The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness – Sy Montgomery (2015) In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practised true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, Read more…
This Is How It Always Is – Laurie Frankel (2017) Rosie and Penn always wanted a daughter. Four sons later, they decide to try one last time – and their beautiful little boy Claude is born. Life continues happily for this big, loving family until the day when Claude says Read more…
Infinite – Jeremy Robinson SEARCHING FOR A NEW HOME… The Galahad, a faster-than-light spacecraft, carries fifty scientists and engineers on a mission to prepare Kepler 452b, Earth’s nearest habitable neighbor at 1400 light years away. With Earth no longer habitable and the Mars colony slowly failing, they are humanity’s best Read more…
The Calculating Stars – Mary Robinette Kowal (2018) A meteor decimates the U.S. government and paves the way for a climate cataclysm that will eventually render the earth inhospitable to humanity. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated timeline in the earth’s efforts to colonize space, as well as Read more…
Sleeping Giants (Themis Files #1) – Sylvain Neuvel (2016) I have seen this one around for a while and wanted to check it out, I read good reviews of the audio version so thought I would give it a go. The audio was really entertaining! Young 11 year old Rose Read more…
Sometimes I Lie – Alice Feeney (2018) I love twisty psychological thrillers. The kind that make you go “WHOA I NEVER SAW THAT COMING!”. But I also have this uncanny ability to figure out what the twist is! So therefore I spend a lot of the time in reflection of Read more…
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid (2018) How could I not give this one a try?? With its shining 5 star reviews on Goodreads and Amazon, and almost every single one of my friends rating it 5 stars, I had to see what all the fuss Read more…
Stars Uncharted – S. K. Dunstall (2018) WOW WOW WOW!!! This book was AMAZING! So much fun! I enjoyed every second of it! The best sci-fi I have read this year! And the audio version was SO GOOD!! Sometimes two authors make magic! These sisters have done such a wonderful Read more…
Future Shock (Future Shock #1) – Elizabeth Briggs (2016) I was after something light and entertaining. Maybe a little romance and adventure.. So I went to the trusty goodreads recommendations to see what the algorithm would point out to me, and I came across this one. I have never read Read more…
Child of the Prophecy (Sevenwaters #3) – Juliette Marillier (2001) In some ways I wish I hadn’t read this book. Ever since I read Daughter of the Forest many years ago, I have been in love with this series. I was so in love with the first book, that I Read more…