Book Review | The Martian

Title: The Martian Author: Andy Weir Publisher: Broadway Books Published: 2011 Pages: 369 ★★★★ This book was such a fun book to read! I wasn't expecting it to be as enjoyable as it was, but I was happily wrong. The book centers on Mark Watney, a botanist and mechanical engineer, who has a dark sense …

Book Review | The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Goodreads Title: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Author: Becky Chambers Publisher: Harper Voyager Published: 5 July 2016 Pages: 443 ★★★★★ Oh! My! Goodness! I had not really heard about this book but kept seeing it on people's 2020 year end reviews. The library I work at recently acquired it, so I over …

Book Review | Upright Women Wanted

Goodreads Title: Upright Women Wanted Author: Sarah Gailey Publisher: Tor Published: 4 February 2020 ★★★★ I've known about this book for a while and was super excited to read it. Yet, it wasn't what I expected. Esther is a stowaway on a librarian's book wagon, trying to escape a marriage arranged by her father -- …

Book Review | Gideon the Ninth

Title: Gideon the Ninth Author: Tamsyn Muir Publisher: Tor Published: 10 September 2019 Pages: 448 ★★★★★ Okay, I'll try not to gush too much about this book, but I make no promises. First off, I was completely confused at the beginning. Not going to lie, I was reading to mostly try to hopefully understand in …

Book Reviews | The Midnight Library

Title: The Midnight Library Author: Matt Haig Publisher: Viking Published: 29 Sept. 2020 ★★★ I was a bit disappointed with this book. The concept sounds amazing! 'Between life and death, there is a library , and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could …