signed it out from the high school library, read about 50 pages, realized it was […]

Author: Catherynne M. Valente Title: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In a Ship of Her Own Making Published: May 2011 Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Length: 256 pages Genre: Fantasy, fairy tale Target age: Preteen (10+)Why I picked it up: Browsing Amazon, sounded like something I would loveRating: 4.5 starsChallenges: 100+ Buy: Chapters | IndieBound | Check your local bookstore! It may be that I have a weakness for these kind of […]